This Is Personal
While the 2016 election catalyzed the Women’s March and a new era of feminist activism, Tamika Mallory and Erika Andiola have been fighting for their communities for decades. Their stories expose the fundamental connection between personal and political and raise the question: what's intersectionality and can it save the world?
What Is Democracy?
A vast, timely, and often chilling investigation into the idea and practice of democracy, ranging from Ancient Greece and Renaissance Europe to civil rights, fears of voter fraud, and the spectre of authoritarianism.
The Mysterious Mr. Wizdom
The Mysterious Mr Wizdom is a clever Love Comedy about a retired cantankerous military vet named Mr. Wizdom who has a dark secret. His son Wizdom Jr along with his partner Queen and her daughter Beauty embark on an artistic life journey of Love, Romance, Pain and Mystery. Mr. Wizdom is based in the suburbs of Chicago IL. with an all black cast and crew based out of Chicago. This is a fictional story written, directed and produced by Andre Blaze' Rodgers.
Black Is... Black Ain't
African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses the camera from his hospital bed in several scenes. The film directly addresses sexism and homophobia within the black community, with snippets of misogynistic and anti-gay slurs from popular hip-hop songs juxtaposed with interviews with African-American intellectuals and political theorists, including Cornel West, bell hooks and Angela Davis.
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
FREE ANGELA is a feature-length documentary about Angela Davis and the high stakes crime, political movement, and trial that catapults the 26 year-old newly appointed philosophy professor at the University of California at Los Angeles into a seventies revolutionary political icon. Nearly forty years later, and for the first time, Angela Davis speaks frankly about the actions that branded her as a terrorist and simultaneously spurred a worldwide political movement for her freedom.
Stamped from the Beginning
Using innovative animation and expert insights, this documentary based on Ibram X. Kendi's bestseller explores the history of racist ideas in America.
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Amy Berg
Director
Wolfgang Schäuble
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Self
Eisa Davis
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Angela Davis
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