A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made him a controversial figure.

Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992

2017

English

7.8

♡ 1

100%

John Ridley Director

Kevin Toshima as Self

Donald Jones as Self

Jung Lee as Self Kee Ha

Kee Ha as Self

An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers cleared of beating Rodney King.

Loving

2016

English

7.0

♡ 39

88%

interracial relationship

marriage

Romance

supreme court

Jeff Nichols Director

Nick Kroll as Bernie Cohen

Matt Malloy as Chet Antieau

Michael Shannon as Grey Villet

Marton Csokas as Sheriff Brooks

The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.

Selma

2014

English

7.5

♡ 57

99%

Ava DuVernay Director

Henry G. Sanders as Cager Lee

Tessa Thompson as Diane Nash

Tim Roth as Gov. George Wallace

Sammy Davis Jr. as Himself

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.

Hairspray

1988

English

7.0

♡ 30

98%

John Waters Director

James Adam Tucker as Cop

Sonny Bono as Franklin von Tussle

Bill Lee Brown as Governor's Mansion Pickets

Jerry Stiller as Wilbur Turnblad

'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.

In Search of Bass Reeves

2024

English

6.1

♡ 2

Dana Celeste Robinson Director

Mark Boardman as Interviewee

Art Burton as Interviewee

David Kennedy as Interviewee

TJ Trueh as Narrator

By the end of his illustrious career, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves may well have been the preeminent lawman of the Old West. He brought upwards of 3,000 outlaws to justice and served in law enforcement for 32 years during Reconstruction after the Civil War. His story is one of an escape to freedom and the dangers of the West for a former slave who rose to become a legend of the law. Join us as we go in search of Bass Reeves.

The Butler

2013

English

7.2

♡ 51

Lee Daniels Director

Robin Williams as Dwight D. Eisenhower

Mo McRae as Eldridge Huggins

James Marsden as John F. Kennedy

Blake Burt as Protester

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

Lynching Postcards: 'Token of A Great Day'

2021

English

7.6

♡ 3

Christine Turner Director

Kara Young as (voice)

Darian Dauchan as (voice)

Biko Eisen-Martin as (voice)

Jimmie Jeter as (voice)

This chilling reflection examines the horrific history of lynchings as cultural events and celebrations that included souvenirs and postcards.

Black Power: A British Story of Resistance

2021

English

5.9

♡ 1

100%

George Amponsah Director

Daniel Kaluuya as Narrator

John Lennon as Self

Malcolm X as Self

Yoko Ono as Self

An examination of the Black Power movement in the late 1960s in the UK, surveying both the individuals and the cultural forces that defined the era. At the heart of the documentary is a series of astonishing interviews with past activists, many of whom are speaking for the first time about what it was really like to be involved in the British Black Power movement, bringing to life one of the key cultural revolutions in the history of the nation.

Summer of Soul

2021

English

8.0

♡ 16

99%

Ahmir-Khalib Thompson Director

Jesse Jackson as

B.B. King as Self

Al Sharpton as Self

Sheila E. as Self

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.

Freedom on My Mind

1994

English

7.9

♡ 3

100%

Connie Field Director

Curtis Hayes as Self

Victoria Gray-Adams as Self

Malva Heffner as Self

Robert Goralski as Self - NBC News White House

Chronicles the Mississippi voter registration drive from 1961-1964.

The Long Walk Home

1990

English

7.3

♡ 13

88%

85%

1950s

african american history

Richard Pearce Director

Ving Rhames as Herbert Cotter

Whoopi Goldberg as Odessa Cotter

Dylan Baker as Tunker Thompson

Philip Sterling as Winston

Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.

The Loving Story

2011

English

7.7

♡ 3

100%

interracial relationship

Romance

supreme court

woman director

Nancy Buirski Director

Jane Alexander as Eleanor

James Earl Jones as Jack Jefferson

Katharine Houghton as Joey Drayton

Sidney Poitier as John Prentice

This documentary film tells the dramatic story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple living in Virginia in the 1950s, and their landmark Supreme Court Case, Loving v. Virginia, that changed history.

What Happened, Miss Simone?

2015

English

7.6

♡ 28

90%

Liz Garbus Director

Sammy Davis Jr. as Himself

Malcolm X as Himself

Hugh M. Hefner as Himself

Merv Griffin as Self

The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

2017

English

6.5

♡ 99

55%

los angeles, california

murder

Thriller

Dan Gilroy Director

Brittany Ishibashi as Beth

Colin Farrell as George Pierce

Henry G. Sanders as Pastor Jack

Denzel Washington as Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling truths about the firm – truths that conflict with his values of helping the poor and dispossessed – and finds himself in an existential crisis that leads to extreme actions.

Seeing Allred

2018

English

7.3

100%

Gloria Allred overcame trauma and personal setbacks to become one of the nation’s most famous women’s rights attorneys. Now the feminist firebrand takes on two of the biggest adversaries of her career, Bill Cosby and Donald Trump, as sexual violence allegations grip the nation and keep her in the spotlight.