Two Trains Runnin'

2016

English

7.6

♡ 3

100%

Sam Pollard Director Common

Common as Narrator

Gary Clark Jr. as Self

Dave Dennis as Self

Phil Spiro as Self

The search of several young, white men for blues singers who have been missing for decades coincides with the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s.

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

2005

English

7.4

♡ 2

san francisco, california

Susan Stryker Director

Mollie Menzies as Actor

Lawrence Helman as Actor

Gary Fembot as Actor

Ed Hansen as Self

The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco three years earlier. Those who stood up were trans women and gay men. Now, nearly 40 years on, Susan Stryker and Victor Silverman tell the story of this oft-overlooked event in the history of American civil rights.

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

2013

English

6.5

♡ 5

76%

Kenny Leon Director

Wood Harris as Daniel

LaTanya Richardson Jackson as Grandma Sands

Skai Jackson as Joetta

E. Roger Mitchell as Mr. Williams

In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit family. When 15 year-old Byron’s antics go over the top, his parents realize enough is enough and they decide the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands' no nonsense approach in Birmingham, Alabama. So the Watsons load up their 1948 Plymouth Brown Bomber and head South. When they finally make it to Birmingham, they meet Grandma Sands and her friend, Mr. Robert and discover that life is very different there than in Flint. During that historic summer, the Watsons find themselves caught up in something far bigger than Byron’s antics; something that will change their lives and country forever.

Crip Camp

2020

English

7.7

♡ 3

100%

bodily disabled person

James Lebrecht Director

Jimmy Carter as Self - 39th President of the United States

Ronald Reagan as Self - 40th President of the United States

Geraldo Rivera as Self - Journalist

Tom Harkin as Self - Senator from Iowa

Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement.

The New York Times Presents Framing Britney Spears

2021

English

6.8

♡ 16

Samantha Stark Director

Sharon Osbourne as Self

Paris Hilton as Self

Florence Henderson as Self

John O'Hurley as Self

Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now reassess her career as she battles her father in court over who should control her life.

The Uncomfortable Truth

2017

English

7.4

♡ 3

Action

civil rights

Documentary

institutional discrimination

racism

Loki Mulholland Director

Loki Mulholland as Self

Luvaughn Brown as Self

Joan Mulholland as Self

When the award-winning filmmaker of "An Ordinary Hero", Loki Mulholland, dives into the 400 year history of institutional racism in America he is confronted with the shocking reality that his family helped start it all from the very beginning.

Coded Bias

2020

English

6.8

♡ 2

100%

60%

Action

artificial intelligence

artificial intelligence (a.i.)

Shalini Kantayya Director

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as Self

Bill Gates as Self - Co-Founder of Microsoft

Serena Williams as Self - Tennis Champion

J. Robert Oppenheimer as Self - Theoretical Physicist

Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all.

Seberg

2019

English

6.0

♡ 37

36%

50%

Action

actress

based on a true story

Benedict Andrews Director

Zazie Beetz as Dorothy Jamal

Anthony Mackie as Hakim Jamal

Kristen Stewart as Jean Seberg

Margaret Qualley as Linette Solomon

An ambitious young FBI agent is assigned to investigate iconic actress Jean Seberg when she becomes embroiled in the tumultuous civil rights movement in late 1960s Los Angeles.

LBJ

2016

English

6.5

♡ 26

55%

Rob Reiner Director

Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lady Bird Johnson

Tim Ransom as Larry O'Brien

Woody Harrelson as Lyndon B. Johnson

Bill Pullman as Ralph Yarborough

The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.

King In The Wilderness

2018

English

8.0

♡ 1

100%

Peter W. Kunhardt Director

A chronicle of the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum.

Bloody Sunday

2002

English

7.6

♡ 23

92%

90%

1970s

Action

based on a true story

Paul Greengrass Director

James Nesbitt as Ivan Cooper

Tim Pigott-Smith as Maj. Gen. Ford

Christopher Villiers as Maj. Steele

Ian Dray as Sib officer

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.

Son of the South

2020

English

6.2

♡ 17

59%

Barry Alexander Brown Director

Lucas Till as Bob Zellner

Lucy Hale as Carol Anne

Sienna Guillory as Jessica Mitford

Julia Ormond as Virginia Durr

In civil rights era Montgomery, Alabama, Klansman's grandson Bob Zellner must choose which side of history to be on during the Movement. Defying his family and white Southern norms, he fought against social injustice, repression and violence to change the world around him

Boycott

2001

English

7.1

♡ 5

78%

Action

based on novel or book

Clark Johnson Director

Jeffrey Wright as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Robert C. Treveiler as Jail Clerk

CCH Pounder as Jo Ann Robinson

Bill Erwin as Loading Dock Man #2

This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996

English

6.7

♡ 15

43%

Rob Reiner Director

Diana Bellamy as Barbara Holder

William H. Macy as Charlie Crisco

Whoopi Goldberg as Myrlie Evers

Thomas Kopache as Thorn McIntyre

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.

Civil: Ben Crump

2022

English

5.9

♡ 2

88%

political documentary

social documentary

victim

Nadia Hallgren Director

Jesse Jackson as Self

Al Sharpton as Self

Gayle King as Self

Helen Crump as Self

Crump's mission to raise the value of Black life as the civil lawyer for the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Black farmers and banking while Black victims, Crump challenges America to come to terms with what it owes his clients.

Riotsville, U.S.A.

2022

English

6.7

♡ 1

Sierra Pettengill Director

Ronald Reagan as Self

Robert Curvin as Self - Former Chairman, Neward CORE

John Harrington as Self - Fraternal Order of Police

Leonard Kowalewski as Self - Newark Police

An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a mock inner-city set, cast soldiers to play rioters, burn the place down, and film it all.

The Gospel of Eureka

2018

English

6.3

82%

evangelical christianity

faith

lgbt

Music

Donal Mosher Director

Anita Bryant as Self

Mx Justin Vivian Bond as Self - Narrator

Faith, love and civil rights collide on voting day in a small Southern town that hosts a famous performance of the last days of Christ and an infamous gospel drag show.

Reggie

2023

English

7.1

♡ 1

100%

major league baseball (mlb)

Alex Stapleton Director

Bill Russell as (archive footage)

Magic Johnson as Self

LeBron James as Self

Julius Erving as Self

One of sport’s first and most influential megastars, beloved baseball icon and 5-time World Series champion Reggie Jackson contemplates his legacy as a trailblazing Black athlete fighting for dignity, respect, and a seat at the table in this intimate and revealing documentary exploring his life and barrier-busting career.

Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

7.1

Aaron Schillinger Director

Martha Reeves as Narrator

For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the US and Canada. When the vessel comes under threat of ruin, a doctor, psychic and amusement park fanatic unite to save their beloved steamship from the scrapyard. Interweaving local lore and mythology, "Boblo Boats" explores the whitewashed history of amusement parks and one crew's crusade to bring back the memories.

The League

2023

English

7.5

♡ 2

96%

Sam Pollard Director

Jabari Gray as Newspaper Reporter

Ernie Banks as Self

Joe DiMaggio as Self

David Scott as Various

The triumphs and challenges of Negro League baseball in the early 20th century. Through rare footage and interviews with iconic players like Satchel Paige and Buck O'Neil, as well as Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, the film highlights the league's pivotal role in Black communities and the impact of integration.

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Two Trains Runnin'

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

Crip Camp

The New York Times Presents Framing Britney Spears

The Uncomfortable Truth

Coded Bias

Seberg

LBJ

King In The Wilderness

Bloody Sunday

Son of the South

Boycott

Ghosts of Mississippi

Civil: Ben Crump

Riotsville, U.S.A.

The Gospel of Eureka

Reggie

Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

The League