Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help Afric

2019

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood, throug

1994

A Community Called Orange Mound

Orange Mound is a southeast Memphis neighborhood with a surprising legacy. With roots going back to the time of plantations and slavery, Orange Mound

2013

Indian Rights for Indian Women

Three intrepid women battle for Indigenous women's treaty rights.

2018

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young l

2020

Coded Bias

Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurat

2020

Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai

This documentary provides a window into the extraordinary life of activist and Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan woman who has worked to regain

2008

Two Years, Four Months, A Day

With no choice, César faced leaving his family behind, quitting his job and joining the Army. In an unprecedented chain of events he became the first

Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride

Over the course of a year, film follows Vancouver Pride Society president Ken Coolen to various international Pride events, including Poland, Hungary,

2010

Nightfighters: The True Story Of The 332nd Fighter Group--The Tuskegee Airmen

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African American pilots who saw combat during the Second World War. The 332nd Fighter Group stands apart

1994

Reggie

One of sport’s first and most influential megastars, beloved baseball icon and 5-time World Series champion Reggie Jackson contemplates his legacy as

2023

The Loving Story

This documentary film tells the dramatic story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple living in Virginia in the 1950s, and their landmar

2011

The History Makers: Success

Ossie Davis, Terry McMillan, Horace Julian Bond, Isaac Hayes, Dionne Warwick and many others share their inspiring stories of success in the first ins

2005

Mavis!

A look at the life and music of legendary singer and civil rights activist, Mavis Staples.

2015

Ferguson Rises

Before George Floyd, before Breonna Taylor, before America knew about Black Lives Matter, there was Michael Brown, Jr. On August 9th, 2014, in Ferguso

2021

TRANS*CEND: A Journey from Gender to Self

In January of 2016, a dozen members of the Memphis transgender community began meeting for a weekly story circle facilitated by Elaine Blanchard. The

Lousy Little Sixpence

Tells of Aborigines' removal from their families to be sent to work as servants for white people and the rise of the first Aboriginal organisations in

1983

The Son

Using unpublished photos taken by Italian war photographer Enrico Sarsini, and the reconstruction of key events, this film examines the battle for a s

2021

We Are George Floyd

On May 25th, 2020, Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, murdered George Floyd, a black man, by driving his knee into George's neck for 8 minut

2020

Rogues In Robes

A clinical review of judicial corruption, the good and the bad guys showcased. The need for complete, federal and state judicial reform, term limits,

2016