“I saw the segregation, the racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white waiting, colored waiting; white men, colored men... and I wanted to do something about it. And the Freedom Rides was my opportunity to do something about it,” the late, great Congressman John Lewis said about his time as a Freedom Rider. Freedom Riders were young people, both Black and white, who traveled together on buses to challenge Jim Crow laws in the deep South. The film, based on the book Freedom Riders: 1961, chronicles these young people and explores how the movement started and the ramifications of what they did.Grief, long-standing racial tensions and renewed anger bring residents together to hold vigil and protest this latest tragedy.
Free Black people and neighborhoods of free Black persons existed even before the Civil War. And New Orleans had, arguably, the largest group
of them. However, this documentary starts with first-time director Lolis Eric Elie, who just wants to repair his Sixth Ward New Orleans home after
Hurricane Katrina. He soon discovers more about his neighborhood and the deep history of the area throughout American history.The film was directed by Spike Lee and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary.
James Baldwin’s riveting documentary narrated by actor Samuel L. Jackson, the film explores the history of racism in the United States through Baldwin’s recollections of civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as his personal observations of American history. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards and won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary.
Colorism is often talked about in the Black community and it’s a topic that white people haven’t thought about very much.
This documentary explores how brown women navigate a society that ignores
or demeans them.A 2016 American documentary film by director Ava DuVernay. The film explores the “intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States;” it is titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1865, which abolished slavery throughout the United States and ended involuntary servitude except as a punishment for conviction of a crime.
