Ladysmith Black Mambazo: On Tip Toe
A joyously moving tribute to the World Music supergroup Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Academy Award® nominee ON TIP TOE is as uplifting and ultimately inspiring as their culture-bridging performances themselves. Warmly directed by Eric Simonson and [...]
Family Name
What does a name signify, exactly? Growing up in Durham, North Carolina, white filmmaker Macky Alston never questioned why all of the other Alstons at his elementary school were black. Twenty-five years later, Alston decides [...]
The Execution of Wanda Jean
In 2001 Wanda Jean Allen was given a lethal injection by the state of Oklahoma, making her the first black woman executed in America in fifty years. In THE EXECUTION OF WANDA JEAN, award-winning filmmaker [...]
Colors Straight Up
Vibrantly engrossing and powerful, Academy Award® nominee COLORS STRAIGHT UP offers a wholly inspiring and penetrating look at the lives of inner-city children who are beating the odds through music, acting and dancing. An in-depth [...]
Murder On A Sunday Morning
Beating out some of the most poignant and powerful films of the last decade, this gripping, edge-of-your-seat whodunit catapulted to the top of “must see” lists everywhere when it emerged to win the Academy Award [...]
Black Is.. Black Ain't
BLACK IS… BLACK AIN’T is an unabashedly frank and honest- and at times humorous- look at black identity in America. In his final project before losing his battle with AIDS, acclaimed director Marlon Riggs challenges [...]
Adam Clayton Powell
This Academy Award® (1990) nominee for Best Documentary charts the rise and fall of the man known as “Mr. Civil Rights,” one of the most powerful—and controversial—politicians in American history.
