Civil Rights Movies
- 2023
Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell02023HD
Tracing the U.S. military's long history of discrimination against the gay community and one couple's personal journey for acceptance.
- 1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan51975HD
After three civil-rights workers are murdered in Mississippi in 1964, a team of FBI agents is sent there to find the killers.
- 2007
The Red Elvis
The Red Elvis7.32007HD
A documentary on the late American entertainer Dean Reed, who became a huge star in East Germany after settling there in 1973.
- 2015
Mavis!
Mavis!7.12015HD
A look at the life and music of legendary singer and civil rights activist, Mavis Staples.
- 1994
But... Seriously
But... Seriously101994HD
A documentary juxtaposing the events of the 20th century with the commentary of stand-up comedians.
- 2011
The Loving Story
The Loving Story72011HD
This documentary film tells the dramatic story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple living in Virginia in the 1950s, and their landmar...
- 1985
And the Children Shall Lead
And the Children Shall Lead101985HD
Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease in...
- 2004
Citizen King
Citizen King7.82004HD
Documentary about the final five, turbulent years in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King. The story begins at the Lincoln Memorial in...
- 2018
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald02018HD
On the anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Sir Trevor McDonald travels to the Deep South of America to get closer to the man who meant so much...
- 1979
Lawman Without a Gun
Lawman Without a Gun01979HD
During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a...
- 2021
Black Power: A British Story of Resistance
Black Power: A British Story of Resistance62021HD
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....
- 2018
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond7.32018HD
The Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the May events in France, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F....
- 2006
Steal This Film
Steal This Film5.6172006HD
Steal This Film focuses on Pirate Bay founders Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde, prominent members of the Swedish filesharing communit...
- 2010
A Good Day to Die
A Good Day to Die6.52010HD
Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of the...
- 2004
Home of the Brave
Home of the Brave102004HD
Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned for black suffrage in Selma, Alabama, and its effec...
- 2016
Political Animals
Political Animals5.52016HD
The story of four pioneering lesbian politicians and the battles they fought to pass a wide range of anti-discrimination laws.
- 2023
James Baldwin Abroad
James Baldwin Abroad102023HD
Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other topics, in Istanbu...
- 2022
Riotsville, USA
Riotsville, USA6.22022HD
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 moc...
- 2016
We The People 2.0
We The People 2.002016HD
American citizens who are normally marginalized, forgotten and left to fend against toxic dumps and other violations, come to understand that the only...
- 2011
Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
Nefarious: Merchant of Souls6.22011HD
Travel across four continents, through 19 countries, and into dingy Cambodian karaoke bars, Amsterdam’s infamous red-light district, Moldovan orphanag...