Posts Tagged ‘documentary’
The Loyola Project Screening
The legendary team the Loyola Ramblers is reexamined by basketball player and co-captain Lucas Williamson. Woven together with archival footage and modern day interviews, this captivating story continues to provide inspiration in the fight for equality. Join ABHM for a special screening, a panel discussion and reception.
Read MoreRacism in Soccer World to be Probed in Federation-Backed Documentary ‘Patrick Vieira – Off the Bench’
An upcoming documentary will take a deep dive into racism in soccer, which athletes have long had to deal with.
Read More‘Sidney’ Tackles The Not-So-Comfortable Conversations About A Black Cinema Icon
The upcoming documentary about Sidney Poitier delves into sometimes uncomfortable questions as it examines the actor’s real life.
Read MoreMSNBC Films Announces ‘Model America’ Documentary Series
Model America will tell the story of one New Jersey community in the aftermath of a Phillip Pannell’s killing by a white police officer.
Read MoreFive Black comedy documentaries to stream right now
If you’re looking to fill some time, check out any of these Black comedy documentaries that are currently available to stream.
Read MoreOprah Set to Executive Produce Upcoming Sidney Poitier Documentary
Winfrey is set to executive produce a new documentary which will explore Poitier’s personal upbringing and professional rise to cultural preeminence, the latter of which cemented his place in history as the first Black man to ever win an Academy Award for Best Actor.
Read MoreFrom the first March on Washington to today, images of Black suffering reveal America’s painful truths
A long history of the Civil Rights movement in America is documented with pride and 60 year old call to action.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – ‘MLK/FBI’ Director Sam Pollard on Filmmaking After BLM: ‘You’ve Got to Keep Pushing’
The Oscar nominee and three-time Emmy winner, Sam Pollard shares how the time is right for “MLK/FBI,” similarities between King’s time and now and why we have to keep pushing through the “continual struggle.”
Read MoreSamuel Jackson Traces the History of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Samuel L. Jackson hosts a six-part docuseries, “Enslaved,” that premiered last Monday on Epix. The series traces Mr. Jackson’s journey across the globe as he uncovers elements of the history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The story also follows Diving With a Purpose, an offshoot of the National Association of Black Scuba Divers, as they search for wreckage of slave ships along the ocean bottom.
Read More‘MLK/FBI’ Review: The FBI’s Clownish Surveillance Of A Civil Rights Icon Is More Relevant Than Ever
In MLK/FBI, well-known documentary filmmaker Sam Pollard brings a Martin Luther King Jr. story never before seen on-screen. Using archival footage and interviews with those close to King and the situation, his new film shows how FBI founder J. Edgar Hoover spent years targeting King and the Civil Rights Movement.
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