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1 Eyes on the Prize (1987 TV series documentary)

A documentary about the American Civil Rights Movement from 1952 to 1965.

 9.3/10 223
2 Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story (2007 documentary)

Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story follows three families during one city's battle for equal housing opportunity and civil rights enforcement.

 9.1/10 12
3 Mighty Times: The Children's March (2004 documentary short)

On May 2, 1963, the children of Birmingham, Alabama took to the streets to challenge segregation.

 8.9/10 35
4 Final Solution (2003 documentary) 8.6/10 136
5 Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind (2000 TV documentary)

Marcus Garvey emmigrated from Jamaica to New York City in 1914, bringing with him a message of black empowerment...

 8.4/10 20
6 District 9 (2009)

An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.

 "   87,099
7 Pride Against Prejudice: The Larry Doby Story (2007 TV documentary)

In 1947, the year Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, Bill Veeck signed Larry Doby (1923-2003) to the Cleveland Indians...

 8.3/10 5
8 That's Black Entertainment (1990 documentary)

This documentary presents clips from black films from 1929 through 1957. Musical performers include Paul Robeson (in Song of Freedom)...

 8.2/10 32
9 From Swastika to Jim Crow (2000 documentary)

Independent documentary exploring the little-known story of Jewish refugee scholars teaching at historically black colleges before and during the Second World War.

 "   31
10 A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.

 8.1/10 2,285
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11 Yol (1982) 8.0/10 2,214
12 Diarios de motocicleta (2004) 7.9/10 34,281
13 Alive in Joburg (2005 short) "   1,309
14 Bad Girls (1999 TV series) 7.8/10 539
15 Ray (2004) "   39,585
16 With All Deliberate Speed (2004 documentary) "   40
17 Giant (1956) 7.7/10 11,110
18 George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2000 documentary) "   29
19 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) 7.6/10 49,206
20 Lackawanna Blues (2005 TV movie) "   1,282
21 Driving Miss Daisy (1989) 7.5/10 20,511
22 Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995) "   267
23 Far from Heaven (2002) "   18,824
24 Paul Robeson (1979 TV movie) 7.4/10 24
25 Separate But Equal (1991 TV movie) "   282
26 Iron Jawed Angels (2004 TV movie) "   2,436
27 Freedom Song (2000 TV movie) 7.3/10 574
28 The American Experience (1988 TV series documentary)
Episode: The Murder of Emmett Till 		"   108
29 Hoxie: The First Stand (2003 documentary) "   6
30 A Short Wait Between Trains (1998 short) 7.2/10 29
31 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970 documentary) 7.1/10 88
32 The Richard Pryor Show (1977 TV series)
Episode: Episode #1.2 		"   6
33 Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (1992 TV documentary) 7.0/10 21
34 The Learning Tree (1969) 6.9/10 222
35 We of the Never Never (1982) "   118
36 The Ernest Green Story (1993 TV movie) "   132
37 The Vernon Johns Story (1994 TV movie) "   "  
38 My Dog Skip (2000) "   8,493
39 The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey (2005) "   2,177
40 Hairspray (1988) 6.8/10 7,917
41 Last Breeze of Summer (1991 short) "   17
42 Undercover with the KKK (1979 TV movie) 6.7/10 39
43 The Chocolate War (1988) "   986
44 Borstal Boy (2000) "   834
45 Cadillac Records (2008) "   3,609
46 The American Experience (1988 TV series documentary)
Episode: Partners of the Heart 		6.5/10 11
47 Hope (1997 TV movie) 6.4/10 290
48 Shadrach (1998) "   625
49 Billy Graham: God's Ambassador (2006 video documentary) "   19
50 The Summer of Ben Tyler (1996 TV movie) 6.3/10 82
51 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999 TV movie) "   139
52 Death of a Nation (2005 short) "   94
53 Chattahoochee (1989) 6.2/10 623
54 Life (1999) "   14,252
55 The Runaway (2000 TV movie) "   131
56 The Color of Courage (1999 TV movie) 6.1/10 186
57 A Man Called Adam (1966) 5.9/10 52
58 Rabbit in the Moon (1999 documentary) "   68
59 Beware (1946) 5.8/10 13
60 Crazy in Alabama (1999) 5.7/10 3,813
61 The Sky Is Gray (1980 TV movie) 5.6/10 25
62 The Last Best Sunday (1999) "   144
63 Mutiny (1999 TV movie) 5.4/10 181
64 Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001 TV movie) 5.2/10 154
65 Heart of Dixie (1989) 5.1/10 310
66 The Promised Land (1995 TV mini-series documentary) 4.1/10 12
67 Free, White and 21 (1963) 2.7/10 22
68 The Prodigal (1931)
69 Running Out of Time (1989 TV short)
70 Satchmo the Great (1957)
71 Journey to Justice (2000 TV documentary)
72 American Family (2002 TV series)
Episode: Crash Boom Love: Part 2
73 The American Experience (1988 TV series documentary)
Episode: Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close
74 Miss Lil's Camp (2004 documentary short)
75 Pip & Zastrow: An American Friendship (2008 documentary)
76 Whitewash (2009 documentary)
77 In the Wake of the Assassins (2007)
78 Familiar Fruit (2003 short)
79 The Mike Wallace Interview (1957 TV series)
Episode: Episode dated 28 July 1957
80 Longines Chronoscope (1951 TV series)
Episode: Episode dated 7 June 1954
81 Longines Chronoscope (1951 TV series)
Episode: Episode dated 6 September 1954

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