Movies (55) tagged by 'Civil Rights'
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Mississippi Burning (1989)
In 1964, three civil rights workers from the North disappear in a small Mississippi town and the FBI are sent to investigate. Agent in charge Alan Ward does ev...
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith (Woods), of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins...
Bloody Sunday (2002)
In 1972 troops open fire on civil-rights leader Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt) and other peaceful protesters in Northern Ireland.
Panther (1995)
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's h...
The Butler (2013)
As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this...
The 60s (1999)
The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines right out of High School and goes...
The Best of Enemies (2019)
Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school int...
Crisis at Central High (1981)
Story of the federally-ordered integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.
True Women (1997)
True Women is a sweeping saga of love, war and adventure. Spanning five decades from the Texas Revolution through the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond, True...
Witch Hunt (2008)
Executive Producer Sean Penn presents "Witch Hunt," a gripping indictment of the American justice system told through the lens of one small town. Voters in Bak...
Steal This Movie (2002)
The life and times of 60's counterculture icon Abbie Hoffman- founder of the Yippie Party, street theater maven, and leader of more protests t...
RBG (2018)
At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But wi...
Unconstitutional (2004)
A documentary that investigates the ways in which the civil liberties of American citizens and immigrants have been rolled back since the September 11 and the P...
Maya Lin A Strong Clear Vision (1994)
Documentary of the designing and creation of the Vietnam War Memorial. Focusing on the controversy that arose when it was announced that the winning design was ...
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009)
An revealing look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. With humor and insight, the film captures Hefner's fierce battles with the governm...
Sing Your Song (2011)
Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil righ...
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
The life of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American professional baseball player is portrayed in this documentary. As we follow him from his college days,...
One Night in Miami (2020)
One Night in Miami is a fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles ...
Girl on a Chain Gang (1965)
Three young people are framed, arrested and thrown in prison by corrupt Southern police.
King in Chicago (2008)
New York's premier fashion aficionados-- Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda--are back in this feature-length follow-up to the hugely successful televisio...
What Happened Miss Simone (2015)
A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."
Alice (2022)
A slave in the antebellum South escapes her secluded plantation only to discover a shocking reality that lies beyond the tree line.
Skin (2008)
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story (2007)
Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story follows three families during one city's battle for equal housing opportunity and civil rights enforcement.
Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire (2013)
With the original intention of empowering a citizenry's ability to defend themselves against a corrupt or tyrannical government, the concept today may seem farf...
Murder in Mississippi (1990)
In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration. Examine...
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
Busted: The Citizen's Guide To Surviving Police Encounters (2004)
A film illustrating the American civil rights pertaining to police encounters with various dramatized scenarios illustrating how they can be exercised.
Blaze (1989)
A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made him a cont...
4 Little Girls (1997)
A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.
Heart of Dixie (1989)
Three young sorority women try to find love with potential men, while worrying about changes in their way of life when integration begins at their college in 19...
And when I die, I won't stay dead (2015)
A journey into the life and work of beat poet and activist Bob Kaufman and his insistence that poetry is fundamental to humanity's moral survival.
Charming the Hearts of Men (2020)
A romantic drama set during the politically charged early 60s where a sophisticated woman returns to her Southern home town and discovers her options are limite...
Foster Boy (2019)
Michael is a high-powered lawyer and Jamal is an angry young man who has been imprisoned after years of abuse in the foster care system. Together they have to o...
The Blood Is at the Doorstep (2017)
After Dontre Hamilton was shot 14 times and killed by police in Milwaukee, his family embarks on a quest for answers, justice and reform.
Boycott (2001)
Black Americans boycott the public buses during the 1950s civil rights movement.
Civil: Ben Crump (2022)
Crump's mission to raise the value of Black life as the civil lawyer for the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Black farmers and banking while Blac...
Lawman Without a Gun (1978)
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 popular se...
All Power to the People! (The Black Panther Party and Beyond) (1996)
A recap of the Black Panther Party's often distorted history and an expose of apparent governmental plots that hastened its demise.
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (2011)
Follows Martin Luther King's life and decades-long civil rights activism.
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook (2019)
This documentary examines how, since 2008, right-wing groups have worked with certain states, to make it harder to vote, particularly for minority groups and yo...
"The Wonderful World of Disney" Ruby Bridges (0)
When six-year-old Ruby is chosen to be the first African-American to integrate her local elementary school, she is subjected to the true ugliness of racism for ...
My Name Is Pauli Murray (2021)
A look at the life and ideas of Pauli Murray, a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall.
Brothers on the Line (2012)
An acclaimed documentary feature exploring the extraordinary journey of the Reuther brothers - Walter, Roy, and Victor - prolific labor statesman whose social j...
The Color of Courage (1998)
Based on the landmark civil rights case Sipes vs. McGhee, The Color of Courage chronicles the friendship between a white woman and a black woman whose family, t...
Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground (2021)
Profound exploration of the journey of Black Liberation though the actors of the movement.
The State Of Marriage (2015)
The untold story of how legal pioneer Mary Bonauto partnered with small town Vermont lawyers Beth Robinson and Susan Murray in a 2-decade long struggle that bui...
The Uncomfortable Truth (2017)
When the award-winning filmmaker of "An Ordinary Hero", Loki Mulholland, dives into the 400 year history of institutional racism in America he is conf...
The Jazz Ambassadors (2018)
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz artists to ...
Freedom Summer (2014)
A look back at the summer of 1964, when more than 700 student activists took segregated Mississippi by storm, registering voters, creating freedom schools and e...
Loudmouth (2023)
It tells the story of Rev. Al Sharpton, painting an intimate portrait of a tireless warrior who has never ducked a fight in his mission to transform the status ...
Freedom Song (2000)
A tale about a young man's bout in the 1960s, in Mississippi, before Blacks were allowed to vote, and did sit ins at White establishments. The harrowing ordeals...
Deep State Gangsters (2025)
Deep State Gangsters is a full-length feature documentary that exposes the abuse of state power by the United States national security establishment, also known...
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