Movies: Black

Lindani, a neurotic young trans man, struggles to tell his partner Tam he loves them after a random encounter with a stranger shakes his self-confidence. But as he finds himself pushed and pulled in all directions by the perceptions of others, can Li...

An inspiring love story about a self-described “poor, gay, black man from North Philly” on his historic run for the United States Senate. But this race is about more than taking on the political competition. It’s about taking on an entire system....

A multimedia performance including film, live narration and dance, How Can You Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere? explores loss and transcendence experienced in human partnerships. Reflecting on his relationship with 102-year-old former s...

FLYIN' CUT SLEEVES, completed in 1993, portrays street gang presidents in the Bronx. Their world was the streets, set against a backdrop of uprooted families, cultural alienation, drugs and violence. Neighborhood teenagers responded by organizing int...

A documentary examining the life of civil rights organizer, Jack O'Dell, a close colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a force in his own right....

A documentary drama addressing the shared tribulations and historical unity between Black and Jewish Americans....

KYRIE and SHAKA come from two different worlds. Kyrie insists that no one picks him up directly from his home in East Cleveland and Shaka, who is far more well off, is more than willing to flaunt what he has and throw out money on the newest games an...

Follow Noah, a college student, as he introduces his White girlfriend, Brittany, to his Black family during a tense Thanksgiving dinner. An emotionally charged drama that delves into the complexities of interracial relationships, Black excellence, an...

“In This Moment” is the story of a transwoman named Love, who is polyamorous and trying to navigate the world around her identities by coming to terms with how she deserves and needs to be loved in a world where her existence is an act of protest. “I...

A group of friends got together to make a short film as a school project....

A sweet grandmother in Atlanta is about to lose her family home, but not if her two clever and off-the-chain grandsons have anything to say about it....

After a long night out two lonely people awake in unfamiliar places on opposite ends of the same city. Their eventual meeting in a city park can only be described as good fortune....

A Celebration of Hip Hop through beatboxing and unique storytelling by the Legendary Biz Markie who rhymes while telling the stories of victims of injustice. CHAAW - Five interconnected stories highlighting victims of injustice. China, Hector, Africa...

An oral history documentary of people of color at Miami University during its Public Ivy period—from 1970 to the early 2000s....

"COMPLEXion is a documentary that aims to unpack the hegemony of skin color globally and challenge the archaic notions that exist surrounding it. Our mission is to defy toxic beauty standards through raw human stories."...

Set on a university campus in 1975, this film follows the lives of Q (a Black adoptee), her roommate Jam (the daughter of former Black Panthers), and Marcus (a student who has experienced the school’s discrimination firsthand) as they bond together t...

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Desmond Capta awakes each day to find his life has been caught in an endless loop; disturbed only by nefarious visions that plague his mind. Can he break the wheel or remain trapped in his own mind forever?...

Comprising new and archival footage, this film observes rituals performed by the South Asian, African, and Caribbean diaspora in Britain, demonstrating an appreciation of land, community values, and the universe we share with other species and planet...

Short documentary in which Ivan Barbosa follows Tarikh Janssen's career switch. The actor leaves the movie world behind and returns to top swimming. Together, Barbosa and Janssen explore taboo topics such as white innocence, Black identity and the Bl...