Jesse Jackson Movies

In this epic story of American politics, race, and triumph against all odds, director Joe Winston chronicles the captivating rise, surprising reign,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harold Washington

Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Richard Pryor

The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital role music plays in this...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Walter Cronkite

With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather...

Genre: Action

Cast: Larry Cohen

An inspiring portrait of the life and legacy of Jewish theologian and philosopher, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Heschel was one of the most...

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Cast: James Rudin

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and...

Genre: Music

Cast: Stevie Wonder

The closing of a student film program serves as a paradigm for interrogating the corporate ideology that guides the largest public university in the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Athina Rachel Tsangari

Two years in labor relations at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, during the decade of the 1990s.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jesse Jackson

A revealing look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. With humor and insight, the film captures Hefner's fierce battles with...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Joan Baez

Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ozwald Boateng

"Philip Priestley's acclaimed film charts the history of Stax Records, the influential soul and blues record company founded in the 1960s by Jim...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Isaac Hayes

Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Joan Ganz Cooney

Many people remember Marion Barry as the philandering drug-addled mayor of the nation's capital. He's the poster boy for corruption, a pariah. Yet to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Marion Barry

With the founding of Stax Records, the white siblings Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton created a label during the period of racial segregation that...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jesse Jackson

While gun violence was on the decline in most major US cities, why did it continue to increase in Chicago's segregated communities? What is known...

Genre: Crime

Cast: GLC

Set against the backdrop of a community mourning the recent MLK assassination, Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Julian Mayfield

Ballou , a documentary film, follows the talented Washington, DC, Ballou Senior High School Marching Band, as they overcome their negative...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Marion Barry

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War documents the work Martin Luther King did in attempting to bring peace to people during the turmoil of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Martin Luther King Jr.

Documentary narrated by Paul Winfield, this documentary follows the course of Mahalia Jackson's extraordinary life - from her humble beginnings as a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mahalia Jackson

Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Richard Pryor

Actor Robert Culp narrates this special examining the use of boycotts by African-Americans as a way of obtaining jobs.

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Robert Culp

With the survival of the Democratic Party at stake after the country's worst three presidential losses a little-known Bill Clinton and a band of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bill Clinton

A live telecast of the public memorial service for the king of pop, Michael Jackson.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael Jackson

The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: George Kirby

This video, The Road to Mass Incarceration, by Greenhouse Media summarizes criminal justice policy decisions dating back to the 1960s. Although the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Barry Goldwater

A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Martin Luther King Jr.

The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Damon Albarn

Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Martin Luther King Jr.

Josh Alexander’s Loudmouth documents the winding road that is Al Sharpton’s life story as an iconic activist and spiritual leader.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Al Sharpton

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Craig Hodges

On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Maxine McNair

Teen pregnancy short drama, mixed with a real Planned Parenthood group session of women, and excerpts from a lecture by Reverend Jesse Jackson.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Darryl Heysham

TV short about Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Marion Barry

In his provocative 2021 book, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto, New York Times opinion columnist Charles M. Blow calls for a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Charles M. Blow

23 Anecdotes that reveal a personal side of Fidel Castro, told by Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Alicia Alonso, Alice Walter, Aleida, Che Guevara's...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gabriel García Márquez

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Carl Hart

Through never-been-seen-before footage and fascinating interviews with key members of the 1985 Chicago Bears -- Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon, Mike...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mike Ditka

A concert film highlighted by performances from Marvin Gaye, Jerry Butler, and Roberta Flack.

Genre: Music

Cast: Roberta Flack

Following folk musician Joan Baez on her extensive 2008-2009 tour, this film commemorates her career, which has spanned five decades. It includes...

Genre: Music

Cast: Joan Baez

One night in Durham, North Carolina, a rape accusation set fire to the reputations of three college athletes and their elite university. As the Duke...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Don Yaeger

When Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, TN on April 4, 1968, he left a legacy of profound change, yet there was still much unfinished...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jesse Jackson

This special three-part presentation of "Like It Is" examines the history of the black civil rights movement in the United States, emphasizing the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gil Noble

"This biography profiles the life and faith of the man who has preached to more people than any other person in history. "William Franklin Graham,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Billy Graham

Route One is the first major U.S. highway. 5000 km along the Atlantic coast, from the Canadian border to the tip of Florida. Doc, a physician who...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jesse Jackson

A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight for equality in the 1960s....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Martin Agronsky

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Roberta Flack

Personal comments from family, friends, and advisors fill this remarkable documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King joins...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Martin Luther King Jr.

Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Eric Bogosian

A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sidney Poitier

Documentary feature exploring the rise of African-Americans to positions of greatness in American sports. Stories are told of boxers, tennis players,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hank Aaron

In the second film, the author tells about the struggle of blacks for the right to feel equal with all US citizens. Commentary of the mayor of Cairo,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Valentin Zorin

This feature documentary deeply explores Dr. King, his experience, his legacy and the Movement at large through key events – The Montgomery Bus...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Martin Luther King Jr.

No person has transformed a race’s social standing as Martin Luther King Jr. He transcended racial barriers, But the quest for equality came...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Fred Vinson Jr.

The story of the iconic singer's fascinating six-decade career in both music and Black and LGBTQ activism.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dionne Warwick

Filmed over the last six months of the 2000 Presidential election, Phillip Seymour Hoffman starts documenting the campaign at the Republican and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman

A witness to Kenosha Wisconsin's largest protest following the Jacob Blake shooting, september first, twenty-twenty. The same weekend Donald Trump...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: KeJuan Goldsmith

An investigative deep dive into the corporate news media’s coverage of Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign that asks: who actually...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bernie Sanders

1971 documentary short that surveys African American arts and culture, drawing inspiration from the “Black Is Beautiful” movement....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jesse Jackson

A New Orleans child victim of Hurricane Katrina relives her experience as she writes President Bush questioning her future. New Orleans filmmakers...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kathleen Blanco

Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses...

Genre: History

Cast: Rodney King

Northern Ireland has had many historic days in the last 40 years. October 5th, 1968 could be the most important. In this documentary, many of those...

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Cast: Tom Hayden

A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage...

Genre: Music

Cast: Richard Pryor

From the 1968 Chicago convention and the surprising rise of Ronald Reagan, the history of the two parties continues to shape their current dilemmas...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bill Clinton