The Color Purple

The Color Purple 2023

7.03

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

2023

American Fiction

American Fiction 2023

7.34

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

2023

Empire of Light

Empire of Light 2022

6.67

The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

2022

Sorry to Bother You

Sorry to Bother You 2018

6.80

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.

2018

Dear White People

Dear White People 2014

6.20

Four college students attend an Ivy League college where a riot breaks out over an "African-American" themed party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in 'post racial' America while weaving a story about forging one's unique path in the world.

2014

O.J.: Made in America

O.J.: Made in America 2016

8.41

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.

2016

Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy 1989

7.24

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.

1989

The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club 1984

6.52

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

1984

Brand Bollywood Downunder

Brand Bollywood Downunder 2023

1

When most people think about Australia, they picture massive sandy beaches, singlet-clad locals drinking beer, and kangaroos bounding through the dusty red outback. Saris, musical numbers, and masala are the furthest from anyone's mind - unless of course, you're one of the millions of Bollywood fans from around the world.

2023

The Sunset Limited

The Sunset Limited 2011

7.18

A deeply religious black ex-con thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor who tries to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, 'The Sunset Limited.' As the one attempts to connect on a rational, spiritual and emotional level, the other remains steadfast in his hard-earned despair. Locked in a philosophical debate, both passionately defend their personal credos and try to convert the other.

2011

The Killing of America

The Killing of America 1981

7.17

A documentary of the decline of America. Featuring footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much, much more.

1981

James Baldwin Abroad

James Baldwin Abroad 2023

10.00

Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other topics, in Istanbul, Paris and Great Britain.

2023

Island in the Sun

Island in the Sun 1957

6.50

On a Caribbean island, a rich landowner's son, Maxwell Fleury, is fighting for political office against black labor leader David Boyeur. As if the contentious election weren't enough, there are plenty of scandals to go around: Boyeur has a secret white lover and Fleury's wife, Sylvia, is also having an affair. And then, of course, there's the small matter of a recently murdered aristocrat.

1957

Boycott

Boycott 2001

6.60

This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

2001

Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country 1995

6.70

A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.

1995

Trial

Trial 1955

6.73

A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relations and the growing threat of local communism.

1955

The Jazz Ambassadors

The Jazz Ambassadors 2018

7.00

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 travel the world as cultural ambassadors, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and their mixed-race band members, faced a painful dilemma: how could they represent a country that still practiced Jim Crow segregation?

2018

Farmlands

Farmlands 2019

7.10

A detailing of the plight of white South African farmers.

2019

Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn

Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn 2020

6.40

The 30-year legacy of the murder of black teenager Yusuf Hawkins by a group of young white men in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, as his family and friends reflect on the tragedy and the subsequent fight for justice that inspired and divided New York City.

2020

Rivers of Blood: 50 Years On

Rivers of Blood: 50 Years On 2018

1

An exploration of immigration in Britain over the half century since Conservative MP Enoch Powell made his controversial speech. Issues surrounding race, religion, integration and multiculturalism are examined.

2018

When They See Us

When They See Us 2019

8.23

Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.

2019

O.J.: Made in America

O.J.: Made in America 2016

8.01

The rise and fall of American football star, O.J. Simpson, from his days growing up in Los Angeles to his murder trial that polarized the country.

2016

America Beyond the Color Line

America Beyond the Color Line 2004

6.00

Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard's chair of Afro-American Studies, travels the length and breadth of the United States to take the temperature of black America at the start of the new century. He explores this rich and diverse landscape, social as well as geographic, and meets the people who are defining black America, from the most famous and influential to those at the grassroots.

2004

Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story

Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story 2018

5.00

This six-part docuseries focuses on the killing of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, whose killer was allowed to go free after he claimed self defense.

2018

Redemption Song

Redemption Song 1991

10.00

Jamaican-born Stuart Hall looks at the history of the Caribbean islands through interviews with modern inhabitants.

1991

Two Sides

Two Sides 2018

7.00

A landmark docu-series exploring watershed moments for law enforcement and the Black community at the crossroads between life and death. Each episode offers an in-depth, comprehensive look into disturbing cases of officer-involved deaths.

2018

Divided States

Divided States 2018

8.00

An in-depth look at how racial tensions and hate crimes are impacting communities in the United States and Europe, and how community members are confronting the problem and fighting back.

2018