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This list of African American documentary films (1930s–present) includes films that were made by African Americans, as well as films on the topic of African Americans. (Films marked with an asterisk (*) are specifically about the Civil Rights Movement.)
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross; Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison; Afro-Punk (film) After Winter: Sterling Brown; All God's Children (1996 film) All Jokes Aside (film) All Power to the People; All the Way Home (1957 film) Alpha Man: The Brotherhood of MLK; Amazing Grace (2018 film) The Amazing Nina Simone (film)
The first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present, Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People probes the recesses of American history through images that have been suppressed, forgotten, and lost.
An African American couple documents their journey to survival when they’re forced to ride out Hurricane Katrina in a neighbor’s attic. Trouble the Water was nominated for the Academy Award ...
First time two films written by African-Americans were nominated in the same year. August Wilson: Fences: Fences by Wilson Nominated First African-American writer to receive a posthumous nomination in a writing category. First time two films written by African-Americans were nominated in the same year. 2017: Virgil Williams Dee Rees: Mudbound ...
Time Magazine placed the documentary on the 100 Best Movies of the Past Decades [19] stating that [20] The result is an extraordinary and multifaceted reflection on Black racial identity in America, and a work dedicated to keeping Baldwin's ideas alive in the world.
The American documentary film features the life of American record producer, singer and film producer Quincy Jones. [31] Sorry to Bother You: January 20, 2018: July 6, 2018: The comedy film, set in Oakland, California, features a telemarketer who discovers a magical ability that empowers him to succeed in his profession. [22] [23] [27] [24] [25]
Ironically, very few Americans are aware of the significance of this neighborhood to Americans of African descent, the civil rights movement and the jazz culture that New Orleans is so famous for. The documentary is presented from the first hand perspective of Lolis Eric Elie , a New Orleans journalist who was a staff writer on the HBO series ...