African-American Studies
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MISS ALMA THOMAS: a life in color2022 American Studies American History Art History African-American Studies Education Short Films Directed by Women Women's Studies Alma W. Thomas, a Black woman painter, broke color barriers on and off the canvas, yet did not receive national attention until she was 80 years old. “Miss Alma Thomas” is the first documentary film that explores Thomas’ incredible life through the lens of curators, art specialists, scholars, and her family. |
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JEWEL'S CATCH ONE2018 African-American Studies AIDS American History Directed by Women Human Sexuality LGBTQ Women's Studies American Studies 2019
The story of famed Los Angeles nightclub Catch One and its owner Jewel Thais-Williams, who defied all odds and provided a safe space for both black and LGBT communities.
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OWNED: A TALE OF TWO AMERICAS2018 Sociology American History Urban Studies Cultural Studies African-American Studies 2019
Owned: A Tale of Two Americas is a fever dream vision into the dark history behind the US housing economy. Tracking its overtly racist beginnings to its unbridled commoditization, the film exposes a foundational story few Americans understand as their own.
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THE ISSUE OF MR. O'DELL2018 African-American Studies American History American Studies
The Issue of Mr. O’Dell examines the lifelong work of a pioneering civil rights organizer Jack O’Dell, who was a close colleague and advisor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but was ousted from King's organization after President Kennedy named him the number five Communist in America.
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MILFORD GRAVES FULL MANTIS2018 Music African-American Studies American Studies Media Studies
Milford Graves Full Mantis is a feature-length portrait of renowned percussionist Milford Graves, oscillating from present to past and weaving intimate glimpses of the artist’s complex cosmology with blistering performances from around the globe, exploring his kaleidoscopic creativity and relentless curiosity.
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HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING2018 African-American Studies American Studies Cinema Studies Media Studies Academy Award Winners & Nominees 2019
2019 ACADEMY AWARD® Nominee for Best Documentary Feature. Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING allows the viewer an emotive impression of the Historic South - trumpeting the beauty of life and consequences of the social construction of race, while simultaneously a testament to dreaming - despite the odds.
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HOW TO RUST2018 African-American Studies Art History Cinema Studies Sensory Ethnography Lab Anthropology Directed by Women
From the Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard University comes a postindustrial fable told in iron, rocks, and wood. A unique look at Detroit artist Olayami Dabls’ installation “Iron Teaching Rocks How to Rust”
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SPIRITS OF REBELLION: Black Independent Cinema from Los AngelesAfrican-American Studies Directed by Women American Studies Cinema Studies Media Studies Cultural Studies American History 2018
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema from UCLA documents the lives and work of a small critically acclaimed group of black filmmakers and media artists known as the Los Angeles Rebellion, the first collective of minority filmmakers that aimed to reimagine the production process to represent, reflect on, and enrich the day to day lives of people in their own communities.
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RAT FILM2017 Urban Studies Environmental Studies Political Science Sociology Cultural Studies Cinema Studies Anthropology American Studies Architecture African-American Studies
A documentary that uses the rat to explore the complicated history of Baltimore and how racial segregation, redlining, and environmental racism built the American city we see today.
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RAISING BERTIE2016 African-American Studies American Studies Sociology Criminal & Law Education Family Relations Alcohol & Drug Abuse Directed by Women Kartemquin Films
Recorded over six years, Raising Bertie delivers an authentic and tender portrait of the lives of three young boys as they face a precarious coming of age within Bertie County, a rural African-American community in North Carolina. Another harrowing work from the acclaimed documentary powerhouse Kartemquin Films, the film shows the process of growing up in a place afflicted by generations of economic and educational segregation.
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CITY OF TREES2016 Kartemquin Films Environmental Studies American Studies Labor Studies Criminal & Law African-American Studies Urban Studies Political Science Sociology Health Business
A complex tale of social justice, urban forestry and community politics, City of Trees portrays the struggles of a DC non-profit to challenge the cycle of poverty and violence in blighted urban areas by implementing an ambitious "green jobs" program that hires 150 unemployed residents to plant trees in underserved parks.
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THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF DORIS PAYNEPsychology & Psychiatry American Studies African-American Studies Women's Studies Criminal & Law 2015
A sensational portrait of a rebel who defied society’s prejudices and pinched her own version of the American Dream, The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne relates the fascinating story of how a poor, single, African-American mother from segregated West Virginia became the world’s most notorious jewel thief.
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