Aimé Césaire at the End of Daybreak

Fred Hampton was the leader of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party. This film depicts his brutal murder by the Chicago police and its subsequent investigation, but also documents his activities in organizing the Chapter, his public speeches, and the programs he founded for children during the last eighteen months of his life.

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Howard Alk

Cast

David Rennie, Fred Hampton, Edward Carmody

Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists in the United States during that period and includes the appearances of Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and other activists, artists, and leaders central to the...

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Göran Olsson

Cast

Abiodun Oyewole, Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte

Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Raoul Peck

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, JoeyStarr

Rob Williams was an African-American living in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s. Living with injustice and oppression, many African-Americans advocated a non-violent resistance. Williams took a different tack, urging the oppressed to take up arms. Williams was stripped of his rank as leader of the local NAACP chapter, but ...

Runtime

54m

Cast

Robert F. Williams, Walter Cronkite, Julian Bond

The women of the first Garífuna community in Honduras work hard for the future of their daughters. Surrounded by a dazzling landscape, they celebrate their identity and the importance of maternal figures.

Runtime

12m