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2011
These Amazing Shadows
These Amazing Shadows7.4 2011 HD
Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Jeff Adachi
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2014
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
Dreams Are Colder Than Death6 2014 HD
What does it mean to be Black in America in the 21st century? The recently formed Black American film group TNEG™ has set out to elucidate this...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Charles Burnett
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2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property6.1 2003 HD
In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Carl Lumbly
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2017
We Blew It
We Blew It5.3 2017 HD
How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Ronee Blakley
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2019
A Walk with Charles Burnett
A Walk with Charles Burnett0 2019 HD
Filmmaker Robert Townsend executive-produced the following fifty-six-minute program for Criterion’s Meet the Filmmakers series in 2018. In it,...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Charles Burnett
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2022
Charles Burnett and the L.A. rebellion (from Watts to Watts)
Charles Burnett and the L.A. rebellion (from Watts to Watts)0 2022 HD
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Charles Burnett
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2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Is That Black Enough for You?!?7.3 2022 HD
A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Elvis Mitchell
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2000
Olivia's Story
Olivia's Story0 2000 HD
A Little League baseball game becomes the unlikely context for this lyrical drama about memory and loss, told from the perspective of a...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Charles Burnett
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1978
Killer of Sheep
Killer of Sheep6.427 1978 HD
An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Henry G. Sanders
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2007
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation5.9 2007 HD
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation is a 2007 epic film on the Namibian independence struggle against South African occupation as seen through the...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Carl Lumbly
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1994
The Glass Shield
The Glass Shield4.8 1994 HD
J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Michael Boatman
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1983
My Brother's Wedding
My Brother's Wedding6.7 1983 HD
A young African-American man living in Los Angeles without direction in his life reluctantly agrees to be best man at his brother, an upwardly mobile...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Everett Silas
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1990
To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger6.6 1990 HD
An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Danny Glover
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2000
Finding Buck McHenry
Finding Buck McHenry0 2000 HD
When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Ossie Davis
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2003
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Warming by the Devil's Fire6.9 2003 HD
Director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Tommy Redmond Hicks
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1995
When It Rains
When It Rains5.5 1995 HD
A musician spends New Year's Day trying to help his friend pay the rent.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Ayuko Babu
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1969
Several Friends
Several Friends5 1969 HD
An improvised late '60s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett, done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Andy Burnett
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1969
Several Friends
Several Friends5 1969 HD
An improvised late '60s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett, done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Andy Burnett
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1973
The Horse
The Horse5.6 1973 HD
This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Gordon Houston
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1996
Nightjohn
Nightjohn5.6 1996 HD
John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Beau Bridges
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2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property6.1 2003 HD
In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Carl Lumbly
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1999
Selma, Lord, Selma
Selma, Lord, Selma7.2 1999 HD
In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Jurnee Smollett
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1990
To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger6.6 1990 HD
An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Danny Glover
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1984
Bless Their Little Hearts
Bless Their Little Hearts5.8 1984 HD
Charlie Banks, chronically unemployed, struggles to find dignity and a meaning for life in poorer districts of South Central Los Angeles.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Nate Hardman
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1998
The Wedding
The Wedding8.3 1998 HD
Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade's family, who...
Genre: Romance
Cast: Halle Berry
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1969
Several Friends
Several Friends5 1969 HD
An improvised late '60s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett, done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Andy Burnett
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1969
Several Friends
Several Friends5 1969 HD
An improvised late '60s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett, done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Andy Burnett
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1973
The Horse
The Horse5.6 1973 HD
This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Gordon Houston
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1973
The Horse
The Horse5.6 1973 HD
This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Gordon Houston
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1973
The Horse
The Horse5.6 1973 HD
This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Gordon Houston
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2007
Quiet as Kept
Quiet as Kept5.2 2007 HD
A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Nathaniel Lee Sr.
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2007
Quiet as Kept
Quiet as Kept5.2 2007 HD
A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Nathaniel Lee Sr.
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2007
Quiet as Kept
Quiet as Kept5.2 2007 HD
A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Nathaniel Lee Sr.
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2007
Quiet as Kept
Quiet as Kept5.2 2007 HD
A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Nathaniel Lee Sr.
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1999
The Annihilation of Fish
The Annihilation of Fish6.2 1999 HD
A woman who believes a dead composer is in love with her falls in love with a man who constantly fights an imaginary man named Hank.
Genre: Drama
Cast: James Earl Jones
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2009
Relative Stranger
Relative Stranger5.8 2009 HD
After the death of his father, a former football star reunites with the family that he abandoned years earlier.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Eriq La Salle
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1984
Bless Their Little Hearts
Bless Their Little Hearts5.8 1984 HD
Charlie Banks, chronically unemployed, struggles to find dignity and a meaning for life in poorer districts of South Central Los Angeles.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Nate Hardman
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1994
The Glass Shield
The Glass Shield4.8 1994 HD
J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Michael Boatman
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2007
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation5.9 2007 HD
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation is a 2007 epic film on the Namibian independence struggle against South African occupation as seen through the...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Carl Lumbly
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1982
Illusions
Illusions5.5 1982 HD
A woman in a Hollywood dubbing studio struggles with race and preconceptions.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Lonette McKee
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2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property6.1 2003 HD
In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Carl Lumbly
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1978
Killer of Sheep
Killer of Sheep6.427 1978 HD
An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Henry G. Sanders
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1978
Killer of Sheep
Killer of Sheep6.427 1978 HD
An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Henry G. Sanders
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1978
Killer of Sheep
Killer of Sheep6.427 1978 HD
An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Henry G. Sanders
![img]()
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2003
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Warming by the Devil's Fire6.9 2003 HD
Director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Tommy Redmond Hicks
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1991
America Becoming
America Becoming0 1991 HD
Looks at the United States as it becomes an increasingly diverse nation. Tracing the history of significant changes in the Immigration and...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Meredith Vieira
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1991
America Becoming
America Becoming0 1991 HD
Looks at the United States as it becomes an increasingly diverse nation. Tracing the history of significant changes in the Immigration and...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Meredith Vieira
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1983
My Brother's Wedding
My Brother's Wedding6.7 1983 HD
A young African-American man living in Los Angeles without direction in his life reluctantly agrees to be best man at his brother, an upwardly mobile...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Everett Silas
![img]()
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1983
My Brother's Wedding
My Brother's Wedding6.7 1983 HD
A young African-American man living in Los Angeles without direction in his life reluctantly agrees to be best man at his brother, an upwardly mobile...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Everett Silas
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1997
The Final Insult
The Final Insult0 1997 HD
This video work intermingles fiction with actuality in a poignant confrontation with homelessness.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Ayuko Babu
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1983
My Brother's Wedding
My Brother's Wedding6.7 1983 HD
A young African-American man living in Los Angeles without direction in his life reluctantly agrees to be best man at his brother, an upwardly mobile...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Everett Silas
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1993
Sa-I-Gu
Sa-I-Gu0 1993 HD
Sa-I-Gu, literally translated in Korean as April 29, is the day of the 1992 Los Angeles riots or uprising. Three months after the events, the...
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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1978
Killer of Sheep
Killer of Sheep6.427 1978 HD
An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Henry G. Sanders
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1997
The Final Insult
The Final Insult0 1997 HD
This video work intermingles fiction with actuality in a poignant confrontation with homelessness.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Ayuko Babu
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1995
When It Rains
When It Rains5.5 1995 HD
A musician spends New Year's Day trying to help his friend pay the rent.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Ayuko Babu
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2020
Cinetracts '20
Cinetracts '206 2020 HD
A global portrait documenting the year's events, Cinetracts '20 features the work of an international lineup of 20 filmmakers. Capturing the...
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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1979
Your Children Come Back to You
Your Children Come Back to You0 1979 HD
A single mother ekes out a living from welfare check to welfare check, struggling to provide for her daughter.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Nashay Brady
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1986
Crocodile Conspiracy
Crocodile Conspiracy0 1986 HD
Conflicts arise when a middle aged African American school teacher decides to visit her father's homeland of communist Cuba.
Genre: Drama
Cast: John Earl Jelks
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1979
Your Children Come Back to You
Your Children Come Back to You0 1979 HD
A single mother ekes out a living from welfare check to welfare check, struggling to provide for her daughter.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Nashay Brady
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2018
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution0 2018 HD
Tells the poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Danny Glover
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1989
From Rags to Reality
From Rags to Reality0 1989 HD
With dreams of fame and fortune, Faith goes to Washington where she quickly discovers that the life of a budding starlet can be tougher than the...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Caron Tate
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1979
Bush Mama
Bush Mama6.8 1979 HD
The story of Dorothy and her husband T.C. He is a discharged Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a "hero's welcome." Instead he is...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Barbara O. Jones
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2007
Quiet as Kept
Quiet as Kept5.2 2007 HD
A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Nathaniel Lee Sr.
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1997
The Final Insult
The Final Insult0 1997 HD
This video work intermingles fiction with actuality in a poignant confrontation with homelessness.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Ayuko Babu
![img]()
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1991
America Becoming
America Becoming0 1991 HD
Looks at the United States as it becomes an increasingly diverse nation. Tracing the history of significant changes in the Immigration and...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Meredith Vieira
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1982
A Different Image
A Different Image0 1982 HD
An African American woman living away from her family in Los Angeles yearns to be recognized for more than her physical attributes. In cultivating...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Adisa Anderson
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1980
The Pocketbook
The Pocketbook5.5 1980 HD
In the course of a botched purse-snatching, a boy comes to question the path of his life. Billy Woodberry’s second film, and first completed in...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Ray Cherry
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1969
69 Pickup
69 Pickup0 1969 HD
Filmmaker Thomas Penick explores race, gender and violence in this provocative, disturbing drama set on a hot, summer day in 1969. When a woman...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Charles Bracy
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2003
For Reel?
For Reel?0 2003 HD
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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2003
For Reel?
For Reel?0 2003 HD
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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2010
42 One Dream Rush
42 One Dream Rush5 2010 HD
An omnibus of short films by auteur directors based on Dreams.
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Cast: Kenneth Anger
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1997
Documenta X - Die Filme
Documenta X - Die Filme0 1997 HD
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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1970
42 Second Dream
42 Second Dream0 1970 HD
Short film by Charles Burnett. Part of the collective film One Dream Rush.
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Cast:
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2000
Olivia's Story
Olivia's Story0 2000 HD
A Little League baseball game becomes the unlikely context for this lyrical drama about memory and loss, told from the perspective of a...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Charles Burnett
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2000
Olivia's Story
Olivia's Story0 2000 HD
A Little League baseball game becomes the unlikely context for this lyrical drama about memory and loss, told from the perspective of a...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Charles Burnett
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