Critically Acclaimed African American Films

Black History Month Collection 

... celebrates the role and achievements of African Americans in U.S. history through film. The entire Black History Month collection is now available to watch through your ACC Library subscription to Kanopy.

Examples:

The New Black

This documentary makes a compelling case that the fight for LGBT rights in Black communities is an extension of the Black Freedom Struggle. It takes viewers into the pews and onto the streets and provides a seat at the kitchen table as it tells the story of the historic fight to win marriage equality in Maryland.

James Baldwin: the Price of the Ticket

Little White Lie
What defines our identity, our family of origin or the family that raises us? Lacey Schwartz discovers that answering those questions means understanding her parents' stories as well as her own. Little White Lie is a personal documentary about the legacy of family secrets, denial, and redemption.

Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

Offers a comprehensive look at race relations in America between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. The story of the struggle during Jim Crow is told through the eyes of those who experienced it: W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells as well as everyday local heros like "Pap" Singleton