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Freedom on My Mind
Documenting the most tumultuous and significant years of the American civil rights movement, Freedom on My Mind tells the dramatic story of the Mississippi voter registration project of 1961 to 1964 and Freedom Summer, which led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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Malcolm X: Make It Plain
The story of the fiery, eloquent Nation of Islam spokesman who expressed the anger of black people and their insistence on freedom is told through archival footage and the reminiscences of prominent figures. Who killed Malcolm X and why has never been fully explained.
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American Dream
In an cinema verité account, Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple charts the complex events surrounding the yearlong Hormel meatpacking plant strike in Austin, Minnesota, in the 1980s that ended in ruptures in the union and job losses for the striking workers.
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James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
In this emotional portrait of his life, works, and beliefs, writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin tells his own story, recounting his experience being born black, impoverished, gifted, and gay in a world that has yet to understand that “all men are brothers.”
