Jesse Jackson Movies
- 2009
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
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A revealing look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. With humor and insight, the film captures Hefner's fierce battles with...
- 2018
The Road to Mass Incarceration
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This video, The Road to Mass Incarceration, by Greenhouse Media summarizes criminal justice policy decisions dating back to the 1960s. Although the...
- 2002
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
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The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital role music plays in this...
- 2021
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
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The story of the iconic singer's fascinating six-decade career in both music and Black and LGBTQ activism.
- 2002
BaadAsssss Cinema
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With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather...
- 2009
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
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Many people remember Marion Barry as the philandering drug-addled mayor of the nation's capital. He's the poster boy for corruption, a pariah. Yet to...
- 2018
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
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A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight for equality in the 1960s....
- 1996
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
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Documentary feature exploring the rise of African-Americans to positions of greatness in American sports. Stories are told of boxers, tennis players,...
- 1980
A Decade of Struggle
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This special three-part presentation of "Like It Is" examines the history of the black civil rights movement in the United States, emphasizing the...
- 1986
In Remembrance of Martin
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Personal comments from family, friends, and advisors fill this remarkable documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King joins...
- 1972
Nationtime
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A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the...
- 1997
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
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Documentary narrated by Paul Winfield, this documentary follows the course of Mahalia Jackson's extraordinary life - from her humble beginnings as a...
- 2012
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
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Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.
- 2018
I Am MLK Jr.
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This feature documentary deeply explores Dr. King, his experience, his legacy and the Movement at large through key events – The Montgomery Bus...
- 1983
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
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The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.
- 2021
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
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No person has transformed a race’s social standing as Martin Luther King Jr. He transcended racial barriers, But the quest for equality came...
- 2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
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When Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, TN on April 4, 1968, he left a legacy of profound change, yet there was still much unfinished...
- 2022
Loudmouth
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Josh Alexander’s Loudmouth documents the winding road that is Al Sharpton’s life story as an iconic activist and spiritual leader.
- 2016
Crashing the Party
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With the survival of the Democratic Party at stake after the country's worst three presidential losses a little-known Bill Clinton and a band of...
- 1999
The Subtext of a Yale Education
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Two years in labor relations at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, during the decade of the 1990s.