Angela Davis Movies

Angela Davis visiting the German Democratic Republic. A film about the people she met and her impressions.

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

“In 2015, Jason Silverman and Samba Gadjigo released the acclaimed feature documentary SEMBÈNE!, on the life and career of Ousmane...

Using innovative animation and expert insights, this documentary based on Ibram X. Kendi's bestseller explores the history of racist ideas in America.

Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals, religious leaders and...

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first...

A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.

Angela Davis visited the GDR in late summer 1972. For months, people all over the world had fought for her release. In Berlin, Leipzig, and...

An original circa 72-minute documentary featuring a murder, Cold War conspiracies, Black Power, the end of the Empire, and how that connects to the...

Criminal Queers visualizes a radical trans/queer struggle against the prison industrial complex and toward a world without walls....

The story of how, in 1970, the social activism of young UCLA philosophy professor Angela Davis led her to become involved in a failed kidnapping...

African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses...

This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout...

CeCe McDonald survived a brutal attack, only to be incarcerated for defending her life. After an international movement to free her, CeCe emerged as...

Directed by one of Davis' former students, the documentary shows Davis speaking at public rallies and interacting with her students, as well as...

Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a...

James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated black leader through various sources.

We choose to build with one another in a shoulder to shoulder struggle against state-sanctioned violence. A violence that is manifest in the speed of...

A Chicago bakery owner is stunned by a miraculous discovery that challenges her to reclaim lost time, heal old wounds, and find purpose in the...

The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.