BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Docs for Right Now
Understand the death of Sandra Bland, a politically active African American woman who was found hanging in her jail cell after being arrested for a traffic violation.
Follow the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum.
This Sundance-winning doc examines the murder of African American teen Jordan Davis, who was killed by Michael Dunn, a 45-year-old white man who fired 10 bullets at a car carrying four unarmed teenagers.
Follow activists, community leaders and gang affiliates, who struggle to hold Baltimore together in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, who died while in police custody.
2018 American Black Film Festival
Short Films From the Next Generation
Selections from the HBO-sponsored ABFF Short Film competition, now streaming.
A spoken-word exploration of parental loss, this visually sweeping short offers a deeply personal perspective on grief.
When two young men of color find themselves in a dire situation, they grow conflicted about whether to involve the authorities.
The staff of a black hair salon fends off a strange new monster in this biting satire about cultural appropriation in the age of Instagram.
After a chance encounter with a bubbly blast from the past, socially anxious Lenny tries to live a little. The only problem? Himself.
Brandy, a high school tomboy, comes to terms with her sexuality when she decides what she?ll wear to prom.
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Executive produced by John Legend, United Skates spotlights those fighting to save the underground African-American subculture of roller skating.
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld) portrays a maximum-security prison inmate whose impending release is upended when he takes a new arrival under his wing.
Filmed at Indiana?s Pendleton Correctional Facility, follows 13 incarcerated men with decades-long sentences as they study filmmaking as a vehicle to explore their memories.
Gabrielle Union leads this tense thriller as a suburban mother who must protect her family during a home invasion. Premieres February 23 at 8:30 pm.
Podcast Serial captivated listeners with the murder conviction of Baltimore teen Adnan Syed. In this four-part docuseries, groundbreaking revelations challenge the state?s case.
Alex Gibney (Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief) directs this investigation into the rise and fall of Theranos, the one-time multibillion-dollar healthcare company founded by Elizabeth Holmes.
Executive produced by John Legend, United Skates spotlights those fighting to save the underground African-American subculture of roller skating.
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld) portrays a maximum-security prison inmate whose impending release is upended when he takes a new arrival under his wing.
Filmed at Indiana?s Pendleton Correctional Facility, follows 13 incarcerated men with decades-long sentences as they study filmmaking as a vehicle to explore their memories.
Gabrielle Union leads this tense thriller as a suburban mother who must protect her family during a home invasion. Premieres February 23 at 8:30 pm.
Podcast Serial captivated listeners with the murder conviction of Baltimore teen Adnan Syed. In this four-part docuseries, groundbreaking revelations challenge the state?s case.
Alex Gibney (Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief) directs this investigation into the rise and fall of Theranos, the one-time multibillion-dollar healthcare company founded by Elizabeth Holmes.
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