Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Movies

  • 2016
    13th

    13th

    13th

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

    13th
  • 2022
    Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

    Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

    Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

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    Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century...

    Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
  • 2021
    Black Art: In the Absence of Light

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light

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    An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976...

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light
  • 2014
    Nas: Time Is Illmatic

    Nas: Time Is Illmatic

    Nas: Time Is Illmatic

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    Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions...

    Nas: Time Is Illmatic
  • 2021
    Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

    Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

    Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

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    A journey across the United States to explore the story of the Civil War of Americans from President Obama's final year in office through the present.

    Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
  • 2025
    The Gettysburg Address

    The Gettysburg Address

    The Gettysburg Address

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    In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous...

    The Gettysburg Address
  • 1992
    Color Adjustment

    Color Adjustment

    Color Adjustment

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    From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving...

    Color Adjustment
  • 2017
    Not Black Enough

    Not Black Enough

    Not Black Enough

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    A deep look at the class warfare and the contradictions that African-Americans face within their own community when many of them are ostracized...

    Not Black Enough
  • 2020
    Frontline: America's Great Divide

    Frontline: America's Great Divide

    Frontline: America's Great Divide

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    A deep look into the growing divide in America from the Barack Obama era through the presidency of Donald Trump.

    Frontline: America's Great Divide
  • 2003
    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

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    In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual...

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
  • 2004
    A Place of Our Own

    A Place of Our Own

    A Place of Our Own

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    Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's look back at the 40 years he spent summering at Oak Bluffs, a black-oriented resort community on Martha's Vineyard.

    A Place of Our Own
  • 2019
    Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

    Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

    Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

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    The series explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound...

    Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
  • 2020
    John Lewis: Good Trouble

    John Lewis: Good Trouble

    John Lewis: Good Trouble

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    The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social...

    John Lewis: Good Trouble
  • 2017
    Birth of a Movement

    Birth of a Movement

    Birth of a Movement

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    In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s technically...

    Birth of a Movement
  • 2016
    Black America since MLK: And still I rise

    Black America since MLK: And still I rise

    Black America since MLK: And still I rise

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    Black America since MLK: And still I rise
  • 2018
    America's Library

    America's Library

    America's Library

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    With special access to the Library of Congress, rediscover the history and culture of America through rarely seen treasures unearthed from its...

    America's Library
  • 1999
    Leaving Cleaver

    Leaving Cleaver

    Leaving Cleaver

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    In March 1997, social activist, former Black Panther, and author, Eldridge Cleaver sat down with Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a discussion of his life...

    Leaving Cleaver
  • 2009
    Looking for Lincoln

    Looking for Lincoln

    Looking for Lincoln

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    Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s quest to piece together Lincoln's complex life takes him from Illinois to Gettysburg to Washington, D.C. and...

    Looking for Lincoln
  • 2003
    Let the Church Say, Amen

    Let the Church Say, Amen

    Let the Church Say, Amen

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    In Washington D.C., one church becomes the symbol of a local community dedicated to one another.

    Let the Church Say, Amen