Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Movies
- 2016
13th
13th7.92016HD
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
- 2022
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches62022HD
Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century...
- 2021
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Black Art: In the Absence of Light6.92021HD
An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976...
- 2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Nas: Time Is Illmatic72014HD
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...
- 2021
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)42021HD
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.
- 2025
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address02025HD
In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous...
- 1992
Color Adjustment
Color Adjustment6.91992HD
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...
- 2017
Not Black Enough
Not Black Enough7.72017HD
A deep look at the class warfare and the contradictions that African-Americans face within their own community when many of them are ostracized...
- 2020
Frontline: America's Great Divide
Frontline: America's Great Divide8.22020HD
A deep look into the growing divide in America from the Barack Obama era through the presidency of Donald Trump.
- 2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property6.12003HD
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...
- 2004
A Place of Our Own
A Place of Our Own02004HD
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.
- 2019
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War72019HD
The series explores the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebuild itself in the face of profound...
- 2020
John Lewis: Good Trouble
John Lewis: Good Trouble4.62020HD
The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social...
- 2017
Birth of a Movement
Birth of a Movement6.42017HD
In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s technically...
- 2016
Black America since MLK: And still I rise
Black America since MLK: And still I rise02016HD
- 2018
America's Library
America's Library02018HD
With special access to the Library of Congress, rediscover the history and culture of America through rarely seen treasures unearthed from its...
- 1999
Leaving Cleaver
Leaving Cleaver01999HD
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...
- 2009
Looking for Lincoln
Looking for Lincoln02009HD
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...
- 2003
Let the Church Say, Amen
Let the Church Say, Amen5.52003HD
In Washington D.C., one church becomes the symbol of a local community dedicated to one another.