Charles Burnett Movies
- 2014
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
Dreams Are Colder Than Death62014HD
What does it mean to be Black in America in the 21st century? The recently formed Black American film group TNEG™ has set out to elucidate this...
- 1995
When It Rains
When It Rains5.51995HD
A musician spends New Year's Day trying to help his friend pay the rent.
- 1969
Several Friends
Several Friends51969HD
An improvised late '60s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett, done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A...
- 2018
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution02018HD
Tells the poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the...
- 1973
The Horse
The Horse5.61973HD
This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young...
- 2007
Quiet as Kept
Quiet as Kept5.22007HD
A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One...
- 1982
Illusions
Illusions5.51982HD
A woman in a Hollywood dubbing studio struggles with race and preconceptions.
- 1989
From Rags to Reality
From Rags to Reality01989HD
With dreams of fame and fortune, Faith goes to Washington where she quickly discovers that the life of a budding starlet can be tougher than the...
- 2000
Finding Buck McHenry
Finding Buck McHenry02000HD
When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team.
- 1997
Documenta X - Die Filme
Documenta X - Die Filme01997HD
- 1980
The Pocketbook
The Pocketbook5.51980HD
In the course of a botched purse-snatching, a boy comes to question the path of his life. Billy Woodberry’s second film, and first completed in...
- 1979
Your Children Come Back to You
Your Children Come Back to You01979HD
A single mother ekes out a living from welfare check to welfare check, struggling to provide for her daughter.
- 1997
The Final Insult
The Final Insult01997HD
This video work intermingles fiction with actuality in a poignant confrontation with homelessness.
- 1979
Bush Mama
Bush Mama6.81979HD
The story of Dorothy and her husband T.C. He is a discharged Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a "hero's welcome." Instead he is...
- 2020
Cinetracts '20
Cinetracts '2062020HD
A global portrait documenting the year's events, Cinetracts '20 features the work of an international lineup of 20 filmmakers. Capturing the...
- 1982
A Different Image
A Different Image01982HD
An African American woman living away from her family in Los Angeles yearns to be recognized for more than her physical attributes. In cultivating...
- 2000
Olivia's Story
Olivia's Story02000HD
A Little League baseball game becomes the unlikely context for this lyrical drama about memory and loss, told from the perspective of a...
- 1969
69 Pickup
69 Pickup01969HD
Filmmaker Thomas Penick explores race, gender and violence in this provocative, disturbing drama set on a hot, summer day in 1969. When a woman...
- 1993
Sa-I-Gu
Sa-I-Gu01993HD
Sa-I-Gu, literally translated in Korean as April 29, is the day of the 1992 Los Angeles riots or uprising. Three months after the events, the...
- 1986
Crocodile Conspiracy
Crocodile Conspiracy01986HD
Conflicts arise when a middle aged African American school teacher decides to visit her father's homeland of communist Cuba.