Angela Davis

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

THE FLYING DOCTORS is Werner Herzog's stunning portrait of an independent group of physicians who devote their lives to providing a flying doctors service in remote areas of East Africa. The Film shines a light on the differing mindsets of African patients and Western medicine, revealing the need for a new way of thinking. LA SOUFRIERE is the incredible story of one man who refuses to leave as a volcano is about to erupt on the island of Guadaloupe, while all the other inhabitants flee. Herzog and his film crew capture this remarkable story about an inevitable catastrophe that did not take place.

In this thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the U.S. prison boom.

A Chicago teenager struggles to find his path through life while clashing with his domineering father and charismatic older brother.

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish journalists who came to the US drawn by stories of urban unrest and revolution. Gaining access to many of the leaders of the Black Power Movement—Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver among them—the filmmakers captured them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded interviews. Thirty years later, this lush collection was found languishing in the basement of Swedish Television. Director Göran Olsson and co-producer Danny Glover bring this footage to light in a mosaic of images, music and narration chronicling the evolution one of our nation's most indelible turning points, the Black Power movement.

A stunning documentary about Pulitzer Prize-winning author, poet, and essayist Toni Morrison, whose candid and intimate themes have touched millions.

Filmmaker Amy Berg examines the struggle for intersectional activism among the Women's March leadership.