Angela Davis Movies

Courtesy of The Freedom Archives 1972, 28 min. This extraordinary video is from a 16mm film “work print” made in 1971–1972, and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Angela Davis

A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: John Lennon

James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated black leader through various sources.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: James Earl Jones

FREE ANGELA is a feature-length documentary about Angela Davis and the high stakes crime, political movement, and trial that catapults the 26...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Angela Davis

After Mexico 75 and Copenhagen 80, the United Nations choose the Dark Continent for the Third International Women’s Conference. Running in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nawal El Saadawi

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Angela Davis

An original circa 72-minute documentary featuring a murder, Cold War conspiracies, Black Power, the end of the Empire, and how that connects to the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Patricia Rodney

"Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight" covers renowned American artist Betye Saar’s large-scale work “Drifting Toward...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Betye Saar

In an Argentina divided between a deep conservatism and an unprecedented momentum in feminism, the film delves into the political journey and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Claudia Vasquez Haro

An experimental documentary, this work is unique as it portrays the injustices of the California prison system as seen through the eyes of HIV+ women...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Angela Davis

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first...

Genre: History

Cast: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Weaving together the voices of women entangled in the criminal justice system, along with leading scholars on prison abolition, this film provides a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Melissa Burch

Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Abiodun Oyewole

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jelani Cobb

Directed by one of Davis' former students, the documentary shows Davis speaking at public rallies and interacting with her students, as well as...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Angela Davis

Algerian director Hamid Benamra turns his focus to Mustapha Boutadjine, a charming, mercurial collage artist in Paris whose very work methods embody...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mustapha Boutadjine

THE BLACK LIST: VOL. 2 profiles some of today's most fascinating African-Americans. From the childhood inspirations that shaped their ambitions, to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Angela Davis

In the aftermath of the arrest of Angela Davis, Jean Genet reads a text denouncing racist US policy, supporting the Black Panthers party and Angela...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Angela Davis

A documentary dedicated to the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students held in East Berlin in the summer of 1973.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Yasser Arafat

An intimate documentary exploration of heritage and history against the backdrop of a brewing Afro-centric revolution as the U.S. government prepares...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Angela Davis

The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Roger Guenveur Smith

Featuring enlightening interviews with Angela Davis, June Jordan, and Alice Walker, this essential documentary is an exuberant celebration of Black...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Angela Davis

African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Marlon Riggs

This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Toni Morrison

Thirteen years, two inspiring women, both radical activists-one conversation. MOUNTAINS THAT TAKE WING is a historically rich and unique documentary...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Yuri Kochiyama

Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals, religious leaders and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harry Belafonte

Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison is America's first lady of literature. Her books encompass black American history but live and breathe in the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Toni Morrison

Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and the United States, having as base the European...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Abdias Nascimento

United States of America, early 1980s. From the height of a fifty-story building located in the center of New York on a granite cliff in Manhattan,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Valentin Zorin

While the 2016 election catalyzed the Women’s March and a new era of feminist activism, Tamika Mallory and Erika Andiola have been fighting for...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Erika Andiola

Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Emicida

Criminal Queers visualizes a radical trans/queer struggle against the prison industrial complex and toward a world without walls....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Star Amerasu

This vibrant and engaging video profiles the a capella activist group, Sweet Honey in the Rock. Singing to end the oppression of Black people world...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Angela Davis

Police Off Campus! Was produced and directed by the students of the UCLA Motion Picture and Television Division following a large protest at UCLA on...

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Cast: Angela Davis

An inspiring exploration of the struggles and triumphs of low-income LGBTQ+ people and their communities in the queer coastal meccas of the U.S. and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Angela Davis

“Breaking Myths” aims to open the world’s eyes to the fragile and “catastrophic masculinity” of Brazil’s current...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jair Bolsonaro

“In 2015, Jason Silverman and Samba Gadjigo released the acclaimed feature documentary SEMBÈNE!, on the life and career of Ousmane...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Angela Davis

Documentary about the turbulent life, writings, and activism of philosopher Herbert Marcuse, visionary force for the youth movements worldwide during...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Herbert Marcuse