Jesse Jackson Movies

A concert film highlighted by performances from Marvin Gaye, Jerry Butler, and Roberta Flack.

From the 1968 Chicago convention and the surprising rise of Ronald Reagan, the history of the two parties continues to shape their current dilemmas...

23 Anecdotes that reveal a personal side of Fidel Castro, told by Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Alicia Alonso, Alice Walter, Aleida, Che Guevara's...

Route One is the first major U.S. highway. 5000 km along the Atlantic coast, from the Canadian border to the tip of Florida. Doc, a physician who...

An exploration of The Amos 'n' Andy Show (1951), the first all-Black series on American television. It only lasted a few years before CBS succumbed...

Josh Alexander’s Loudmouth documents the winding road that is Al Sharpton’s life story as an iconic activist and spiritual leader.

An inspiring portrait of the life and legacy of Jewish theologian and philosopher, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Heschel was one of the most...

In this epic story of American politics, race, and triumph against all odds, director Joe Winston chronicles the captivating rise, surprising reign,...

A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight for equality in the 1960s....

Actor Robert Culp narrates this special examining the use of boycotts by African-Americans as a way of obtaining jobs.

With the survival of the Democratic Party at stake after the country's worst three presidential losses a little-known Bill Clinton and a band of...

Teen pregnancy short drama, mixed with a real Planned Parenthood group session of women, and excerpts from a lecture by Reverend Jesse Jackson.

"Philip Priestley's acclaimed film charts the history of Stax Records, the influential soul and blues record company founded in the 1960s by Jim...

With the founding of Stax Records, the white siblings Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton created a label during the period of racial segregation that...

"Hate Crimes in the Heartland," a feature documentary explores the 250,000 hate crimes committed in America each year through the powerful stories of...

No person has transformed a race’s social standing as Martin Luther King Jr. He transcended racial barriers, But the quest for equality came...

A witness to Kenosha Wisconsin's largest protest following the Jacob Blake shooting, september first, twenty-twenty. The same weekend Donald Trump...

When Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, TN on April 4, 1968, he left a legacy of profound change, yet there was still much unfinished...

A New Orleans child victim of Hurricane Katrina relives her experience as she writes President Bush questioning her future. New Orleans filmmakers...