H. Rap Brown
Also Known As: Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Hubert Gerold Brown
Biography: Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, is a civil rights activist, black separatist, and convicted criminal who was the fifth chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Birthday: October 04, 1943
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Gender: Male
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Black Power Salute
Overview: A film about one of the most iconic images of the 20th century, the moment when the radical spirit of the 1960s upstaged the greatest sporting event in the world. Two men made a courageous gesture that reverberated around the world, and changed their lives forever. This film is about Tommie Smith and John Carlos' protest at the 1968 Olympics.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-09
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Malcolm X
Overview: James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated black leader through various sources.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-24
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The FBI's War on Black America
Overview: Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise "of a Black Messiah" that would mobilize the African-American community into a meaningful political force. This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Combining declassified documents, interviews, rare footage and exhaustive research, it investigates the government's role in the assassinations of Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and Martin Luther King Jr. Were the murders the result of this concerted effort to avoid "a Black Messiah"?
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Overview: Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-24
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Revolution Underway
Overview: This color propaganda film made National Education Program (NEP) as a warning to citizens of the USA about the subversive groups within the country looking to destroy the American system and its people. It dates to 1968, one of the most chaotic years in 20th Century American history.
Genres: Documentary History Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Black Panthers
Overview: A film shot during the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California around the meetings organised by the Black Panthers Party to free Huey Newton, one of their leaders, and to turn his trial into a political debate. They tried and succeeded in catching America’s attention.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-12-01
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The Fall
Overview: "The Fall" depicts certain scenes in New York City between October 1967 and March 1968, shot by the independent filmmaker, Peter Whitehead. It is a very personal documentary, and Whitehead appears in a large number of scenes, and we hear his lengthy ruminations on the state of the United States and the war in Vietnam.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-15
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Birth of the Living Dead
Overview: A behind the scenes look into George Romero's groundbreaking horror classic Night of the Living Dead.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-18
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The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Overview: Brash boxer Cassius Clay burst into the American consciousness in the early 1960s, just ahead of the Civil Rights movement. His transformation into the spiritually enlightened heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali is legendary, but this religious awakening also led to a bitter legal battle with the U.S. government after he refused to serve in the Vietnam War. This film reveals the perfect storm of race, religion and politics that shaped one of the most recognizable figures in sports history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-23
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It Felt Like a Kiss
Overview: The story of America's rise to power starting with 1959, using archival footage and US pop music to highlight the consequences to the rest of the world and in the peoples' minds.
Genres: History Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-02
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RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Overview: A new investigative documentary exploring the controversies surrounding the assassination of Bobby Kennedy on June 5, 1968 as he looked set to challenge Nixon for the White House. Munir Sirhan tells how his brother Sirhan has never been able to remember the shooting. Sandra Serrano speaks for the first time in forty years about the girl in the polka-dot dress fleeing the scene, yelling "We shot him! We shot him!" And Dr. Herbert Spiegel of Columbia University describes how Sirhan was hypnotically programmed to kill Robert Kennedy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-20
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Overview: Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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A Huey P. Newton Story
Overview: The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-18
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But... Seriously
Overview: A documentary juxtaposing the events of the 20th century with the commentary of stand-up comedians.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-25
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I Am Not Your Negro
Overview: Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-03
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All Power to the People!
Overview: Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the history of race relations and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the 1960s and 70s. Covering the history of slavery, civil-rights activists, political assassinations and exploring the methods used to divide and destroy key figures of movements by government forces, the film then contrasts into Reagan-Era events, privacy threats from new technologies and the failure of the “War on Drugs”, forming a comprehensive view of the goals, aspirations and ultimate demise of the Civil Rights Movement…
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-01
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