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JazzTown

Denver’s iconic and Grammy Award-winning musicians reveal the secrets of their success and longevity in the music business while warning the young lio

2021

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

2004

The Story Within the Story: Gary, Indiana

A small urban city with a gargantuan wealth of history, contributions, and changes. From the steel industry, music, politics, education, and sports;

George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute

Color footage of inventor George Washington Carver at Tuskegee University in Alabama. Dr. Carver is filmed at his apartment, office, laboratory, and g

1937

Bedford-Stuyvesant Beautiful

Produced in 2004, Inspired by the book, Glory In A Snapshot A Photographic Look at Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bedford-Stuyvesant Beautiful is a video that gi

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

Maurice Hines -- actor, director, singer, and choreographer -- navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous

2019

Le Mozart Noir: Reviving a Legend

Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges overcame class and race prejudices in 18th century France to become a musical genius who would inspire Mozart.

2003

Harlem of the West: Then and Now

The Fillmore was once a thriving, vibrant, and multicultural community with one of the most prominent jazz scenes on the West Coast and hundreds of bl

August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.

2017

In Search of Bass Reeves

By the end of his illustrious career, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves may well have been the preeminent lawman of the Old West. He brought upwards of

2024

African Americans and the Vote

Explore the complicated history of African Americans’ place in San Francisco politics in African Americans and The Vote – a collaboration between Citi

Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People

An animated satire on the question of self-image for African American women living in a society where beautiful hair is viewed as hair that blows in t

1984

Circle Unbroken: A Gullah Journey from Africa to America

75% of all enslaved Africans coming to America came in through Beaufort and the sea islands of South Carolina. This beautiful and picturesque tourist

2014

African American Historical Society – Migration Stories

Citizen Film collaborated with the African American Cultural and Historical Society to produce an initial short film on African American migration, wh

Colin Powell: An American Dream

A biographical documentary on the life and career of U.S. Army General Colin Powell.

1995

Bongó Itá

A rare close-up of the Abakuá —an Afro-Cuban religious brotherhood that has been hidden from outsiders until recently. A symbol of resistance for over

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors wer

2003

The Writer In America : Toni Morrison

An interview with a young Toni Morrison. The video also shows Toni Morrison going shopping, at a party, and at work. Her commentary provides an incisi

1978

And the Dogs Were Silent

For 'Et les chiens se taisaient' Maldoror adapted a piece of theatre by the poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913–2008), about a rebel who becomes pr

1976

Black Pioneers of the Sunshine City

Black Pioneers of the Sunshine City is a documentary that chronicles the history of African American struggles and successes in St Petersburg, Florida

2018