Films with: Freeman, Al

Black like me

Based on the landmark memoir by John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me stars James Whitmore as Griffin, who medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his way through Mississippi and Alabama. Along the way he experienced firsthand both crushing racism and the incredible life force of African-American communities.

DVD 13205

Dutchman

An emotionally unstable white woman entices, then humiliates and finally knifes a black man while they ride a subway train in New York City.

DVD 2382

Ida B. Wells a passion for justice /

Chronicles the life of Ida B. Wells, an early Afro-American journalist and activist who protested lynchings, the treatment of Afro-American soldiers, and other forms of racism and injustice toward black Americans around the turn of the century. Her involvement in the women's suffrage movement is also described.

DVD 12011

Once upon a time-- when we were colored

Tells the story of growing up in the segregation-era South, in a community that faced adversity and held together with amazing dignity and grace.

DVD 9627