IMDb Seen: Black History Movies
February is Black History Month and the movies below chart several Black experiences over the past few hundred years. All of the films are either based on true stories or are documentaries. Which movie do you think illustrates a piece of Black history most powerfully? Celebrate and contemplate here. Note: Movies are in alphabetical order.
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1.12 Years a Slave (2013)
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2.13th (2016)
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3.42 (2013)
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4.4 Little Girls (1997)
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5.Ali (2001)
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6.American Violet (2008)
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7.Amistad (1997)
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8.Black Girl (1966)
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9.BlacKkKlansman (2018)
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11.Cry Freedom (1987)
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12.Desert Flower (2009)
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13.Fruitvale Station (2013)
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14.Glory (1989)
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15.Goodbye Bafana (2007)
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16.The Great Debaters (2007)
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17.Harriet (2019)
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18.Hidden Figures (2016)
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19.Hotel Rwanda (2004)
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20.I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
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21.Invictus (2009)
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22.Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
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23.Just Mercy (2019)
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24.Loving (2016)
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25.Malcolm X (1992)
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27.Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
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28.Marshall (2017)
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29.Paris Is Burning (1990)
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30.Race (2016)
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31.Ray (2004)
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32.The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
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33.Selma (2014)
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34.Something the Lord Made (2004)
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35.Straight Outta Compton (2015)