Movie list Curated by San Mateo Public LIbrary

Powerful Documentaries list by Grazia

• The Hair Tales (2022) - watch trailer

• John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020) - watch trailer

• A Ballerina’s Tale (2015) - watch trailer

• Tell Them We are Raising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities - watch on PBS | watch trailer

Documentaries list by W Magazine - 02.01.21

• MLC/FBI - stream it | watch trailer

• Billie - stream it | watch trailer

• Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin - stream it on PBS| watch trailer
  

• Kiki (2016) - stream it | watch trailer

KQED is proud to celebrate Black History Month starting in February with a special TV programming lineup.

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cosmopolitan - 24 Black History Documentaries will help you expand your knowledge - Jan 26, 2022

1. Slavery by Another Name (2012) - stream it

2. LA 92 (2017) - stream it

3. The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013) - stream it

4. Who Killed Malcom X? (2020) - stream it

5. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) - stream it

6. More than a Month (2012) - stream it

7. High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021) - stream it

8. Good Hair (2009) - stream it

9. The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011) - stream it | watch trailer

10. Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce (2019) - stream it

11. They’ve Gotta Have Us (2018) - stream it

12. The Loving Story (2011) - stream it

13. I Am Not Your Negro (2018) - stream it | watch trailer

14. Ethnic Notions (1987) - stream it

15. Freedom Riders (2010) - stream it

16. 13th (2016) - stream it

17. Dark Girls (2011) - stream it

18. When They See Us (2019) - stream it

19. Fauboug Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (2008) - stream it

20. The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017) - stream it

21. Da 5 Bloods (2020) - stream it

22. Step (2017) - stream it

23. Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and The Emergence of A People (2014) - stream it

24. Teach Us All (2017) - stream it