Black Public Media Bpm Movies

  • 2021
    Ailey

    Ailey

    Ailey

    62021HD

    Alvin Ailey was a visionary artist who found salvation through dance. Told in his own words and through the creation of a dance inspired by his life,...

    Ailey
  • 2019
    Always in Season

    Always in Season

    Always in Season

    6.82019HD

    When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother's search for justice and reconciliation...

    Always in Season
  • 2018
    Mr. SOUL!

    Mr. SOUL!

    Mr. SOUL!

    72018HD

    On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising...

    Mr. SOUL!
  • 2019
    The First Rainbow Coalition

    The First Rainbow Coalition

    The First Rainbow Coalition

    7.52019HD

    Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront...

    The First Rainbow Coalition
  • 2017
    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    6.22017HD

    On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the...

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
  • 2020
    Belly of the Beast

    Belly of the Beast

    Belly of the Beast

    7.52020HD

    When a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in California’s women’s...

    Belly of the Beast
  • 2021
    When Claude Got Shot

    When Claude Got Shot

    When Claude Got Shot

    8.52021HD

    While visiting his hometown of Milwaukee, father of three and aspiring attorney, Claude Motley, is shot in the face by 15-year-old Nathan, during a...

    When Claude Got Shot
  • 2022
    Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands

    Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands

    Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands

    02022HD

    A documentary exploring the life, career, art and legacy of Marian Anderson.

    Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
  • 2021
    Through the Night

    Through the Night

    Through the Night

    82021HD

    When one’s sole focus is to provide for their children, the stakes are extremely high. The need for multiple jobs to make ends meet has become...

    Through the Night
  • 2022
    Storming Caesars Palace

    Storming Caesars Palace

    Storming Caesars Palace

    02022HD

    This inspiring documentary chronicles the extraordinary life of Ruby Duncan, an activist who fights the welfare system and becomes a White House...

    Storming Caesars Palace
  • 2020
    And She Could Be Next

    And She Could Be Next

    And She Could Be Next

    02020HD

    The story of a defiant movement of women of color transforming American politics from the ground up. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm...

    And She Could Be Next
  • 2022
    Silent Beauty

    Silent Beauty

    Silent Beauty

    22022HD

    When director Jasmin Mara López sees a photo of her niece with her grandfather, she is flooded by painful memories of her own childhood sexual...

    Silent Beauty
  • 2022
    Let the Little Light Shine

    Let the Little Light Shine

    Let the Little Light Shine

    82022HD

    When a thriving, top-ranked African American elementary school is threatened to be replaced by a new high school favoring the community’s...

    Let the Little Light Shine
  • 2023
    Razing Liberty Square

    Razing Liberty Square

    Razing Liberty Square

    02023HD

    Eight miles inland of Miami’s beaches, Liberty City residents fight to save their community from climate gentrification: their land, sitting on...

    Razing Liberty Square
  • 2022
    Fannie Lou Hamer’s America

    Fannie Lou Hamer’s America

    Fannie Lou Hamer’s America

    02022HD

    The film explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of a Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist and one of the Civil Rights...

    Fannie Lou Hamer’s America
  • 2018
    All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk

    All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk

    All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk

    02018HD

    After a contentious race last fall, the runoff for mayor of New Orleans came down to two candidates: Desirée Charbonnet and LaToya Cantrell,...

    All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk
  • 2022
    Hazing

    Hazing

    Hazing

    02022HD

    Explores a variety of underground hazing rituals that are abusive and sometimes deadly. The journey to understand hazing culture reveals a world of...

    Hazing
  • 2020
    Two Gods

    Two Gods

    Two Gods

    52020HD

    The story of a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, NJ who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives.

    Two Gods
  • 2022
    After Sherman

    After Sherman

    After Sherman

    02022HD

    Beautifully layered and expressionistic, After Sherman is a story about inheritance and the tension that defines our collective American history,...

    After Sherman
  • 2022
    The First Monument

    The First Monument

    The First Monument

    02022HD

    Until 2021, there was not a single official monument erected for the legendary Black Panther Party. This finally changed when Fredrika Newton, the...

    The First Monument