Jesse Jackson Movies

The closing of a student film program serves as a paradigm for interrogating the corporate ideology that guides the largest public university in the...

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War documents the work Martin Luther King did in attempting to bring peace to people during the turmoil of the...

Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses...

Following folk musician Joan Baez on her extensive 2008-2009 tour, this film commemorates her career, which has spanned five decades. It includes...

When Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, TN on April 4, 1968, he left a legacy of profound change, yet there was still much unfinished...

In his provocative 2021 book, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto, New York Times opinion columnist Charles M. Blow calls for a...

A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage...

Personal comments from family, friends, and advisors fill this remarkable documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King joins...

A live telecast of the public memorial service for the king of pop, Michael Jackson.

Actor Robert Culp narrates this special examining the use of boycotts by African-Americans as a way of obtaining jobs.

Route One is the first major U.S. highway. 5000 km along the Atlantic coast, from the Canadian border to the tip of Florida. Doc, a physician who...

An investigative deep dive into the corporate news media’s coverage of Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign that asks: who actually...

Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.

From the 1968 Chicago convention and the surprising rise of Ronald Reagan, the history of the two parties continues to shape their current dilemmas...

This special three-part presentation of "Like It Is" examines the history of the black civil rights movement in the United States, emphasizing the...

Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he...

"Philip Priestley's acclaimed film charts the history of Stax Records, the influential soul and blues record company founded in the 1960s by Jim...

Teen pregnancy short drama, mixed with a real Planned Parenthood group session of women, and excerpts from a lecture by Reverend Jesse Jackson.

Two years in labor relations at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, during the decade of the 1990s.

Northern Ireland has had many historic days in the last 40 years. October 5th, 1968 could be the most important. In this documentary, many of those...