Black Public Media Movie Trailers
Most Popular Black Public Media Trailers
Total trailers found: 31
The First Rainbow Coalition Trailer (2019)
24 October 2019
Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police brutality and unfair housing practices in one of America’s most segregated cities.
Storming Caesars Palace Trailer (2022)
03 August 2022
This inspiring documentary chronicles the extraordinary life of Ruby Duncan, an activist who fights the welfare system and becomes a White House advisor.
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart Trailer (2017)
14 October 2017
On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever.
Through the Night Trailer (2021)
20 June 2021
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 a common reality for many families in this country, which leads to a very important question: who looks after the children while their parents work? Through the Night examines the economic and emotional toll affecting some American families, told through the lens of a 24-hour daycare center in Westchester, New York.
And She Could Be Next Trailer (2020)
31 May 2020
The story of a defiant movement of women of color transforming American politics from the ground up. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm elections, the series follows organizers and candidates as they fight on behalf of black, brown, immigrant and poor communities–long neglected by politicians and pundits alike.
When Claude Got Shot Trailer (2021)
17 March 2021
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 carjacking gone wrong.
Mr. SOUL! Trailer (2018)
27 April 2018
On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto the national television stage.
Hazing Trailer (2022)
13 June 2022
Explores a variety of underground hazing rituals that are abusive and sometimes deadly. The journey to understand hazing culture reveals a world of toxic masculinity, violence, humiliation, binge drinking, denial, and institutional coverups.
Two Gods Trailer (2020)
26 August 2020
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.
Fannie Lou Hamer’s America Trailer (2022)
22 February 2022
The film explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of a Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist and one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders.
The First Monument Trailer (2022)
11 July 2022
Until 2021, there was not a single official monument erected for the legendary Black Panther Party. This finally changed when Fredrika Newton, the widow of former Minister of Defense Huey Newton, worked with the city of Oakland to commission a bust of Mr.
Commuted Trailer (2023)
02 November 2023
When Danielle Metz’s triple life sentence was commuted, she got a rare chance to regain the life and family that she’d been dreaming about in prison.
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause Trailer (2026)
19 May 2026
Explore the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois. From his birth, just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation; to his death, on the eve of the March on Washington in 1963, his legacy as an activist continues to resonate today.
Silent Beauty Trailer (2022)
03 May 2022
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 abuse at his hands—and the following 24 years of her silence.
All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk Trailer (2018)
14 November 2018
After a contentious race last fall, the runoff for mayor of New Orleans came down to two candidates: Desirée Charbonnet and LaToya Cantrell, two very different black women.
Highway Mike Trailer (2019)
05 April 2019
Highway Mike is the story of Mike, a formerly homeless addict who used to live below the bridge in a park where hundreds of users gather every day to do drugs.
Razing Liberty Square Trailer (2023)
01 May 2023
Eight miles inland of Miami’s beaches, Liberty City residents fight to save their community from climate gentrification: their land, sitting on a ridge, becomes real estate gold.
Belly of the Beast Trailer (2020)
11 June 2020
When a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in California’s women’s prison system, they take to the courtroom to wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections.
Seeds Trailer (2025)
25 January 2025
An exploration of Black generational farmers in the American South reveals the fragility of legacy and the significance of owning land.
The Inquisitor Trailer (2025)
08 June 2025
In 1972, Congresswoman Barbara Jordan became the first Southern Black woman to join Congress, one of many firsts in her career as a trailblazing political leader.
Ailey Trailer (2021)
23 July 2021
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, this immersive portrait follows a man who, when confronted by a world that refused to embrace him, determined to build one that would.
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes Trailer (2023)
12 March 2023
The Drum Waltzes explores the life and music of legendary drummer, activist Max Roach, his creative peaks, personal struggles and re-inventions from the Jim Crow to Civil Rights eras, from heady days of post-war jazz to hip hop and beyond.
Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands Trailer (2022)
08 February 2022
A documentary exploring the life, career, art and legacy of Marian Anderson.
The Body Politic Trailer (2024)
27 September 2024
With unfettered access, the film follows Baltimore's idealistic young mayor into office, where he puts his personal and political future on the line to save his beloved city from chronic violence.
After Sherman Trailer (2022)
03 March 2022
Beautifully layered and expressionistic, After Sherman is a story about inheritance and the tension that defines our collective American history, especially Black history.
Always in Season Trailer (2019)
26 January 2019
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 begins while the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present.
True North Trailer (2025)
06 September 2025
Centers on the 1969 student protests against racism at Montreal’s Concordia University and their contribution to the story of Black liberation.
Let the Little Light Shine Trailer (2022)
21 April 2022
When a thriving, top-ranked African American elementary school is threatened to be replaced by a new high school favoring the community’s wealthier residents, parents, students and educators fight for the elementary school’s survival.
Riverkeeper Trailer (2026)
30 April 2026
Veteran riverkeeper, Dr. Jackie Echols, protects the environment and majority Black communities throughout the South River watershed in metro Atlanta.
Dear Aloha Trailer (2024)
05 October 2024
Dear Aloha is a short documentary profiling Diasporic Hawaiians living thousands of miles away from home.
Oryza : Healing Ground Trailer (2024)
17 November 2024
This experimental animated documentary interrogates the colonial legacies embedded in archives through the lens of Black land stewards.
