WGBH Video Movie Trailers

The American Trailer (1998)

26 December 1998

After the horror of the Civil War, 'ignorant' Christopher Newman made his fortune. He travels to France is search of cultural treasures.

Cora Unashamed Trailer (2000)

24 October 2000

Cora Jenkins and her parents are the only African-Americans in their community in 1920s Iowa, supported only by Cora's wages as housekeeper to the wealthy Studevants.

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice Trailer (1989)

24 October 1989

"Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice" documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period.

Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

Sitting alone on his 69th birthday, Krapp reflects upon the last 30 years of his life as he listens to an old tape recording of himself he made on his 39th Birthday.

An African-American’s Journal: Inside North Korea Trailer (1994)

26 May 1994

Andrew Jones travels to North Korea with a group of African Americans called "People to People" in an effort to learn more about the country.

The Negro and the American Promise Trailer (1963)

01 January 1963

Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin -- three of the most highly regarded civil rights leaders of the 1960s -- were united in their quest for Black empowerment.

America After Charleston Trailer (2015)

01 January 2015

Public discourse after a white gunman killed nine African American parishioners