Movies: Charles Burnett
- 2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
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A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs....
- 1990
To Sleep with Anger (1990)
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An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA....
- 1978
Killer of Sheep (1978)
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An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence....
- 1994
The Glass Shield (1994)
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J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the first femal...
- 2011
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
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Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself....
- 2007
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007)
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Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation is a 2007 epic film on the Namibian independence struggle against South African occupation as seen through the life of Sam Nujoma, the leader of the South-West Africa People's Organisation and the first president ...
- 2025
The Annihilation of Fish (2025)
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Poinsettia (Lynn Redgrave) is a woman who believes the ghost of composer Puccini is in love with her. Moving to Los Angeles, she falls in love with Obidiah Fish, a man who wrestles a demon named Hank....
- 2007
Quiet as Kept (2007)
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A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One more relocated family post Hurricane Katrina....
- 2017
We Blew It (2017)
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How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who lived in that golden age think about it today? Did they really blow it? Shot in Cinemascope - from New Je...
- 2010
42 One Dream Rush (2010)
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Collection of short films by various directors based on dreams, 42 seconds each. It was produced by the world's most awarded vodka "42 Below", known for doing things differently....
- 1983
My Brother's Wedding (1983)
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A young African-American man, living in Los Angeles without direction in his life, reluctantly agrees to be the best man for his brother, an upwardly mobile lawyer....
- 1995
When It Rains (1995)
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A musician spends New Year's Day trying to help his friend pay the rent....
- 2000
Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
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When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team....
- 1996
Nightjohn (1996)
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John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learns an unforgettable lesson about the power of words and the true meaning of freedom....
- 1973
The Horse (1973)
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This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away, by the father of a young black boy named William. William cares for said horse in its last moments, as the male family members ...
- 1999
Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
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In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested when she joins others in the famed march from Selma to Montgomery....
- 1998
The Wedding (1998)
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Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade's family, who object to an inter-racial marriage, and Shelby's parents, who want her to marry a professional. As Sh...
- 2018
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution (2018)
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Tells the poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the tale of how a new national program, Medicare, was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort that d...
- 1969
Several Friends (1969)
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An improvised late '60s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett, done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A day-in-the-life South Central L.A. tale about a rag-tag group of unemployed black male pals....
- 2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003)
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In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual execution of 55 rebels and the retribution lynching of more than 200 innocent slaves. Nat Turner: A Trou...