Black Lives
Delve deep into the experiences, dreams, struggles, desires, and art of Black communities across the globe with these essential films.
| Spine # | Title | Director | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1262 |
|
Killer of Sheep | Charles Burnett | United States, | 1978 |
| 959 |
|
In the Heat of the Night | Norman Jewison | United States, | 1967 |
| 1260 |
|
Basquiat | Julian Schnabel | United States, | 1996 |
| 1258 |
|
Prince of Broadway | Sean Baker | United States, | 2008 |
| 1247 |
|
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Richard Pryor | United States, | 1986 |
| 1223 |
|
The Underground Railroad | Barry Jenkins | United States, | 2021 |
|
Ceddo | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal, | 1977 | |
|
Xala | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal, | 1975 | |
|
Emitaï | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal, | 1971 | |
| 1212 |
|
Saint Omer | Alice Diop | France, | 2022 |
| 1209 |
|
Nothing but a Man | Michael Roemer | United States, | 1964 |
| 1205 |
|
Mudbound | Dee Rees | United States, | 2017 |
|
Tori and Lokita | Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne | Belgium, | 2022 | |
| 1196 |
|
Nanny | Nikyatu Jusu | United States, | 2022 |
| 1190 |
|
Drylongso | Cauleen Smith | United States, | 1998 |
| 1187 |
|
One False Move | Carl Franklin | United States, | 1992 |
| 1184 |
|
The Watermelon Woman | Cheryl Dunye | United States, | 1996 |
| 1183 |
|
Medicine for Melancholy | Barry Jenkins | United States, | 2008 |
| 1177 |
|
Small Axe | |||
| 1173 |
|
Hollywood Shuffle | Robert Townsend | United States, | 1987 |
| 1169 |
|
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection | Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | Lesotho, | 2019 |
| 1167 |
|
Imitation of Life | John M. Stahl | United States, | 1934 |
| 1165 |
|
Cooley High | Michael Schultz | United States, | 1975 |
| 1160 |
|
Malcolm X | Spike Lee | United States, | 1992 |
| 1154 |
|
Eve’s Bayou | Kasi Lemmons | United States, | 1997 |
| 1146 |
|
Muna moto | Dikongué-Pipa | Cameroon, | 1975 |
| 1143 |
|
Sambizanga | Sarah Maldoror | Angola, | 1972 |
| 1141 |
|
Faya dayi | Jessica Beshir | Ethiopia, | 2021 |
| 1140 |
|
Buck and the Preacher | Sidney Poitier | United States, | 1972 |
| 1135 |
|
Devil in a Blue Dress | Carl Franklin | United States, | 1995 |
| 1130 |
|
Shaft | Gordon Parks | United States, | 1971 |
| 1128 |
|
Farewell Amor | Ekwa Msangi | United States, | 2020 |
| 1127 |
|
Mississippi Masala | Mira Nair | United States, | 1991 |
| 1121 |
|
Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) | Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri | Nigeria, | 2020 |
| 1122 |
|
’Round Midnight | Bertrand Tavernier | United States, | 1986 |
| 1117 |
|
love jones | Theodore Witcher | United States, | 1997 |
| 1109 |
|
Time | Garrett Bradley | United States, | 2020 |
| 1106 |
|
One Night in Miami . . . | Regina King | United States, | 2020 |
| 1107 |
|
The Learning Tree | Gordon Parks | United States, | 1969 |
| 1105 |
|
Menace II Society | Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes | United States, | 1993 |
| 1093 |
|
The Story of a Three Day Pass | Melvin Van Peebles | United States, | 1967 |
| 1095 |
|
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song | Melvin Van Peebles | United States, | 1971 |
| 1094 |
|
Watermelon Man | Melvin Van Peebles | United States, | 1970 |
| 1096 |
|
Don’t Play Us Cheap | Melvin Van Peebles | United States, | 1972 |
| 1097 |
|
Love & Basketball | Gina Prince-Bythewood | United States, | 2000 |
| 1091 |
|
Beasts of No Nation | Cary Joji Fukunaga | United States, | 2015 |
| 1086 |
|
Deep Cover | Bill Duke | United States, | 1992 |
| 1083 |
|
Pariah | Dee Rees | United States, | 2011 |
|
Black Is . . . Black Ain’t | Marlon Riggs | United States, | 1995 | |
|
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (No Regret) | Marlon Riggs | United States, | 1993 | |
|
Color Adjustment | Marlon Riggs | United States, | 1992 | |
|
Anthem | Marlon Riggs | United States, | 1991 | |
|
Affirmations | Marlon Riggs | United States, | 1990 | |
|
Tongues Untied | Marlon Riggs | United States, | 1989 | |
|
Ethnic Notions | Marlon Riggs | United States, | 1986 | |
| 685 |
|
Touki bouki | Djibril Diop Mambéty | Senegal, | 1973 |
| 1065 |
|
Mandabi | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal, | 1968 |
| 360 |
|
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Two Takes by William Greaves | William Greaves | United States, | |
| 1057 |
|
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Jim Jarmusch | United States, | 1999 |
| 1052 |
|
Claudine | John Berry | United States, | 1974 |
| 1049 |
|
Soleil Ô | Med Hondo | France, | 1970 |
| 1021 |
|
Show Boat | James Whale | United States, | 1936 |
| 1019 |
|
Bamboozled | Spike Lee | United States, | 2000 |
| 1018 |
|
Paris Is Burning | Jennie Livingston | United States, | 1990 |
| 998 |
|
When We Were Kings | Leon Gast | United States, | 1996 |
| 97 |
|
Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | United States, | 1989 |
| 963 |
|
To Sleep with Anger | Charles Burnett | United States, | 1990 |
| 953 |
|
A Dry White Season | Euzhan Palcy | United States, | 1989 |
| 774 |
|
Mister Johnson | Bruce Beresford | United States, | 1990 |
| 945 |
|
A Raisin in the Sun | Daniel Petrie | United States, | 1961 |
| 852 |
|
Black Girl | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal, | 1966 |
| 289 |
|
Hoop Dreams | Steve James | United States, | 1994 |
| 737 |
|
Les Blank: Always for Pleasure | Les Blank | United States, | 1968 |
| 152 |
|
George Washington | David Gordon Green | United States, | 2000 |
|
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist | Saul J. Turell | United States, | 1979 | |
| 371 |
|
Body and Soul | Oscar Micheaux | United States, | 1925 |
|
Borderline | Kenneth Macpherson | United States, | 1930 | |
| 370 |
|
The Emperor Jones | Dudley Murphy | United States, | 1933 |
| 372 |
|
Sanders of the River | Zoltán Korda | United Kingdom, | 1935 |
|
Jericho | Thornton Freeland | United Kingdom, | 1937 | |
| 373 |
|
The Proud Valley | Pen Tennyson | United Kingdom, | 1940 |
|
Native Land | Leo Hurwitz and Paul Strand | United States, | 1942 | |
| 532 |
|
Louie Bluie | Terry Zwigoff | United States, | 1985 |
| 48 |
|
Black Orpheus | Marcel Camus | France, | 1959 |