Blackside Movies

  • 2021
    Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground

    Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground

    Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground

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    This documentary special honors Henry Hampton’s masterpiece Eyes on the Prize and conjures ancestral memories, activates the radical imagination and e...

    Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground
  • 1993
    The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

    The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

    The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

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    Just before the advent of the Great Depression, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most important industry in the booming America...

    The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's
  • 1980
    A Matter of Respect

    A Matter of Respect

    A Matter of Respect

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

    A Matter of Respect
  • 1994
    Malcolm X: Make It Plain

    Malcolm X: Make It Plain

    Malcolm X: Make It Plain

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    Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood, throug...

    Malcolm X: Make It Plain
  • 1972
    Code Blue

    Code Blue

    Code Blue

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    Code Blue is one of the earliest existing films created by Henry Hampton’s Boston-based documentary company Blackside Inc., which produced the Emmy Aw...

    Code Blue
  • 1973
    Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks

    Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks

    Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks

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    "Listen to a Stranger" spotlights esteemed writer, photographer, and filmmaker Gordon Parks, Sr., who discusses his life and career in the documentary...

    Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks
  • 1995
    The Land of the Four Winds

    The Land of the Four Winds

    The Land of the Four Winds

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    The Land of the Four Winds
  • 1979
    Easy Street

    Easy Street

    Easy Street

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    A documentary produced by Blackside, Inc. as part of an effort to recruit minority youth into the health care fields.

    Easy Street
  • 1978
    The Unemployment Test

    The Unemployment Test

    The Unemployment Test

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    The Unemployment Test is presented as a quiz to judge the audience’s knowledge about the welfare system, albeit one backed by a funky disco synth sou...

    The Unemployment Test