Here is a list of wonderful films that you can watch in honor of Black History Month!
Use the links below to borrow them from the Library or watch them using the Library's free streaming services!
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
DVD │ Hoopla Streaming
American Experience: The Abolitionists (2013, DVD)
Black Panther (2018)
Blu-ray │ DVD
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Blu-ray │ DVD
Black Wings (2012, DVD)
Boss: The Black Experience in Business (2019, DVD)
The Bronze Buckaroo (1939, Hoopla Streaming)
Cabin in the Sky (1943, DVD)
The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns (1990)
DVD │ Kanopy Streaming
The Color Purple (1985)
Blu-ray │ DVD
The Color Purple (2023)
Blu-ray │ DVD
Crooklyn (1994, DVD)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Criterion Collection Blu-ray │ Criterion Collection DVD │ Blu-ray │ DVD
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement (1987 & 1990)
DVD (Part 1) │ Hoopla Streaming (Part 1) │ DVD (Parts 1 and 2)
Family Name (1997, DVD)
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (2008, DVD)
Fruitvale Station (2013, DVD)
Hidden Figures (2016)
Blu-ray │ DVD
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race (2019, Kanopy Kids Streaming)
I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
DVD │ Hoopla Streaming │ Kanopy Streaming
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
DVD │ Hoopla Streaming
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Blu-ray │ DVD
The Killing Floor (1984)
DVD │ Hoopla Streaming │ Kanopy Streaming
The League (2023)
DVD │ Hoopla Streaming
Malcolm X (1992)
Criterion Collection Blu-ray │ DVD
Matewan (1987, DVD)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Criterion Collection Blu-ray │ Criterion Collection DVD │ DVD
Selma (2014, DVD)
Slavery by Another Name (2012)
DVD │ Hoopla Streaming │ Kanopy Streaming
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Blu-ray │ DVD
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Blu-ray │ DVD
Summer of Soul (2021, DVD)
The Tuskegee Airmen (1995, DVD)
When We Were Kings (1996)
DVD │ Criterion Collection DVD
Within Our Gates (1920)
DVD │ Kanopy Streaming
The Wiz (1978)
Criterion Collection Blu-ray │ DVD
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