Black Film: A Timeless Window into the Black Life (Part I)

Note: This blog is reprinted with permission from and compiled by Abdul Akalimat, PhD

Take a minute and watch a movie from yesterday

The Negro and the South https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o15sbC2Rwxg

The Dutchman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VRoOAmtHsQ

I Passed for White https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiXJwoimOf0

Nothing But A Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbNKQwoDrHA

Car Wash https://www.facebook.com/loveblackfilms/videos/car-wash-1976-richard-pryor-franklyn-ajaye-darrow-igus-via-youtube/1838018276456943/

Paris Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWQ5Oa33U9s

Black Girl https://filmroot.com/2017/12/31/black-girl-senegal/

Putney Swope https://tubitv.com/movies/475775/putney-swope

The Spook Who Sat By The Door https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BynXfREPG8

Sounder https://tubitv.com/movies/584610/sounder

The Murder of Fred Hampton https://vimeo.com/434141029

The Battle of Algiers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA25SO3dJrQBlck