Nelson George

Thriller 40

Forty years after the release of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ the best-selling album of all-time, director Nel...

Basketball: A Love Story

'Basketball: A Love Story' is a series of 62 interconnected short stories that creates a vibrant mosaic of the...

The Nineties

Hit rewind and explore the most iconic moments and influential people of The Nineties, the decade that gave us...

Shut Up and Dribble

An inside look at the changing role of athletes in our fraught cultural and political environment, through the...

Bill Russell: Legend

Winningest NBA champion and civil rights icon Bill Russell builds a larger-than-life legacy on and off the cour...

Soundbreaking

Explore the art of music recording with a behind-the-scenes look at the birth of brand new sounds. Featuring mo...

Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

A unique portrait of how art and activism for black people in film are indivisible from race and cinema.

Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

The two-part documentary event “Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution” explores the progression of Black...

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

Public Enemy’s Chuck D leads a cast of hip-hop icons and leading African-American and Latino cultural commentat...

Biography: Bobby Brown

Taking a personal look at the American Music Award winner's journey to superstardom and the fallout from his pe...

Sidney

This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activi...

Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association

Experience the ABA's nine-year rivalry with the NBA that changed basketball forever. From the 3-point shot to t...

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop

The film documents the development of hip hop culture since its inception in the 1970s. With interviews from va...

The Last Critic

Sixty years & a million records ago, Robert Christgau invented Rock music criticism. Anyone who has ever read o...

It's Black Entertainment

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in fi...

Hip Hop Was Born Here

Hosted by legendary rapper LL COOL J, the series will chart the creation, evolution and ongoing legacy of hip-h...

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

A provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke color barriers...

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex...

Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen

Director Baz Luhrmann, actors Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, and others explore the life and legacy of Elvis Pres...

The Wire: The Last Word

A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.

With Drawn Arms

The story behind a critical moment in American history, spawning one of most iconic images of protest from the...

The Wire Odyssey

A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.

A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

This documentary chronicles renaissance man Gordon Parks’ stellar career from staff photographer for LIFE magaz...

Hustlers Convention

The story of Sport and Spoon - two young hustlers who attend the eponymous convention, only to get tangled up i...

Michael Jordan: His Airness

From his days as a child in North Carolina to his retirement from the Chicago Bulls in 1999, His Airness takes...

Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat

Rap music has articulated a black aesthetic that is influencing pop culture around the world. But does it also...

Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship

"PERFECT UPSET" is a 2005 sports documentary about the Villanova Wildcats' shocking win against the heavily fav...

The Minnesota Sound

Emily Goldberg's first person journey through the Minneapolis music scene of the 80s. More

Downtown Calling

In the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy,...

Revisiting The Learning Tree

Featurette included on the Criterion Collection's release of Gordon Parks’ feature debut, The Learning Tree. Th...

Raisin' Kane: A Rapumentary