Jesse Jackson Movies

  • 1996
    The Journey of the African-American Athlete

    The Journey of the African-American Athlete

    The Journey of the African-American Athlete

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    Documentary feature exploring the rise of African-Americans to positions of greatness in American sports. Stories are told of boxers, tennis players,...

    The Journey of the African-American Athlete
  • 1973
    Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

    Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

    Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

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    In the second film, the author tells about the struggle of blacks for the right to feel equal with all US citizens. Commentary of the mayor of Cairo,...

    Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
  • 1983
    Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

    Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

    Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

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    The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.

    Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
  • 1988
    Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

    Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

    Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

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    TV short about Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.

    Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
  • 1980
    A Decade of Struggle

    A Decade of Struggle

    A Decade of Struggle

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    This special three-part presentation of "Like It Is" examines the history of the black civil rights movement in the United States, emphasizing the...

    A Decade of Struggle
  • 2022
    El otro Rey de Chicago

    El otro Rey de Chicago

    El otro Rey de Chicago

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    El otro Rey de Chicago
  • 1970
    Dear Mister President

    Dear Mister President

    Dear Mister President

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    A New Orleans child victim of Hurricane Katrina relives her experience as she writes President Bush questioning her future. New Orleans filmmakers...

    Dear Mister President
  • 1994
    The Soul of Stax

    The Soul of Stax

    The Soul of Stax

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    "Philip Priestley's acclaimed film charts the history of Stax Records, the influential soul and blues record company founded in the 1960s by Jim...

    The Soul of Stax
  • 1999
    University, Inc.

    University, Inc.

    University, Inc.

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    The closing of a student film program serves as a paradigm for interrogating the corporate ideology that guides the largest public university in the...

    University, Inc.
  • 1999
    The Subtext of a Yale Education

    The Subtext of a Yale Education

    The Subtext of a Yale Education

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    Two years in labor relations at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, during the decade of the 1990s.

    The Subtext of a Yale Education
  • 1969
    Operation Breadbasket

    Operation Breadbasket

    Operation Breadbasket

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    Actor Robert Culp narrates this special examining the use of boycotts by African-Americans as a way of obtaining jobs.

    Operation Breadbasket
  • 2012
    MLK: The Assassination Tapes

    MLK: The Assassination Tapes

    MLK: The Assassination Tapes

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    Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.

    MLK: The Assassination Tapes
  • 1989
    Route One/USA

    Route One/USA

    Route One/USA

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    Route One is the first major U.S. highway. 5000 km along the Atlantic coast, from the Canadian border to the tip of Florida. Doc, a physician who...

    Route One/USA
  • 2020
    Bernie Blackout

    Bernie Blackout

    Bernie Blackout

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    An investigative deep dive into the corporate news media’s coverage of Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign that asks: who actually...

    Bernie Blackout
  • 2021
    Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

    Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

    Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

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    No person has transformed a race’s social standing as Martin Luther King Jr. He transcended racial barriers, But the quest for equality came...

    Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
  • 2009
    Anecdotes about Fidel

    Anecdotes about Fidel

    Anecdotes about Fidel

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    23 Anecdotes that reveal a personal side of Fidel Castro, told by Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Alicia Alonso, Alice Walter, Aleida, Che Guevara's...

    Anecdotes about Fidel
  • 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
  • 2021
    Punch 9 for Harold Washington

    Punch 9 for Harold Washington

    Punch 9 for Harold Washington

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    In this epic story of American politics, race, and triumph against all odds, director Joe Winston chronicles the captivating rise, surprising reign,...

    Punch 9 for Harold Washington
  • 2021
    September First, Twenty-Twenty

    September First, Twenty-Twenty

    September First, Twenty-Twenty

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    A witness to Kenosha Wisconsin's largest protest following the Jacob Blake shooting, september first, twenty-twenty. The same weekend Donald Trump...

    September First, Twenty-Twenty