documentary

Councilmember Curren Price Presents A Musical Celebration Honoring 25 Years of the Central Avenue Jazz Festival

December 10, 2020

FREE annual fan favorite event returns virtually Dec. 14-17 and includes performances from Barbara Morrison & The Bu Crew, 2021 2x GRAMMY nominee Robert Glasper and Terrace Martin ... read more »

Free Screening & Panel of Atlanta Black Tech Mecca Film Continues to Spotlight Excellence of Emerging Filmmakers in 2020 BHERC TV Virtual Film Festival

November 5, 2020

One of the best short film festivals featuring emerging and veteran filmmakers continues through November 29, 2020. ... read more »

‘UNSETTLED’ — Seeking Refuge in America follows LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers from the Middle East and Africa

June 11, 2020

Here Shepard turns his lens on four new LGBTQ arrivals who’ve each escaped mortal danger in their native countries just for being gay. ... read more »

REVIEW: HBO’s Atlanta’s Missing And Murdered: The Lost Children —a disturbing look the death of 30 African American children

May 1, 2020

Atlanta's Missing And Murdered: The Lost Children is a five-part documentary series offering an unprecedented look at the abduction and murder of at least 30 African-American children and young adults in Atlanta between 1979 and 1981.  ... read more »

NFL great Michael Vick Featured in ESPN 30 for 30 Documentary

April 2, 2020

In a time of self-quarantine and social distancing, there is no better time to relive the great moments of sports through the countless documentaries available to be watched and streamed. ... read more »

Film Review: BLACK IN SPACE: BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIER

March 12, 2020

Only the truth can be this fantastic. ... read more »

Film Review: “16 Bars”

October 31, 2019

Speech (aka Todd Thomas) from the band Arrested Development is doing spirit work inside a city jail in jail of Richmond, VA. In Theaters November 8 in NYC and on November 15 in L.A. ... read more »

Daniel Krikke’s documentary’s “Scared of Revolution”

September 26, 2019

A look at the life of former addict Umar Bin Hassan of The Last Poets. ... read more »

FAME Premieres Voter Suppression Documentary

September 25, 2019

“Suppressed: The Fight To Vote,” a documentary about the 2018 midterm elections in Georgia, will make its West Coast premiere on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 6 p.m., ... read more »

WATCH: On the Red Carpet at “Hitsville: The Making of Motown” Premiere

August 14, 2019

Los Angeles Sentinel Managing Editor Brandon I. Brooks interviews Motown legends on the red carpet at the premiere of Showtime’s latest documentary, “Hitsville: The Making of Motown.” ... read more / watch video »

Ava Duvernay’s “When They See Us” Blasts Netflix Viewership Records

June 20, 2019

“When They See Us” relays a jarring miscarriage of justice of five teens — Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise — who were convicted of assault, rape, and attempted murder. ... read more »

Devil’s Pie – D’Angelo, asks: “What feeds your soul?”

May 9, 2019

In the new documentary “Devil’s Pie: D’Angelo,” D’Angelo answers the question for what feeds his soul ... read more »

Protests Planned at Screening of Michael Jackson Documentary

January 24, 2019

“…in the era of #MeToo and #TimesUp, America’s embrace of “I believe the victims” has intensified. However, Michael Jackson’s family and ultra-loyal fan base, are having none of it.” ... read more »

Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, Screening and Panel

January 25, 2018

A careful variety of HCBU alumni from the 1940s through the ’70s peppered the storytelling with first hand accounts or their experiences of protest, death and celebration. ... read more »

“Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race”

December 28, 2017

In the documentary, we follow Bradley as he uses previous "Coalition-building campaign strategies" used before by other campaigns (of civil rights, Mayor Sam Yorty) before him to succeed. ... read more »

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