Michael Eric Dyson Movies

  • 2009
    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

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    Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of...

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
  • 1998
    I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

    I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

    I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

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    Award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt explores what it means to be a Black man in America. Traveling to more than fifteen cities and towns across the...

    I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
  • 1999
    Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games

    Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games

    Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games

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    Fists of Freedom examines one of the 20th century’s most memorable moments — the dramatic “Black Power” demonstration of...

    Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
  • 2020
    Frontline: America's Great Divide

    Frontline: America's Great Divide

    Frontline: America's Great Divide

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    A deep look into the growing divide in America from the Barack Obama era through the presidency of Donald Trump.

    Frontline: America's Great Divide
  • 2023
    Hip-Hop @ 50: Rhythms, Rhymes & Reflections – A Soul of a Nation Presentation

    Hip-Hop @ 50: Rhythms, Rhymes & Reflections – A Soul of a Nation Presentation

    Hip-Hop @ 50: Rhythms, Rhymes & Reflections – A Soul of a Nation Presentation

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    Honouring Juneteenth and Black Music Month, this primetime special will detail the history of hip-hop, providing insight into its origins, growth and...

    Hip-Hop @ 50: Rhythms, Rhymes & Reflections – A Soul of a Nation Presentation
  • 2010
    One Night in Vegas

    One Night in Vegas

    One Night in Vegas

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    On the evening of Sept. 7, 1996, Mike Tyson, the WBC heavyweight champion, attempted to take Bruce Seldon’s WBA title at the MGM Grand in Las...

    One Night in Vegas
  • 2017
    Black, White & Blue

    Black, White & Blue

    Black, White & Blue

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    Black White & Blue covers race issues in America, police brutality, the Black Lives Matter movement, the Flint Water Crisis, and the 2016 election of...

    Black, White & Blue
  • 2009
    Stand

    Stand

    Stand

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    Broadcast journalist Tavis Smiley hits the road in 2008 with friends Cornel West, BeBe Winans and other prominent African Americans to explore the...

    Stand