Cornel West Movies

  • 1994
    Black Is… Black Ain’t

    Black Is… Black Ain’t

    Black Is… Black Ain’t

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    African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses...

    Black Is… Black Ain’t
  • 1998
    Motown 40: The Music is Forever

    Motown 40: The Music is Forever

    Motown 40: The Music is Forever

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    Archival music performances and contemporary interviews cover some of the history of Motown Records and Productions.

    Motown 40: The Music is Forever
  • 2021
    137 Shots

    137 Shots

    137 Shots

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    In this documentary, law enforcement faces scrutiny as Americans demand justice after police violence claims multiple Black lives in Cleveland.

    137 Shots
  • 2021
    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

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    An inspiring portrait of the life and legacy of Jewish theologian and philosopher, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Heschel was one of the most...

    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
  • 2024
    Tax Broke

    Tax Broke

    Tax Broke

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    The great inequality divide in America is no accident. Tax Broke tells the story of how one of the poorest cities in America has made a small group...

    Tax Broke
  • 2017
    An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

    An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

    An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

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    Reinhold Niebuhr's Serenity Prayer remains one of the most quoted writings in American literature. Yet Niebuhr's impact was far greater, as...

    An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
  • 2018
    American Tap

    American Tap

    American Tap

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    The history of tap is an ever-evolving panorama of inclusion, adversity, and reinvention. This in-depth documentary is an absorbing narrative about a...

    American Tap
  • 1992
    The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White

    The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White

    The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White

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    This program combines a panel discussion and town hall format with documentary video segments to promote the discussion of racial problems and policy...

    The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White
  • 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
  • 1994
    Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

    Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

    Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

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    A musical documentary accompaniment to the 1994 benefit compilation album concerning AIDS in the African-American community.

    Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
  • 2020
    We Are George Floyd

    We Are George Floyd

    We Are George Floyd

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    On May 25th, 2020, Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, murdered George Floyd, a black man, by driving his knee into George's neck for 8...

    We Are George Floyd
  • 2017
    The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left

    The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left

    The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left

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    The left-leaning anti-fascist movement—or Antifa—has been around for decades, popping up in North America and Europe in response to...

    The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left
  • 2016
    America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote

    America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote

    America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote

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    "Hillary Clinton is expected to win the South Carolina primary on Saturday, and she's going to rely on the state’s large African-American...

    America's Election 2016: South Carolina's Black Vote