California Newsreel Movies

This documentary traces the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice.

A documentary following the life of Olaudah Equiano, based on his autobiography "The Interesting Narration of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus...

This film traces the dramatic rise and fall of workplace cooperation at Eastern Airlines. In so doing, the film uncovers the deep-seated assumptions w...

Rob Williams was an African-American living in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s. Living with injustice and oppression, many African-Ameri...

This documentary explores the growth and development of black theatre from its earliest roots, also examining its close ties with the civil rights mov...

A need for national ethnic studies in colleges and social justice led to strikes at San Francisco State University.

An exploration of supply side economics and the trickle down myth as exemplified by Pittsburgh's declining steel industry.

The first account on film of the growth of multinational corporations, their impact on people at home and abroad, and their influence on U.S. foreign...

Uses archival photographs, newsreel footage, and interviews to chronicle the quest by Black South Africans for economic viability and individual freed...

A chronicle of the period from the departure of Charles Taylor to the election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first African woman head of state, that p...