La Rebellion Movies

  • 1978
    Killer of Sheep

    Killer of Sheep

    Killer of Sheep

    6.471978HD

    An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.

    Killer of Sheep
  • 1990
    To Sleep with Anger

    To Sleep with Anger

    To Sleep with Anger

    6.61990HD

    An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.

    To Sleep with Anger
  • 1991
    Daughters of the Dust

    Daughters of the Dust

    Daughters of the Dust

    6.41991HD

    In 1902, an African-American family living on a sea island off the coast of South Carolina prepares to move to the North.

    Daughters of the Dust
  • 1979
    Penitentiary

    Penitentiary

    Penitentiary

    5.21979HD

    A hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to...

    Penitentiary
  • 1982
    Ashes and Embers

    Ashes and Embers

    Ashes and Embers

    6.91982HD

    Ashes and Embers is an original screenplay by Haile Gerima, about a Vietnam veteran, who, several years after the war, is struggling to come to terms...

    Ashes and Embers
  • 1983
    My Brother's Wedding

    My Brother's Wedding

    My Brother's Wedding

    6.71983HD

    A young African-American man, living in Los Angeles without direction in his life, reluctantly agrees to be the best man for his brother, an upwardly...

    My Brother's Wedding
  • 1976
    Emma Mae

    Emma Mae

    Emma Mae

    61976HD

    A naive young woman moves from the South to stay with her aunt and uncle in Compton. As an outsider, she struggles at first to find her footing, but s...

    Emma Mae
  • 1975
    Harvest: 3,000 Years

    Harvest: 3,000 Years

    Harvest: 3,000 Years

    6.71975HD

    In this meditative film the everyday lives of poor Ethiopian peasants are shown using documentary as well as storytelling techniques, with its drama a...

    Harvest: 3,000 Years
  • 1977
    Passing Through

    Passing Through

    Passing Through

    51977HD

    Eddie Warmack, an African American jazz musician, is released from prison for the killing of a white gangster. Not willing to play for the mobsters w...

    Passing Through
  • 1984
    Bless Their Little Hearts

    Bless Their Little Hearts

    Bless Their Little Hearts

    5.91984HD

    Charlie Banks, chronically unemployed, struggles to find dignity and a meaning for life in the impoverished Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts.

    Bless Their Little Hearts
  • 1980
    Gidget Meets Hondo

    Gidget Meets Hondo

    Gidget Meets Hondo

    01980HD

    Filmed in response to the LAPD’s shooting of Eulia Love in 1979, Gidget Meets Hondo opens with stills taken by Bernard Nicolas of a demonstration agai...

    Gidget Meets Hondo
  • 1977
    Daydream Therapy

    Daydream Therapy

    Daydream Therapy

    01977HD

    Daydream Therapy is set to Nina Simone’s haunting rendition of “Pirate Jenny” and concludes with Archie Shepp’s “Things Have Got to Change.” Filmed i...

    Daydream Therapy
  • 1979
    Bush Mama

    Bush Mama

    Bush Mama

    6.81979HD

    The story of Dorothy and her husband T.C. He is a discharged Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a "hero's welcome." Instead he is fal...

    Bush Mama