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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

CULTURE

ON FILM

Movies and TV shows that detail Black experiences
KATHLEEN CHRISTIANSEN | Orlando Sentinel

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‘Moonlight’

Chiron, a young Black man growing up in Miami, struggles with his
identity through childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Watch the
Academy Award-winning film on Netflix.

‘Imitation of Life’

‘The Hate U Give’

Based on Angie Thomas’ book, “The
Hate U Give” follows Starr Thomas, a teen
caught between two worlds — the poor,
mostly Black neighborhood in which
she lives and the wealthy, mostly white
school she attends — who witnesses the
fatal shooting of her friend. Watch it on
FuboTV.

There are two versions of this movie
(1934 and 1959) based on Fannie Hurst’s
novel, which “was one of the very early
books that kind of dealt with the problem
of being Black and the problem of race in
America,” Harrell said. Watch the 1959
version starting at $3.99 on Amazon Prime
Video, Google Play, iTunes or YouTube.

‘The African Americans:
Many Rivers to Cross’

‘I Am Not Your Negro’

‘BlacKkKlansman’

‘John Henrik Clarke:
A Great and Mighty Walk’

This six-part PBS series explores the
history of African Americans. Watch it
on Amazon Prime Video.

n honor of Black History Month, Donald Harrell, an adjunct professor who teaches
Africana Studies at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, shared his
list of must-watch movies and shows:

‘Akeelah and
the Bee’

An 11-year-old
with a talent for
spelling hopes to
compete in the
National Spelling Bee. Watch it
on HBO Max.

‘One Night in Miami’

Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam
Cooke and Jim Brown discuss their
roles in the civil rights movement of
the 1960s in this fictional film. Watch
it on Amazon Prime Video.

Based on James Baldwin’s unfinished
book, this documentary looks at Black
history from Martin Luther King, Jr. to the
Black Lives Matter movement. Watch it
on Netflix or Tubi.

‘Malcolm X’

This tribute film follows the life
of Black Nationalist leader Malcolm
X. Watch it on HBO Max.

‘Hip-Hop Evolution’

This docuseries traces the evolution of hip-hop. Watch it on Netflix.

Prior to the Civil War,
Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) — a free Black
man from upstate New
York — is kidnapped and
sold into slavery. Watch
the Academy Award-winning film on Hulu.

ACE

Author and historian John Henrik
Clarke describes his personal history and
his views on the history of Africa and of
Pan-Africanism. Watch it on YouTube.

‘Ma Rainey’s
Black
Bottom’

Tensions rise
between
Ma
Rainey, her horn
player and the
recording studio’s white management in 1927
Chicago. Watch
it on Netflix.

‘12 Years a Slave’

Based on real events, a Black detective
from Colorado Springs infiltrates the local
Ku Klux Klan branch with help from his
white colleague. Watch it on Hulu Live TV
or Sling TV.

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