20 Movies About Black History That Should Be On Your Must-Watch List

These films will teach you something the history books don’t.

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The Black Godfather
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The Black Godfather
3.8
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
3.6
Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
4.3
One Night in Miami...
3.5
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
3.9
Roxanne, Roxanne
3.2
Paris Is Burning
4.3
LA 92
3.9
Moonlight
3.6
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
3.6
13th
4
Do the Right Thing
3.9
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
3.7
Malcolm X
4
The Hate U Give
3.5
I Am Not Your Negro
4
Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland
3.2
Selma
3.6
Just Mercy
4
See You Yesterday
2.6

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