Charles Burnett Movies
- 1994
The Glass Shield
The Glass Shield4.81994HD
J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of...
- 1978
Killer of Sheep
Killer of Sheep6.4741978HD
An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.
- 2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Is That Black Enough for You?!?7.42022HD
A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.
- 2007
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation5.92007HD
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation is a 2007 epic film on the Namibian independence struggle against South African occupation as seen through the...
- 2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property6.12003HD
In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual...
- 2011
These Amazing Shadows
These Amazing Shadows7.392011HD
Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and...
- 2000
Finding Buck McHenry
Finding Buck McHenry02000HD
When an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team.
- 1995
When It Rains
When It Rains5.51995HD
A musician spends New Year's Day trying to help his friend pay the rent.
- 1984
Bless Their Little Hearts
Bless Their Little Hearts5.91984HD
Charlie Banks, chronically unemployed, struggles to find dignity and a meaning for life in the impoverished Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts.
- 1996
Nightjohn
Nightjohn5.61996HD
John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she...
- 1990
To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger6.5771990HD
An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
- 1999
The Annihilation of Fish
The Annihilation of Fish6.21999HD
A woman who believes a dead composer is in love with her falls in love with a man who constantly fights an imaginary man named Hank.
- 2014
Dreams Are Colder Than Death
Dreams Are Colder Than Death62014HD
What does it mean to be Black in America in the 21st century? The recently formed Black American film group TNEG™ has set out to elucidate this...
- 1998
The Wedding
The Wedding8.31998HD
Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade's family, who...
- 2010
42 One Dream Rush
42 One Dream Rush02010HD
Collection of short films by various directors based on dreams, 42 seconds each. It was produced by the world's most awarded vodka "42 Below", known...
- 1980
The Pocketbook
The Pocketbook5.51980HD
In the course of a botched purse-snatching, a boy comes to question the path of his life. Billy Woodberry’s second film, and first completed in...
- 1979
Your Children Come Back to You
Your Children Come Back to You01979HD
A single mother ekes out a living from welfare check to welfare check, struggling to provide for her daughter.
- 1999
Selma, Lord, Selma
Selma, Lord, Selma7.11999HD
In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested...
- 2009
Relative Stranger
Relative Stranger5.82009HD
After the death of his father, a former football star reunites with the family that he abandoned years earlier.
- 1979
Bush Mama
Bush Mama6.81979HD
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...