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  Nothing but a Man

  Nothing but a Man

  Directed by Michael Roemer • 1964 • United States
  Starring Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Julius Harris

  Michael Roemer’s groundbreaking first feature, sensitively shot by his close collaborator Robert M. Young, is a still-resonant expression of humanity in the face of virulent prejudice. Made at the...

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  A Time for Burning

  A Time for Burning

  Directed by Barbara Connell and Bill Jersey • 1966 • United States

  With extraordinary access and unflinching frankness, this remarkable, underseen documentary offers an X-ray of the soul of a divided America working through the social shockwaves of the civil rights movement. The film chronicles ...

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  Drylongso

  Drylongso

  Directed by Cauleen Smith • 1998 • United States
  Starring Toby Smith, April Barnett, Will Power

  A rediscovered treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith’s DRYLONGSO embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/romance. Alarmed by the rat...