Up Next in Celebrate Black History

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  I Am Somebody

  I Am Somebody

  Directed by Madeline Anderson • 1970 • United States

  Trailblazing documentarian Madeline Anderson brings viewers to the front lines of the fight for civil rights. In 1969, Black female hospital workers in Charleston, South Carolina, went on strike for union recognition and a wage increase, only ...

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  A Different Image

  A Different Image

  Directed by Alile Sharon Larkin • 1982 • United States

  In this poetic, groundbreaking work from LA Rebellion trailblazer Alile Sharon Larkin, Alana (Margot Saxton-Federella), a Black art student, sets out to reclaim her body image and self-worth from Western, patriarchal beauty standards and, in...

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  Will

  Will

  Directed by Jessie Maple • 1981 • United States
  Starring Obaka Adedunyo, Loretta Devine, Robert Dean

  In 1981, Jessie Maple became one of the first African American women to direct an independent film with this raw, unflinching portrait of heroin addiction and recovery. Shot on location in Harlem...