List of African-American documentary films
This list of African American documentary films includes films that were made by African Americans, as well as films on the topic of African Americans.
1930s
Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert *1940s
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 Henry Browne, Farmer Negro Colleges in War Time We've Come a Long, Long Way The Negro Soldier The Negro Sailor Wings for This Man- ''The Quiet One''
1950s
All My Babies A City Decides *- ''The Cry of Jazz''
1960s
- Integration Report 1 The Five Cities of June * Take This Hammer Children Without The March * Nine from Little Rock * A Time for Burning The Jungle Legendary Champions
- ''Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther''
1970s
A.k.a. Cassius Clay Black Roots Jack Johnson King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis * The Murder of Fred Hampton Black Rodeo Malcolm X * Black Shadows on a Silver Screen Always for Pleasure Goodnight Miss Ann 80 Blocks From Tiffany's1980s
Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle * Style Wars You Got to Move * Ethnic Notions Eyes on the Prize, part I * Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll The Spirit Moves: A History of Black Social Dance on Film, 1900–1986 Adam Clayton Powell *- ''Tongues Untied''
1990s
Paris Is Burning (film) Eyes on the Prize, part II * Color Adjustment A Great Day in Harlem Freedom on My Mind * Malcolm X: Make It Plain * A Time for Justice * Black is... Black Ain't All God's Children All Power to the People The Church of Saint Coltrane The Last Angel of History 4 Little Girls * Blacks and Jews Colors Straight Up Midnight Ramble2000s
4CHOSEN: The Documentary Afro-Punk Banished Beah: A Black Woman Speaks The Black Candle The Black List: Volume 1 The Black List: Volume 2 The Blues Hairkutt Colored Frames * Dare Not Walk Alone * Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four *Flight of the Red TailFrederick Douglass and the White Negro From Swastika to Jim CrowA Girl Like MeGood HairHardwoodHome of the Brave* Jim Brown: All-AmericanLaLee's Kin: The Legacy of CottonLegacy Maafa 21Marcus Garvey: Look for me in the WhirlwindMeeting David WilsonMighty Times: The Children's March *Mississippi Cold Case *My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itageNegroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power Neshoba *The Pact Red Tail Reborn Revolution '67RizeSalute Scottsboro: An American Tragedy *Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech Sister WifeSlavery and the Making of AmericaSoundtrack for a Revolution *Street FightThe Sugar BabiesSweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your VoiceThis Is the Life Tradition Is a TempleTwelve Disciples of Nelson MandelaWhy We BangThe Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306 *2010s
13thThe Barber of Birmingham *The Black List: Volume 3 The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the RevolutionThe Czar of Black HollywoodDark GirlsThe Fab FiveFreedom Riders *Hale County This Morning, This EveningHidden Colors, part 1: The Untold History Of People Of Aboriginal, Moor, and African Descent Hidden Colors, part 2: The Triumph of Melanin Hidden Colors, part 3: The Rules of Racism Hidden Colors, part 4: The Religion of White Supremacy I Am Not Your Negro In the Hour of Chaos *Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People"Good Hair" and Other Dubious DistinctionsMotherlandNo Crossover: The Trial of Allen IversonNo Lye: An American Beauty StoryO.J.: Made in America Reincarnated, on Snoop Dogg's conversion to Rastafari2020s
- ''Mama Gloria''