Feature Films
Glory (1989)
Tells the story of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, an African American regiment in the Civil War
Adaptation of the 1853 memoir of Solomon Northup. Solomon Northup, a free African American man from New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery
Biographical film on Harriet Tubman
Amistad (1997)
Tells the story of the rebellion on the slave ship La Amistad and the legal battle that followed
Amazing Grace (2006)
Based on the real life efforts of William Wilberforce to end the slave trade in the British Empire
Documentary Films
Roots (original 1977, redone in 2016)
TV mini-series based on Alex Haley's "Roots." Follows an African man forced into slavery in the U.S. and his descendants over multiple generations.
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross - Episode 3: Into the Fire (1861-1896)
Peabody Award winning documentary series written & presented by Henry Louis Gates Jr. This episode covers the years of 1861-1896
Underground Railroad: The William Stills Story
PBS documentary on abolitionist William Stills, a conductor of the Underground Railroad who kept secret records of freedom seekers
Harriet Tubman - They Called Her Moses
Documentary on the life of abolitionist Harriet Tubman
