In celebration of the museum’s 50th anniversary, we are pulling out all the stops. For the first time ever, the museum will hold its annual Mardi Gras event in our own 2,500 square foot main gallery! […]
Category: Films & Documentaries
MEN OF BRONZE Directed by William Miles – 1977
8:00 – 10:00 PM, Men of Bronze is the definitive story of black American soldiers of the 369th U.S. combat regiment and the 15th Infantry from New York, known as the “Harlem Hellfighters,” who served […]
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Tell Them We Are Rising explores the pivotal role historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played over the course of 150 years in American history, culture, and identity. This film reveals the rich history […]
Feb6 Fly Boys: Pennsylvania’s Tuskegee Airmen
This documentary tells the story of struggle and the ultimate triumph of the brave African-American soldiers who served their country during World War II. The film chronicles the “Tuskegee Airmen” program, a controversial military initiative […]
PATRIOTIC TREASON: the Story of John Brown Film Screening / Stage Reading by We Act Radio
Mon, December 4, 9:00 – 10:30 PM $10 Busboys and Poets, Langston Hughes Room 2021 14th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20009 Had John Brown been killed at Harper’s Ferry we may have never known his […]
1Mar 6:30-8 pm, Film: “Well-Behaved Women Don’t Make HerStory: The Dorie Ladner Story”
This installment of Around the Fire features esteemed elder Dorie Ladner, a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) veteran, social worker and lifelong activist. She first got involved with the freedom movement after the murder of […]
28Feb, 4pm & 6 pm, 28th Annual Black Film Festival @ MLKing Library
Join us on Tuesdays in February as we celebrate Black History Month with our annual film festival. The 28th Annual Black Film Festival offers a Double Feature every week, with entertaining and thought-provoking shorts and […]
27Feb, 7:00pm Film at Embassy
Little Senegal 2001 – Algeria/France/Germany – 100 min by Rachid Bouchareb Aging Senegalese man Alloune curates a slavery museum in his home country. Spurred by the reaction of curious patrons, Alloune is inspired to find […]
The Uncivil Civil War: Films Beyond the Battlefields in February
921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Washington, DC 20003 The films of the Civil War are rich in the conflicts between the slave South and the abolitionist North. February 26, 4:00 pm: Slavery by Another Name Samuel D. Pollard’s Slavery […]
26Feb, 12-4pm Walking Tour & Spoken Word Poetry
Retrace Reverend Josiah Henson’s footsteps from his enslavement to escape on the Underground Railroad to freedom. Learn about his extraordinary life, which inspired the novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Screenings of the Time Team America documentary: […]
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