As a black mom I wanted to share some Movies to watch for Black History Month that I have either already watched and loved – or in the process of watching or rewatching with my family.
History is important. Our history is important.
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Putting together Black History movies to discuss black women, black lives, our black teenage boys and systemic racism is important.
It should be told from a real-life perspective on t.v. and the big screen and shared from the perspective of black culture elevating, educating, informing black culture.
While I was searching for Movies To Watch For Black History Month on the internet, every single person on the first page of the internet was not a person of color for many of the results. In fact they were big companies/publications who were telling me as a black mom what to watch.
So, I decided to create my own list for my family and friends (and then decided to share it here with my blog friends).
Let’s get started. I am going to list out movies by platform (a lot of these movies can be found on prime video, so I included the links in case anyone loves one stop movie watching) and link to that platform to stream from and hopefully one other platform as well…and in no order of how we rate them.
HULU
Women of the Movement: Emmett Till Story
Finding Kendrick Jackson Hulu (Starz)
Soul Food
Temptation: confessions of a marriage counselor
An Acceptable Loss
The Outside Story
Jean of the Joneses
Addicted
Come Away
The Hate U Give
The Weekend
Clemency
Tyrel
Across The Line
MLK/FBI
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
Billie
Flight
I Am Not Your Negro
Buy It for your library
The Last Soul on a Summer Night
The Obituary of Tunde Johnson
Monsters and Men
Peeples
Tempted By Danger
Kindred
Hulu Documentaries
The Gospel According to Andre
The Blood Is At The Doorstep
Amazing Grace
Ailey
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Amazon Prime
All By Myself The Eartha Kitt Story
American Skin
A Ballerina’s Tale
Selma
March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed The World
Miss Juneteenth
Grandma’s House
Frankie & Alice
Antwon Fisher
42
John Lewis: Good Trouble
King Richard
Disney+ (Disney Plus)
Please note that my kid friendly may not be your kid friendly so please be sure to watch prior to sitting down to watch these kid friendly movies for black history month.
Hidden Figures
Black Panther
Remember The Titans
Black Is King
Safety
Netflix
The Butler
The Help
Loving
Marshall
AppleTV
A Raisin In The Sun 1961
A Raisin In The Sun (2021)
While I can’t name every single movie I would like to, I think I have covered as many as I could. What did I miss on the list that your family loves?
Charlene says
Thank you for compiling this great list — and sharing it!!!
Karla Harmer says
Hi Charlene!
You are so welcome! Thank you for sharing!
Michele Graham says
I love several of the movies and hope to utilize your list.
Karla Harmer says
Hi Michele!
Thank you so much!
Richella J Parham says
Wow, what a great list! Thank you for putting this together. So many of us are wanting to learn more of black history, and movies are a great place to start.
Karla Harmer says
Hi Richella!
I am happy you loved the list! Appreciate the support!
Karla