Maynard
Nov 16, 2017 | IMDB 5.2
99 min Watch NowDocumentary, History
Director Sam Pollard constructs a portrait of charismatic trailblazer Maynard Jackson, who became Atlanta’s first black mayor in 1973. The son of pastors raised in the segregated South, Jackson entered college at 14 and took office at 35. During his three-term tenure, he led the city through the traumatic Atlanta child murders scare and triumphantly hosted the 1996 Olympics, all while championing racial equality. Family and colleagues, including Bill Clinton, Andrew Young and Al Sharpton, tell the epic story of a dynamic leader and his legacy of honor and progress.
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The Birth of a Nation
Fahrenheit 9/11
JFK
The Color Purple
Philoxenia
The Bubble
The Rape of Recy Taylor
Color of Ultimate: ATL
Recount
The Hunting of the President
Digital Edition
Nixon
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Record of Life: Those Who Fought in the Okawa Tsunami Trial
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2023
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IMDB 7.2 | Jun , 2000
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.So Damn Close: Atlanta '24
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2025
NASCAR drivers Daniel Suárez, Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch revisit the closest three-way finish in NASCAR history, plus interviews with their crew chiefs and spotters.Prime Farmland
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2020
This documentary film follows farmers and activists fighting together to stop the Indiana Enterprise Center, a mega-sized industrial park planned west of South Bend, IndianaGood Night, and Good Luck.
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2005
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.The Birth of a Nation
IMDB 5.9 | Mar , 1915
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.Fahrenheit 9/11
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 2004
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.JFK
IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 1991
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.The Color Purple
IMDB 7.7 | Dec , 1985
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.Philoxenia
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2021
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IMDB 5.5 | Jul , 2018
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IMDB 7.8 | May , 2019
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2019
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IMDB 6.8 | May , 2008
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IMDB 5.6 | Apr , 2004
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IMDB 9 | Jun , 2016
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IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 1995
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 2025
Centered around the inspirational friendship of icons Andrew Young and Billy Payne—the most successful Black and White partnership in the American South in the civil rights era—“The Games in Black & White” presents the first comprehensive look at Atlanta’s Olympics from bid to legacy and the city’s transformation that followed.Vick
IMDB 6.8 | Jan , 2020
A comprehensive reminisce at each chapter of former NFL quarterback Michael Vick’s saga–the incredible rise, shocking fall and polarizing return.Money as Debt
IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 2006
Paul Grignon's 47-minute animated presentation of "Money as Debt" tells in very simple and effective graphic terms what money is and how it is being created