Black History Month has become an international celebration intended to recognize the contributions and achievements of those with African or Caribbean heritage. It’s also an opportunity for people to learn more about the effects of racism and how to challenge negative stereotypes.
Please take a moment to consider the Black History Month films in the library-subscribed Feature Films for Education and Films on Demand streaming media collections.
Log into the Feature Films for Education database to stream one or all of them (you can get a sneak peek of what’s in the collection with this PDF view of titles).
NOTE: these films don’t stream too well on old or finicky browsers. Students can borrow a new Lenovo laptop from the library to stream these films effortlessly – please have your students visit the library’s Equipment Catalog to make the request).
Sample titles in Feature Films for Education:
And here’s a list of the titles that Films on Demand has identified for Black History Month:
- The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross series
- Ken Burns: Jazz series
- Reconstruction: America After the Civil War series
- Outlier: The Story of Katherine Johnson
- Clementine Hunter’s World
- Isaac Pope: The Spirit of an American Century
- Strange Fruit
- Charley Pride: I’m Just Me
- The Apollo
- For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots (University Edition) series
- The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords
- The Civil Rights Movement
- Let Freedom Ring: Moments from the Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1965
Please contact us for help accessing these resources.