14 of the best films and documentaries to educate yourself on racism and Black oppression

BY ISABELLA SILVERS

 

20TH CENTURY STUDIOS/EONE/LIONSGATE/NETFLIX/ILLUSTRATION: SHYVONNE THOMAS/DIGITAL SPY

 

Since the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many more Black people by white American police officers, the world has seen an outpouring of anger at systemic racism both in the US and in our home countries.

 

While Black people struggle with their grief and hurt, non-Black people have been showing support on social media and wondering what we can do to make a difference.

 

To Digital Spy's Black readers: obviously we're not trying to educate you about your own oppression. This is a starting point, a general guide for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of Black oppression, either to understand the historical context better or to be a better ally.

 

Full Story: https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a32751963/best-films-documentaries-educate-racism/

Good one,but I would like  documentary made on the likes of South Africa/Zimbabwe.  The rise and subsequent fall of two of the most powerful countries in Africa,the reasoning,and faults that made this so

Are there any Thai films that touch on Thailand's discrimination and abuse? I can recommend the video following video as a reaction to the abuse but it's illegal to say the source of abuse and problems. Everyone knows the source but no one can speak.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZvzvLiGUtw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZvzvLiGUtw

If you need 'educating' on the evil of racism and discrimination then you must be as dim as a toad in blinkers. 

The suggested list has many I haven't seen.

 

The list from the site is:

 

13th - Documentary

The Death of Martha P Johnson - Documentary

Selma

Just Mercy

Injustice

Explain: The Racial Wealth Gap - Documentary

Black and Scottish

Shame in the Game

The Hate U Give

When They See US - Story of Five Black teens accused of rape

I AM Not Your Negro - Documentary

12 Years a Slave

If Beale Street Could Talk

Farming - story from England

 

for those who still read: The Divide by Matt Taibbi... 

11 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

If you need 'educating' on the evil of racism and discrimination then you must be as dim as a toad in blinkers. 

One question for you. Are you a racist?

3 minutes ago, TooBigToFit said:

One question for you. Are you a racist?

a dumb question.  The answer is no, because I have a brain and some deductive intelligence.  I don't need to watch movies to know the the evil that is racial discrimination, or other discrimination of all kinds.  Maybe you need to be shown it to believe it exists?  I don't. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Africa

 

Edited June 8, 20206 yr by bodga

17 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

If you need 'educating' on the evil of racism and discrimination then you must be as dim as a toad in blinkers. 

Well trump supporters certainly need it. 

 

The youth need it but the older generation are not worth the effort as their racism is too ingrained even though they dont admit it.

 

 

10 minutes ago, TooBigToFit said:

The suggested list has many I haven't seen.

 

The list from the site is:

 

13th - Documentary

The Death of Martha P Johnson - Documentary

Selma

Just Mercy

Injustice

Explain: The Racial Wealth Gap - Documentary

Black and Scottish

Shame in the Game

The Hate U Give

When They See US - Story of Five Black teens accused of rape

I AM Not Your Negro - Documentary

12 Years a Slave

If Beale Street Could Talk

Farming - story from England

 

Green Book should be in there. Great movie.

Remember watching the very old TV series 'Kunta Kinte'....... Powerful. 

4 minutes ago, garygooner said:

Remember watching the very old TV series 'Kunta Kinte'....... Powerful. 

Is that the same one that is called Roots? I watched that when very young. Very moving

 

7 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Is that the same one that is called Roots? I watched that when very young. Very moving

 

Utter nonsense with not an ounce of truth, Halley was sued by two other writers he stole most of it from. In the Gambia in 93 I asked about it, they just laughed and said Halley was a liar, which he was.

Don't forget the bigger Muslim slave trade that went on far longer- into today

 

 

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22 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Well trump supporters certainly need it. 

 

The youth need it but the older generation are not worth the effort as their racism is too ingrained even though they dont admit it.

 

 

And there it is, proving my point.  Your comment is age discrimination and I bet you don't even see it. Maybe you need to watch some movies.  

Racism is an industry these days .

Numerous people and groups are involved in the industry and without racism, they wouldnt exist .

Thts why they need to keep racism in the spotlight , to keep their industry going 

1 hour ago, izod10 said:

Good one,but I would like  documentary made on the likes of South Africa/Zimbabwe.  The rise and subsequent fall of two of the most powerful countries in Africa,the reasoning,and faults that made this so

 

If you think those were the two "most powerful countries" in Africa, then it's back to school for you. History especially.

Racism is a choice, often dictated by how a person was raised by their parents.

 

No amount of documentaries is ever going to convince or change people by the masses.

 

When you see rioters and looters, using racism as an excuse to commit crime, maybe they need to create some new up to date documentaries.

 

When you see professional athletes making US $100 million a year and mentioning oppression in the same sentence????????

 

In 2020, 42 whites and 31 blacks were killed by Police in the USA

 

Pick out 1 of those murders, riot, loot over $400 million dollars worth of merchandise

 

Is this really about racism and oppression? Really?

 

 

 

4 hours ago, Sujo said:

Well trump supporters certainly need it. 

 

The youth need it but the older generation are not worth the effort as their racism is too ingrained even though they dont admit it.

 

 

 Where is the name Trump in this topic !Where does it talk about Trump supporters!  You might want to give your Hate speech a rest until that topic comes up !There are multi threads on here that support your opinions.go join them!

The Green mile,Ray Charles and Roots were my favs

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4 hours ago, Sujo said:

Well trump supporters certainly need it. 

 

The youth need it but the older generation are not worth the effort as their racism is too ingrained even though they dont admit it.

 

 

I call foul on that. ALL of the "older generation" is racist. Come on now. That's absurd.

3 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

Racism is an industry these days .

Numerous people and groups are involved in the industry and without racism, they wouldnt exist .

Thts why they need to keep racism in the spotlight , to keep their industry going 

It's real, dude, and also pervasive. We see scads of explicitly racist posts on this forum everyday. 

26 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

It's real, dude, and also pervasive. We see scads of explicitly racist posts on this forum everyday. 

I not see them , we are just trying to have intelligent discussions which involve racial issues .

Just calling people "racists" because they disagree with you , doesn't solve any issues 

4 hours ago, Bruno123 said:

 

If you think those were the two "most powerful countries" in Africa, then it's back to school for you. History especially.

School us ?

5 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

I not see them , we are just trying to have intelligent discussions which involve racial issues .

Just calling people "racists" because they disagree with you , doesn't solve any issues 

More toxic disingenuous game playing. I didn't mention calling people racists. I mentioned racist posts.

 

In any case, I don't think this sort of back and forth equates with "intelligent" conversion in any way.

 

So -- goodbye. 

13 hours ago, Pilotman said:

a dumb question.  The answer is no, because I have a brain and some deductive intelligence.  I don't need to watch movies to know the the evil that is racial discrimination, or other discrimination of all kinds.  Maybe you need to be shown it to believe it exists?  I don't. 

That's the wrong answer. Everyone is a racist. See, you do need an education.

 

14 hours ago, izod10 said:

Good one,but I would like  documentary made on the likes of South Africa/Zimbabwe.  The rise and subsequent fall of two of the most powerful countries in Africa,the reasoning,and faults that made this so

Having friends from Rhodesia, I've seen live footage as recently as April of this year of a white farmers property being burned, luckily he escaped to Namibia befor they could kill him...shocking, been going on for years, yet not one world leader or human rights group will denounce this blatant racism against whites...

8 minutes ago, khwaibah said:

 

 

13 hours ago, bwpage3 said:

In 2020, 42 whites and 31 blacks were killed by Police in the USA

Race categorization is not easy with people of multiple "races", but to keep it easy, about 5X as many whites as blacks. So if population sizes were the same, 42 whites killed by police and 155 blacks killed by police. Hmmm

 The argument about high paid athletes means no oppression is absurd, unless there were as many pro athletes as bus drivers or factory workers or some significant portion of workforce.