'Quite a few of these films, especially those made by independent producers outside the Hollywood system, are little-known, progressive, and deserve more recognition.'
Congress passed the Martin Luther King Day holiday to make sure that we remember the man and the movement. Both have been depicted in documentary films, but this list focuses on fictional movies about the civil rights movement and the Black experience, including some that describe people and events prior to the 1954 Supreme Court Brown v Board of Education ruling and the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, which are often viewed as the key events that catalyzed the modern movement.
"The Butler" —As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect his life and work, his wife , and his son, who gets swept up in the rising tide of black radicalism and separatism. "Ghosts of Mississippi" —Depicts the real-life efforts of a Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
"In the Heat of the Night" —An African American police detective from Philadelphia, PA is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile Mississippi town under the guidance of a skeptical white sheriff . "Loving" —The true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the Supreme Court.
"No Way Out" —This was the 22-year old Sidney Poitier's first film and his most explicitly anti-racist film. Richard Widmark portrays a white working class thug who resents being treated by a Black doctor in a public hospital. Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis make their film debuts, although they are not credited in the cast list.
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