Films and TV shows can provide us with an opportunity to better understand the perspectives and experiences of others. Our list includes both fictional stories and nonfiction accounts related to Blackness in the United States and racism. Many of the documentaries listed are available to view through The Ohio State University Libraries.
Films and TV series
- WATCH: 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix YouTube Channel
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- bell hooks: Cultural Criticism and Transformation (Sut Jhally) — University Libraries
- Birth of a Movement (Bestor Cram and Susan Gray)
- Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise (Henry Louis Gates) — University Libraries
- Drawn Together: Comics Diversity and Stereotypes (Harleen Singh)
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
- Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? (Travis Wilkerson)
- For Ahkeem (Jeremy Levine and Landon Van Soest)
- Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask (Isaac Julien) — Tubitv
- I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck) — University Libraries
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — University Libraries
- Healing From Hate: Battle for the Soul of a Nation (Peter Hutchison)
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent
- LA 92 (Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin) — Netflix
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
- Selma (Ava DuVernay) — University Libraries
- Teach Us All (Sonia Lowman) — University Libraries
- Teached: Think of Calvin (Kelly Amis)
- True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality (George Kunhardt, Peter Kunhardt, and Teddy Kunhardt) — University Libraries
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
- What You Gonna Do When The World's on Fire? (Roberto Minervini)
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- White Like Me: Race, Racism & White Privilege in America (Jeremy Young, Scott Morris, Sut Jhally, and Tim Wise) — University Libraries
- Whose Streets? (Sabaah Folayan) — University Libraries
Video
- "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
- Seeing the Racial Water: A Conversation with Robin DiAngelo | Ryerson University
- “So You Want to Talk About Race” | Ijeoma Oluo at Talks at Google
- The Truth About the Confederacy in the United States | Jeffery Robinson, ACL
- 26 Mini-Films for Exploring Race, Bias and Identity with Students | The New York Times