Jesse Jackson
Popularity:0.145
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1941-10-08
Place of Birth:Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Homepage:https://www.rainbowpush.org/
Also Known As:Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.

Punch 9 for Harold Washington (2021)
In this epic story of American politics, race, and triumph against all odds, director Joe Winston chronicles the captivating rise, surprising reign,...

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he...

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002)
The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital role music plays in this...

BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather...

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story (2021)
An inspiring portrait of the life and legacy of Jewish theologian and philosopher, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Heschel was one of the most...

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and...

University, Inc. (1999)
The closing of a student film program serves as a paradigm for interrogating the corporate ideology that guides the largest public university in the...

The Subtext of a Yale Education (1999)
Two years in labor relations at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, during the decade of the 1990s.

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009)
A revealing look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. With humor and insight, the film captures Hefner's fierce battles with...

A Man's Story (2011)
Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.

The Soul of Stax (1994)
"Philip Priestley's acclaimed film charts the history of Stax Records, the influential soul and blues record company founded in the 1960s by Jim...

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry...

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry (2009)
Many people remember Marion Barry as the philandering drug-addled mayor of the nation's capital. He's the poster boy for corruption, a pariah. Yet to...

Chicago at the Crossroad (2019)
While gun violence was on the decline in most major US cities, why did it continue to increase in Chicago's segregated communities? What is known...

Uptight (1968)
Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007)
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War documents the work Martin Luther King did in attempting to bring peace to people during the turmoil of the...

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997)
Documentary narrated by Paul Winfield, this documentary follows the course of Mahalia Jackson's extraordinary life - from her humble beginnings as a...

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)
Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.

Operation Breadbasket (1969)
Actor Robert Culp narrates this special examining the use of boycotts by African-Americans as a way of obtaining jobs.

Crashing the Party (2016)
With the survival of the Democratic Party at stake after the country's worst three presidential losses a little-known Bill Clinton and a band of...

Michael Jackson Memorial (2009)
A live telecast of the public memorial service for the king of pop, Michael Jackson.

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy (1983)
The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.

Uncle Tom (2020)
In a collection of intimate interviews with some of America's most provocative black conservative thinkers, Uncle Tom takes a different look at being...

The Road to Mass Incarceration (2018)
This video, The Road to Mass Incarceration, by Greenhouse Media summarizes criminal justice policy decisions dating back to the 1960s. Although the...

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional...

We Are Many (2014)
The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.

MLK: The Assassination Tapes (2012)
Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.

Loudmouth (2022)
Josh Alexander’s Loudmouth documents the winding road that is Al Sharpton’s life story as an iconic activist and spiritual leader.

4 Little Girls (1997)
On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a...

A Matter of Respect (1980)
Teen pregnancy short drama, mixed with a real Planned Parenthood group session of women, and excerpts from a lecture by Reverend Jesse Jackson.

Jackie Robinson: An American Journey (1988)
TV short about Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.

South to Black Power (2023)
In his provocative 2021 book, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto, New York Times opinion columnist Charles M. Blow calls for a...

Anecdotes about Fidel (2009)
23 Anecdotes that reveal a personal side of Fidel Castro, told by Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Alicia Alonso, Alice Walter, Aleida, Che Guevara's...

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021)
A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History (2016)
Through never-been-seen-before footage and fascinating interviews with key members of the 1985 Chicago Bears -- Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon, Mike...

Save the Children (1973)
A concert film highlighted by performances from Marvin Gaye, Jerry Butler, and Roberta Flack.

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound (2009)
Following folk musician Joan Baez on her extensive 2008-2009 tour, this film commemorates her career, which has spanned five decades. It includes...

Fantastic Lies (2016)
One night in Durham, North Carolina, a rape accusation set fire to the reputations of three college athletes and their elite university. As the Duke...

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America (2018)
When Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, TN on April 4, 1968, he left a legacy of profound change, yet there was still much unfinished...

A Decade of Struggle (1980)
This special three-part presentation of "Like It Is" examines the history of the black civil rights movement in the United States, emphasizing the...

Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham (1993)
"This biography profiles the life and faith of the man who has preached to more people than any other person in history. "William Franklin Graham,...

Route One/USA (1989)
Route One is the first major U.S. highway. 5000 km along the Atlantic coast, from the Canadian border to the tip of Florida. Doc, a physician who...

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media (2018)
A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight for equality in the 1960s....

Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story (2020)

In Remembrance of Martin (1986)
Personal comments from family, friends, and advisors fill this remarkable documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King joins...

Decade (1989)
Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on...

Nationtime (1972)
A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the...

The Journey of the African-American Athlete (1996)
Documentary feature exploring the rise of African-Americans to positions of greatness in American sports. Stories are told of boxers, tennis players,...

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 (1973)
In the second film, the author tells about the struggle of blacks for the right to feel equal with all US citizens. Commentary of the mayor of Cairo,...

I Am MLK Jr. (2018)
This feature documentary deeply explores Dr. King, his experience, his legacy and the Movement at large through key events – The Montgomery Bus...

Killing Martin Luther King Jr. (2021)
No person has transformed a race’s social standing as Martin Luther King Jr. He transcended racial barriers, But the quest for equality came...

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (2021)
The story of the iconic singer's fascinating six-decade career in both music and Black and LGBTQ activism.

Last Party 2000 (2001)
Filmed over the last six months of the 2000 Presidential election, Phillip Seymour Hoffman starts documenting the campaign at the Republican and...

September First, Twenty-Twenty (2021)
A witness to Kenosha Wisconsin's largest protest following the Jacob Blake shooting, september first, twenty-twenty. The same weekend Donald Trump...

Bernie Blackout (2020)
An investigative deep dive into the corporate news media’s coverage of Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign that asks: who actually...

We Are Universal (1971)
1971 documentary short that surveys African American arts and culture, drawing inspiration from the “Black Is Beautiful” movement....

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.

The Daily Show (1996)
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (2005)
The command center for breaking news, politics and extraordinary reports from around the world. Patterned after the concept of the White House...

Robins (2006)
Robins is a Swedish late-night talk show which premiered on SVT2 on August 23, 2006. The host is the young stand-up comedian Robin Paulsson from...

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union (2021)
President Obama's personal story and his vision for America, set against the backdrop of the country's racial history.

Shut Up and Dribble (2018)
An inside look at the changing role of athletes in our fraught cultural and political environment, through the lens of the NBA.

Joy Behar: Say Anything! (2009)
Joy Behar: Say Anything! was a news program and talk show hosted by Emmy-award winning talk show host Joy Behar. The program had its "Preview" while...

Tanner '88 (1988)
In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran...

Saturday Night Live (1975)
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture...

The Chris Rock Show (1997)
The Chris Rock Show is a late night comedy talk show featured on HBO. It was created by Chris Rock and featured various guests. The show won an Emmy...

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

A Different World (1987)
A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a...

Baseball (1994)
The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those who contributed to the game in...

Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's...

Explained (2018)
This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.

Dinah! (1974)
Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured...