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Top 10 Movies to Celebrate Black History Month

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Top 10 Movies to Celebrate Black History Month

By Movieguide® Contributor

February is Black History Month, and we have gathered together our favorite titles to celebrate the challenging and beautiful history of our black brothers and sisters. From deeply emotional movies like JUST MERCY, to historical films like SELMA, there’s something for everyone to watch to honor Black History Month. Let us all remember what the Bible says in Acts 10:34-35: “God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.”

HARRIET

Discernment Drama/Historical Drama · PG-13

HARRIET is the powerful and entertaining true story about a slave in the south before Civil War named “Minty” became Harriet Tubman, the woman who saved hundreds of slaves and brought them to freedom. Harriet is married to a free man, and…

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JUST MERCY

Caution Drama · PG-13

JUST MERCY takes place in Monroeville, Alabama, where an African-American lawyer out of Harvard Law makes it his mission to help those who can’t help themselves. Bryan Stevenson pairs up with a local advocate, and together they begin the Equal Justice Initiative.…

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SELMA

Caution Drama · PG-13

SELMA is a powerful movie about the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1965 march on Montgomery, Alabama for voting rights for African Americans. The 1964 Civil Rights Act outlawed segregation in the United States. When a woman tries to register to vote…

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THE HELP

Caution Drama · PG-13

THE HELP is a period drama set in the 1960s era of civil rights struggles for blacks. “Skeeter” Phelan, a white Southern belle, has come home after graduating college to find she’s outgrown her Mississippi town’s mindset that women are only good…

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TILL

Caution Drama · PG-13

Set in 1955, TILL is based on a true story. Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie, has misgivings about Emmett traveling to Mississippi in August 1955 with Emmett’s uncle, a part-time preacher, to visit Emmett’s cousins. Emmett is a gregarious, outgoing 14-year-old and a…

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42

Discernment Drama · PG-13

42 tells what happens when the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team signed the first black player in the Major Leagues, Jackie Robinson, in 1947. Led by his Christian faith and the prospect of more money, Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey has long wanted…

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LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER

Caution Drama · PG-13

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER is an elegant and compelling but fictionalized historical drama about Eugene Allen, the longest-serving black butler in White House history, and the historic changes he saw. The movie changes Allen’s name to Cecil Gaines to give it more…

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HIDDEN FIGURES

Discernment Drama/Biopic · PG

HIDDEN FIGURES is an engaging, uplifting salute to three African-American women who contribute to the NASA program during the 1960s Space Race with Russia. The story centers on Katherine Johnson. A brilliant mathematician, Katherine proves herself a critical addition to the Space…

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DRIVING MISS DAISY

Family Comedy · PG

DRIVING MISS DAISY is a great character study with strong Christian values about a wealthy Jewish matron befriended by her black chauffeur, a committed Christian full of wisdom. When Miss Daisy Werthan has an accident driving her car, her dedicated son hires…

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REMEMBER THE TITANS

Family Drama · PG

Denzel Washington stars as Herman Boone in REMEMBER THE TITANS. Boone’s a black coach given the head coaching position at a formerly all-white school due to forced integration. Met with disdain, anger and a divided football team of racial foes, Coach Boone…

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Top 10 Movies to Celebrate Black History Month

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