Jeffrey Wright Movies

Manny tries to get his crack addict brother, Danny, to clean up.

Atrabilious follows Steven Joyner as he tries to solve the mystery behind his son's sudden, tragic and potentially fabricated death. He is led to the...

Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.

Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century...

Poems by some of the greatest writers of all time are brought to life through lyrical animation and readings by some of today’s most respected...

Hannibal, one of the greatest military leaders in history, accompanied his father Amílcar Barca at the age of nine on the Carthaginian...

Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock explores the life and work of playwright Tony Kushner. Starting in 2001, when Kushner was mounting the production of his...

A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic...

A vibrant portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the NYC artist who revolutionized 1980s art. From street graffiti to gallery stardom, his bold...

Follows veterans and active-duty service members from varied backgrounds who come together to combat their traumas through the written word in a...

A documentary about the making of director Michael Mann's feature film "Ali".

The story of those who risked everything to defeat the deadliest epidemic of our time.

A biographical portrait of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, twentieth century colossus: public intellectual, policy specialist, ambassador, and NY senator.

Take a walk on the seamy side of town, where you can’t tell the difference between the bad cops and the crooks. Bob Holt, a corrupt detective...

This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Behind the scenes of shooting in various notoriously difficult locations, including interviews with producers and lead actors.

Mobsters, ex-cons, grad students and other desperate persons see their various fates converge in the Mojave Desert.

In the wake of hurricane Katrina, as Americans begin a dialogue about the future of one of the nation's most distinctive cities, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE...

Documentary filmmaker Peter Gilbert unearths the legacy of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education — where it was...