Angela Davis

Angela Davis

Angela Davis is an American political activist, academic scholar, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Her interests include prisoner rights; she co-founded Critical Resistance, an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex. She was a professor (now retired) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in its History of Consciousness Department and a former director of the university's Feminist Studies department.

  • Title: Angela Davis
  • Popularity: 1.757
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1944-01-26
  • Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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  • Also Known As: Angela Yvonne Davis, Анджела Ивонн Дэвис, Анджела Дэвис, Angela Y. Davis, Dr. Angela Davis
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Angela Davis Movies

  • 1972
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    George Jackson/San Quentin Prison 1972

    George Jackson/San Quentin Prison 1972

    1 1972 HD

    Courtesy of The Freedom Archives 1972, 28 min. This extraordinary video is from a 16mm film “work print” made in 1971–1972, and...

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  • 2006
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    The U.S. vs. John Lennon

    The U.S. vs. John Lennon

    6.6 2006 HD

    A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.

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  • 1972
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    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    6.4 1972 HD

    James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated black leader through various sources.

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  • 2012
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    Free Angela and All Political Prisoners

    Free Angela and All Political Prisoners

    7.1 2012 HD

    FREE ANGELA is a feature-length documentary about Angela Davis and the high stakes crime, political movement, and trial that catapults the 26...

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  • 1985
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    La conférence des femmes - Nairobi 85

    La conférence des femmes - Nairobi 85

    1 1985 HD

    After Mexico 75 and Copenhagen 80, the United Nations choose the Dark Continent for the Third International Women’s Conference. Running in...

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  • 2023
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    Stamped from the Beginning

    Stamped from the Beginning

    6.4 2023 HD

    Using innovative animation and expert insights, this documentary based on Ibram X. Kendi's bestseller explores the history of racist ideas in America.

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  • 2024
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    Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You to Know

    Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You to Know

    1 2024 HD

    An original circa 72-minute documentary featuring a murder, Cold War conspiracies, Black Power, the end of the Empire, and how that connects to the...

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  • 2023
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    Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

    Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

    1 2023 HD

    "Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight" covers renowned American artist Betye Saar’s large-scale work “Drifting Toward...

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  • 2022
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    Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields

    Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields

    7.5 2022 HD

    In an Argentina divided between a deep conservatism and an unprecedented momentum in feminism, the film delves into the political journey and...

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  • 1998
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    Blind Eye to Justice: HIV+ Women Incarcerated in California

    Blind Eye to Justice: HIV+ Women Incarcerated in California

    1 1998 HD

    An experimental documentary, this work is unique as it portrays the injustices of the California prison system as seen through the eyes of HIV+ women...

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  • 2022
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    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    7.2 2022 HD

    In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first...

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  • 2011
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    Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life

    Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life

    1 2011 HD

    Weaving together the voices of women entangled in the criminal justice system, along with leading scholars on prison abolition, this film provides a...

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  • 2011
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    The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

    The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

    7.6 2011 HD

    Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists...

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  • 2016
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    13th

    13th

    7.9 2016 HD

    An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

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  • 1972
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    Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary

    Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary

    1 1972 HD

    Directed by one of Davis' former students, the documentary shows Davis speaking at public rallies and interacting with her students, as well as...

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  • 2012
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    Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams

    Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams

    1 2012 HD

    Algerian director Hamid Benamra turns his focus to Mustapha Boutadjine, a charming, mercurial collage artist in Paris whose very work methods embody...

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  • 2009
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    The Black List: Volume Two

    The Black List: Volume Two

    6 2009 HD

    THE BLACK LIST: VOL. 2 profiles some of today's most fascinating African-Americans. From the childhood inspirations that shaped their ambitions, to...

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  • 1970
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    Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy

    Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy

    7 1970 HD

    In the aftermath of the arrest of Angela Davis, Jean Genet reads a text denouncing racist US policy, supporting the Black Panthers party and Angela...

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  • 1974
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    Wer die Erde liebt

    Wer die Erde liebt

    5.5 1974 HD

    A documentary dedicated to the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students held in East Berlin in the summer of 1973.

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  • 2016
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    The House on Coco Road

    The House on Coco Road

    6.7 2016 HD

    An intimate documentary exploration of heritage and history against the backdrop of a brewing Afro-centric revolution as the U.S. government prepares...

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  • 2001
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    A Huey P. Newton Story

    A Huey P. Newton Story

    5.2 2001 HD

    The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.

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  • 1991
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    A Place of Rage

    A Place of Rage

    1 1991 HD

    Featuring enlightening interviews with Angela Davis, June Jordan, and Alice Walker, this essential documentary is an exuberant celebration of Black...

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  • 1994
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    Black Is… Black Ain’t

    Black Is… Black Ain’t

    6.1 1994 HD

    African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses...

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  • 2019
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    Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

    Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

    7.5 2019 HD

    This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout...

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  • 2010
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    Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama- A Conversation on Life, Struggles, and Liberation

    Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama- A Conversation on Life, Struggles, and Liberation

    6 2010 HD

    Thirteen years, two inspiring women, both radical activists-one conversation. MOUNTAINS THAT TAKE WING is a historically rich and unique documentary...

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  • 2005
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    The Peace!

    The Peace!

    5 2005 HD

    Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals, religious leaders and...

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  • 2015
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    Toni Morrison Remembers

    Toni Morrison Remembers

    1 2015 HD

    Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison is America's first lady of literature. Her books encompass black American history but live and breathe in the...

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  • 2020
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    De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

    De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

    1 2020 HD

    Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and the United States, having as base the European...

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  • 1981
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    Salt of the earth US

    Salt of the earth US

    8 1981 HD

    United States of America, early 1980s. From the height of a fifty-story building located in the center of New York on a granite cliff in Manhattan,...

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  • 2019
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    This Is Personal

    This Is Personal

    8 2019 HD

    While the 2016 election catalyzed the Women’s March and a new era of feminist activism, Tamika Mallory and Erika Andiola have been fighting for...

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  • 2020
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    Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday

    Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday

    8.6 2020 HD

    Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of...

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  • 2013
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    Criminal Queers

    Criminal Queers

    1 2013 HD

    Criminal Queers visualizes a radical trans/queer struggle against the prison industrial complex and toward a world without walls....

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  • 1983
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    Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock

    Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock

    1 1983 HD

    This vibrant and engaging video profiles the a capella activist group, Sweet Honey in the Rock. Singing to end the oppression of Black people world...

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  • 1970
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    Police Off Campus!

    Police Off Campus!

    1 1970 HD

    Police Off Campus! Was produced and directed by the students of the UCLA Motion Picture and Television Division following a large protest at UCLA on...

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  • 2022
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    Queer, Broke & Amazing!

    Queer, Broke & Amazing!

    1 2022 HD

    An inspiring exploration of the struggles and triumphs of low-income LGBTQ+ people and their communities in the queer coastal meccas of the U.S. and...

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  • 2016
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    The Occupation of the American Mind

    The Occupation of the American Mind

    8.3 2016 HD

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  • 2021
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    Race Class Gender

    Race Class Gender

    10 2021 HD

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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  • 1975
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    Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

    8.5 1975 HD

    Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years...

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  • 1970
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    Assignment America

    Assignment America

    1 1970 HD

    A weekly series with alternating interviewer: Harvard psycho-historian Doris Kerns; poet, playwright and author Maya Angelou; syndicated columnist...

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