Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.

A Decade Under the Influence
2003
7.9/10

35 Up
1991
7.6/10

Disclosure
2020
7.8/10

28 Up
1984
7.5/10

Sidney
2022
7.6/10

Howard
2018
6.8/10

42 Up
1999
7.6/10

John Candy: I Like Me
2025
7.9/10

The Velvet Underground
2021
6.8/10

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
2023
6.0/10

6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park
2011
7.6/10

McQueen
2018
7.5/10

Love, Antosha
2019
7.4/10

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
6.9/10

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
6.9/10

Adele One Night Only
2021
7.8/10

Listen to Me Marlon
2015
7.5/10

Life in a Day
2011
7.2/10

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022
7.1/10

Above Majestic
2018
7.5/10
The Quiet One
1948
4.8/10