Anti-Racist Film Viewing Recommendations

At the Coolidge, we believe in the power of film to generate understanding and empathy. Film can also be a powerful tool to illuminate the horrors of racism, past and present.

As we stand in solidarity with Black Americans and oppressed communities around the world, we offer a list of recommended viewing. This selection is not comprehensive, but we hope it may be a useful place to begin. 

13th (2016, dir. Ava DuVernay)

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Clemency (2019, dir. Chinonye Chukwu)

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Crime + Punishment (2018, dir. Stephen T. Maing)

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Dear White People (2014, dir. Justin Simeon) 

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Do The Right Thing (1989, dir. Spike Lee)

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Get Out (2017, dir. Jordan Peele)

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I Am Not Your Negro (2017, dir. Raoul Peck)

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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018, dir. Barry Jenkins)

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Mudbound (2017, dir. Dee Rees)

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This Week

  • François Ozon’s new take on Albert Camus’s classic novel of existentialist ennui.

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  • Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy is reimagined in a bold, modern adaptation set within London’s elite South Asian community.

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  • An exhilarating space adventure set in the near future.

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  • Based on the global hit eponymous video game created by KOTAKE CREATE.

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  • The new film from Kristoffer Borgli (Dream Scenario), starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson.

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  • The new film from Steven Soderbergh, starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel.

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  • An actress (Amanda Peet) falls for the anxious law school dropout (Matthew Shear) babysitting her kids in this smart, New York-set romantic comedy.

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  • Modern pop star meets gothic melodrama in David Lowery’s phantasmagoric tale of two women bound across time and space by their personal and artistic histories.

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  • Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste feature in the  acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove. 

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  • island of lost souls and the leopard man

    Both in 35mm, presented by the Salem Horror Fest!

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  • Based on the life story of Tourette's Syndrome campaigner John Davidson, MBE. 

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  • Imagine... you're gone and someone else is living inside your body.

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  • Co-presented by the Goethe-Institut Boston and The National Center for Jewish Film’s Annual Film Festival. 

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  • It’s Alive! How Young Frankenstein Brings Parody to Life

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  • An all-star cast that includes Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr, and Cloris Leachman bring Mel Brooks’s uniquely riotous take on the classic Frankenstein story to life.

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  • The Pain-Addiction Loop: How Drugs Change the Brain 

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  • The eagerly awaited sequel to the 2006 phenomenon that defined a generation. 

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  • Amy Goodman takes on soldiers, politicians, and corporate media in a fearless pursuit of truth

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  • Adam Sandler stars as the ultimate master of ceremonies who guarantees all a good time. 

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