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WHEN I GET HOME (2019) dir. Solange Knowles The film Knowles made to accompany her album of the same name, finds the multidisciplinary artist's deeply introspective vision of a spiritual expedition reckoning with the question “Where is home?” https://www.criterionchannel.com/when-i-get-home pic.twitter.com/pdjCFeUzAn

Larry Achiampong’s 2017 RELIC series moves between African and Western vistas as it ruminates on time, history, and colonialism. RELIC 0: https://www.criterionchannel.com/relic-0  RELIC 1: https://www.criterionchannel.com/relic-1  RELIC 2: https://www.criterionchannel.com/relic-2  RELIC 3: https://www.criterionchannel.com/relic-3 pic.twitter.com/j73UvDyYqX

MANDABI (1968) dir. Ousmane Sembène After a man receives a large money order, news of his windfall quickly spreads while his attempts to cash the order are stymied in a maze of bureaucratic obstacles, and new troubles rain down on his head. https://www.criterionchannel.com/mandabi pic.twitter.com/qe8VpaAoVq

THE LAST TREE (2019) dir. Shola Amoo Having been raised in rural England by a white foster mother, Femi (Tai Golding), a British boy of Nigerian heritage, has his world turned upside down when his birth mother reenters his life. https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-last-tree pic.twitter.com/UYbrcCp4Fc

COOLEY HIGH (1975) dir. Michael Schultz In 1960s Chicago North Side, the lives of two best friends —Preach (Glynn Turman) and Cochise (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs)— takes an abrupt turn during the last few weeks of their senior year of high school. https://www.criterionchannel.com/cooley-high pic.twitter.com/fmZ3Vv7vuz

Let’s continue with BONESHAKER. BONESHAKER (2013) dir. Nuotama Bodomo A West African family—lost in America—travels to a Louisiana church to find a cure for their problem child. Starring Quvenzhané Wallis. https://www.criterionchannel.com/boneshaker pic.twitter.com/6lS9WBcDPg

VISION PORTRAITS (2019) dir. Rodney Evans Evans’s deeply personal documentary explores how his own partial loss of vision may impact his creative future and what it means to be a visually impaired artist. It’s a celebration of the possibilities of art. https://www.criterionchannel.com/vision-portraits …pic.twitter.com/UAfCiY9MNj

BROTHER TO BROTHER (2004) dir. Rodney Evans Thrown out of his home by his homophobic family, Perry finds strength through his friendship with Bruce, an elderly, homeless writer who recounts his life as a Black, gay artist during the Harlem Renaissance. https://www.criterionchannel.com/brother-to-brother …pic.twitter.com/NyVn3irMv4

NYC–based filmmaker Rodney Evans celebrates triumphs over adversity in his beautifully crafted, deeply personal works, which draw from his own experiences as a Black, queer, and disabled artist. This is Directed by Rodney Evans. https://www.criterionchannel.com/ pic.twitter.com/sNXW4yYLZa

BUFFALO SOLDIERS (1997) dir. Charles Haid Enlisted by the U.S. Army, a man and his fellow Black recruits find themselves caught between the racism of their white officers and their empathy for the Native Americans who are supposed to be their enemies. https://www.criterionchannel.com/buffalo-soldiers …pic.twitter.com/zsLViVGQtN

ROSEWOOD (1997) dir. John Singleton In 1923, the largely Black Rosewood, Fl., is razed by white vigilantes when a woman falsely accuses a Black man of attacking her. At the height of the massacre, a Black man leads the residents in fighting back. https://www.criterionchannel.com/rosewood pic.twitter.com/f0Ka5hvsce

POSSE (1993) dir. Mario Van Peebles Van Peebles brings furious action and visual flair to this rousing revisionist western. He stars as the leader of a group of Black infantrymen who return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. https://www.criterionchannel.com/posse pic.twitter.com/fx7ku2geGw

THOMASINE AND BUSHROD (1974) dir. Gordon Parks Jr. A prolific director of his own right, Parks Jr. helmed Blaxploitation’s answer to BONNIE AND CLYDE. The film follows the exploits of 20th-century bounty hunter Thomasine and the bandit Bushrod. https://www.criterionchannel.com/thomasine-and-bushrod …pic.twitter.com/NQsVPZOjxN

THE LEGEND OF BLACK CHARLEY (1972) dir. Martin Goldman After he kills a white man in self-defense, the enslaved Charley heads west while being pursued by ruthless slave hunters. This Blaxploitation western brings a dose of Black Power to the frontier. https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-legend-of-black-charley …pic.twitter.com/18vbBjs5lF

BUCK AND THE PREACHER (1972) dir. Sidney Poitier Buck (Poitier), along with his wife (Ruby Dee), guides a wagon train of newly freed slaves moving to claim homesteads in the west. Harry Belafonte also stars. https://www.criterionchannel.com/buck-and-the-preacher …pic.twitter.com/n8kz0tSM2D

BLACK RODEO (1972) dir. Jeff Kanew In 1971, a parade of Black cowboys rode into Harlem for NYCs first-ever Black rodeo. This rarely-seen documentary offers a firsthand look at this unique cultural moment that redefined what a cowboy could look like. https://www.criterionchannel.com/black-rodeo pic.twitter.com/nuaydy4Bpw

SKIN GAME (1971) dirs. Paul Bogart and Gordon Douglas This unique, unsung western comedy puts a provocative spin on the standard buddy-movie formula with a pair of con men— a white man and a free Black man—who travel the pre–Civil War American West. https://www.criterionchannel.com/skin-game pic.twitter.com/GfLAd9m1ly

THE LEARNING TREE (1969) dir. Gordon Parks This landmark motion picture, documents a young boy’s journey into manhood as he wrestles with his ambitions, desires, and frustrations during a murder trial in rural America. https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-learning-tree …pic.twitter.com/8fSK61XFtm