Research Guides: Malcolm X @ 100: Sight, Sound, and Conversation: Films & Image Archives

Films

Major Motion Pictures

Malcolm X (1992)
Central Media Collection (4th Floor) ; DVD 1641; Streaming version ON ORDER
Directed by Spike Lee.

Documentaries

Make It Plain (1994)
Website to 1994 PBS documentary includes content in support of the film.
I Am Not Your Negro
A documentary based on James Baldwin's unfinished account of the lives and assassinations Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. Available on Kanopy with Vanderbilt login.

Archival Footage and Collections

Streaming Film Databases

Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, raw footage, and thousands of award-winning films.
HistoryMakers Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Oral history interviews with both well-known and unsung African American artists, business leaders, scientists, athletes, and intellectuals.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
On-demand streaming video service for documentaries, training films, and theatrical releases. Films under a current license agreement are available for immediate viewing. Other films may require a request through the Kanopy site. Viewing films in a group forum is permitted as long as the viewing is by Vanderbilt authorized viewers only (current faculty, staff, or students) and it is not for commercial benefit (i.e. no admission costs are charged and no profit is made from the screening).
Vanderbilt Television News Archive This link opens in a new window
The world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. All individual network evening news broadcasts since 1968 and special news-related programming since 1989.