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Poll: Historically Black Films
A poll by yrnej
Results of 705 votes:
149
12 Years a Slave (2013)
75
Do the Right Thing (1989)
69
Glory (1989)
65
Amistad (1997)
56
Mississippi Burning (1988)
51
The Color Purple (1985)
49
Roots (1977)
29
Men of Honor (2000)
27
Selma (2014)
17
The Birth of a Nation (2016)
11
Red Tails (2012)
9
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
8
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
8
The Great Debaters (2007)
8
Nothing But a Man (1964)
6
Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)
6
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
6
Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
5
Boycott (2001)
5
Killer of Sheep (1978)
5
Panther (1995)
4
Get on the Bus (1996)
4
The Long Walk Home (1990)
4
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978)
4
A Soldier's Story (1984)
3
Brother John (1971)
3
Buffalo Soldiers (1997)
3
Daughters of the Dust (1991)
3
The Retrieval (2013)
3
Rosewood (1997)
3
Separate But Equal (1991)
3
10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)
2
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
1
Night Catches Us (2010)
1
Pride (2007)
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