LibGuides: Black Islam: Movies, Documentaries, and Television

Movies, Documentaries and Television

The story of how filmmaker Red Summer brought five women together who sought to establish a community, where there was none, for Black Muslim Lesbians in Atlanta.”

Animated film inspired by the story of Bilal ibn Rabah, one of the Prophet Muhammad’s closest companions

A high schooler has to determine if he’ll continue with the family business or follow his own dreams to attend college

The Book of Negroes (2015)
• Focuses on an enslaved African woman and her fight to return home
Death of a Prophet (1981)
• Focuses on the final year of Malcolm X’s life

The King of South Shields
• Experimental documentary focusing on the day that Muhammad Ali visited a British Yemeni Community in 1977
Malcolm X (1992)
Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.
Mooz-Lum (2010)
• “Amid a strict Muslim rearing and a social life he's never had, Tariq enters college confused. New peers, family and mentors help him find his place, but the 9-11 attacks force him to face his past and make the biggest decisions of his life.”

Roots (1977)
• The story of Alex Haley’s family, starting with his African Muslim Ancestor, Kunta Kinte. Available on videocassette.
Sleeper Cell (2005-2006)
• A Muslim FBI agent goes undercover to infiltrate a sleeper cell in the U.S.

Timbuktu (2014)
• The story of a family’s life during the occupation of Timbuktu, Mali by the Ansar Dine
Traitor (2008)
• “When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn.”