In Celebration of Black History Month: The Black West

Dir. William Miles, 1993, 90 min.

The Black West, narrated by Danny Glover presents the story of African Americans in the U.S. West in the late nineteenth century.

In Conversation: Filmmakers Nina Rosenblum & William Miles & Writer Dennis Watlington

In Celebration of Black History Month: Liberators

Dir. William Miles, 1992, 90 min.

The unknown story of African-American battalions, focusing on the heroic actions of the 761st, which spearheaded General Patton's Third Army and helped liberate concentration camps in the second World War. This powerful film vividly records the experiences of the soldiers, who were utterly unprepared for the atrocities they witnessed, as well as the astonishment of the camp inmates - some of whom had never seen a black person before. Liberators bear witness to the courage of Holocaust survivors and the heroism of men who were forced to fight on two fronts - battling racism at home as they fought for their country overseas.

In Conversation: Filmmakers Nina Rosenblum & William Miles with Sergeant William McBurney, 761st Tank Battalion

Panel Discussion: Nina Rosenblum, William Miles & William McBurney (Sergeant, 761st)

In the Name of Democracy: The Story of Lt. Ehren Watada

Dir. Nina Rosenblum, 2009, 77 min.

A film on the first officer in the United States Army to refuse deployment to Iraq on moral grounds. Explores what prompted Lt. Watada to choose the course he did in the service of protesting an immoral and, for him, unconstitutional war. 

Q&A with Director Nina Rosenblum and producer Dennis Watlington and hosted by actor Charles Grodin