And the Oscar Goes To... 2014
Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise 2016
Self
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 2021
Mary Parrish (voice)
Searching for Debra Winger 2002
Self
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property 2003
Narrator
Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color 2021
Alma Thomas (voice)
A Path Appears 2015
Self
Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty 2007
Self - Narrator
King Leopold's Ghost 2006
Ilanga (voice)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 2003
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band 2015
Mary Lou Williams (voice)
Medal of Honor 2008
Narrator
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks 2000
Narrator
Malcolm X: Make It Plain 1994
Narrator
Eleanor Roosevelt 2000
Narrator (voice)
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature 1997
Narrator (voice)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story 2000
Mary Parrish (voice)
Black Hollywood 1984
Self
The Making of Clemency 2020
Herself
The Underground Railroad 1999
The Inquisitor 2025
Self
No Small Matter 2019
Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
Nelson Mandela Redrawn 2014
Self
Playing for Your Heart: The Making of “Love & Basketball” 2025
Herself