Our films explore the issues of the Black Queer Community,  Black History, Black/Jewish Interrelations and Allyship.


Body & Soul


Congo Cabaret


The Lives of LaMott Atkins


Mood Lavender


Smoke, Lillies & Jade


T'Aint Nobody's Bizness


The Knowing


Rockland Palace




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In 1950, the superstar singer and actor Ethel Waters checked off another box in her list of African American firsts when she starred in a weekly television series, Beulah. As the name indicates, Beulah was a maid whose raison d'être was to serve her white employers, "Mr. and Mrs. Henderson," and act as a nanny to their son, "Donnie."


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The Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill (1918) was first introduced by Representative Leonidas C. Dyer, a Republican from St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States House of Representatives in order “to protect citizens of the United States against lynching in default of protection by the States.” Hunter (“Downhearted Blues”).


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What's the latest buzz about Shoga Films? Find it all here. Shoga has been featured in a variety of noteworthy publications, including The Hollywood Times, Xtra Magazine, MetroSource and more.  Get the scoop here.


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Enjoy the works of Aaron Douglas and Miguel Covarrubias, curated by Dr. Robert Philpson. You’ll find fresh revelations, alongside familiar images that are contextualized in new ways.


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Who knew that the most famous blues singers of their day, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Ethel Waters were bisexual? Or that Alberta Hunter was a lesbian? Their lovers did, and now you will too. "T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness" recaptures our lost and suppressed past about the queer sexualities of these pioneering divas. Narrated by the well-known Black lesbian poet and novelist, Jewelle Gomez, this documentary teaches Black queer history with “lots of flash.”


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