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In light of the myriad protests honoring the death of George Floyd, one of many Black people killed in police custody, Google is showcasing a selection of movies and documentaries about Black icons as well as the abolitionist and rights movements. Some of them are being offered on deep discount, if not for free.
One of the first such movies to go free last week was biopic "Just Mercy," which follows the real-life story of lawyer Bryan Stevenson who fights to overturn the murder conviction of African-American Walter McMillian. Stevenson currently runs the Equal Justice Initiative, an organization working to challenge wrongful convictions, and wrote the book from which the movie is based. The 2019 film stars Michael B. Jordan as Stevenson and Jamie Foxx as McMillian with support from Brie Larson, Rob Morgan, and others.
In a tweet from the Just Mercy account, publisher Warner Bros. stated that the film is one resource it can offer to inform its audience about systemic racism in America. "Just Mercy" is available to rent for free through June. Play Store customers can also purchase the film to view in 4K for the discounted price of $5.
Today, Google followed up with a new section of "Films to inspire change" containing "Just Mercy" alongside 37 more films including "The Secret Life of Bees," "Ali," and "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am" among others. Seven are available to rent for free and four more have had their prices cut. Customers can also purchase those films at some discount.
Here's the full list (prices may change without notice):
- Just Mercy - Rent for
$6free, purchase for$20$5 - Selma - Rent for
$4free, purchase for$15$5 - The Secret Life of Bees - Rent for
$4free, purchase for $15 - Brian Banks - Rent for
$4free, purchase for$15$4 - Antwone Fisher - Rent for
$4free, purchase for $10 - Ali - Rent for
$4free, purchase for$13$4 - Ali (Director's Cut) - Rent for
$4free, purchase for$13$4 - King in the Wilderness - Rent for $3, purchase for $10
- I Am Not Your Negro - Rent for
$4$1, purchases$15$6 - Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP - Rent for $4, purchase for $5
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution - Purchase for $10
- True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality - Purchase for $8
- Malcom X (1972) - Rent for $3, purchase for $10
- 4 Little Girls - Rent for $3, purchase for $10
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis - Rent for $4, purchase for
$10$8 - American Masters: Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise - Rent for $4, purchase for $10
- Whose Streets? - Rent for
$4$1, purchase for$13$6 - The Hate U Give - Rent for $4, purchase for $15
- Dark Girls - Rent for $4, purchase for $9
- The Black Power Mixtape - Rent for $3, purchase for $10
- Queen & Slim - Rent for $6, purchase for
$20$8 - Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom - Purchase for $6
- Freedom Summer - Rent for $4, purchase for $5
- Do the Right Thing - Rent for $4, purchase for $12
- What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? - Rent for $4, purchase for $8
- The Color Purple - Rent for
$4$2, purchase for$15$7 - Malcolm X - Rent for $4, purchase for $15
- Luce - Rent for $4, purchase for $15
- Fences - Rent for $3, purchase for $13
- Clemency - Rent for $6, purchase for $15
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco - Rent for $4, purchase for
$15$9 - Moonlight - Rent for $4, purchase for
$15$9 - Marshall - Rent for $4, purchase for $15
- Race - Rent for $4, purchase for $10
- Loving - Rent for $4, purchase for $15
- Amazing Grace - Rent for $4, purchase for $15
- Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am - Rent for
$6$1, purchase for$15$6 - Harriet - Rent for $6, purchase for
$20$8
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- Play Store
This story was updated to reflect that a large number of other important Black films, along with Just Mercy, are now free on Google Play Movies.
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