BOSS: The Black Experience in Business

Stanley Nelson tells the history of Black entrepreneurship in America, from people who bought their way out of slavery to beauty empires, insurance companies and the modern founders who still face closed doors to capital. Figures such as Madam C. J. Walker appear alongside lesser-known business people.

The film is clear about how violence, segregation and lending discrimination repeatedly destroyed Black wealth, and it's equally clear about the ingenuity that rebuilt it. It's a history lesson in economic terms, often missing from the classroom.