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African American & Africana Studies
African American & Africana Studies
A BINDING TRUTH
High school classmates from 1965, one white and one Black, reconnect 50 years later after a shocking discovery ties them together through slavery, changing their lives forever
A DOUBLE LIFE
The gripping true story of Stephen Bingham, a lawyer accused of passing a gun to prisoners’ rights leader George Jackson in 1971
A LIFE LIKE THIS
The stories of four outsider artists with disabilities who create without pretension or boundaries
A MAN AND HIS TRUMPET: The Leroy Jones Story
There are millions of musicians in the world, but there’s only one Leroy Jones
A PLACE TO BREATHE
explores the universality of trauma, resilience, and healing in immigrant communities
ALWAYS IN SEASON
After 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging in North Carolina in 2014, his mother’s search for justice and reconciliation begins - centuries of trauma and lynching bleed into the present
ALWAYS LOOKING: TITUS BROOKS HEAGINS
Titus Brooks Heagins’ compassionate but confrontational photography provokes the question "who can tell whose story?"
AMERICAN JUSTICE ON TRIAL: PEOPLE V. NEWTON
The untold story behind the murder trial of Black Panther leader Huey Newton: the landmark case that put racism on the stand.
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY
The life of Chinese-American civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs
BEING BEBE: THE BEBE ZAHARA BENET DOCUMENTARY
CELEBRATING QUEER BLACK EXCELLENCE - THE STORY OF LEGENDARY CAMEROONIAN DRAG PERFORMER MARSHALL NGWA (AKA BEBE ZAHARA BENET), BEFORE & AFTER BECOMING RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE’S VERY FIRST CHAMPION
BLACK ENUF*
A queer oddball seeks approval from Black peers despite a serious lack of Hip-Hop credentials
BLURRING THE COLOR LINE
Stories of Chinese families in the Black South during Jim Crow disrupt the black and white narrative of America’s racial history
BORN THIS WAY
Risking everything — gays and lesbians in Cameroon
CLARISSA'S BATTLE
A single mother’s fight for child care for all
CRIME + PUNISHMENT
Unprecedented examination of the United States' most powerful police department
DECADE OF FIRE
The South Bronx is burning. Stay, fight, build.
EARTH WATER WOMAN
A Rastafarian woman in the Caribbean sparks an environmental movement
EVOLUTION OF A CRIMINAL
One Black man's journey from straight-A student to bank robber — and back
FACING THE WIND
Facing the Wind is a love story about two women trying to help their husbands live as fully as possible with dementia
FATHER'S KINGDOM
He changed the course of civil rights in this country and you never heard his name
GREENWOOD: A DREAMLAND DESTROYED
A destroyed dreamland erased from history
GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME
Undeterred by prejudice, post-Katrina neglect, and appropriation of their traditions, the Harrison family guard their legacy, re-defining what Black masking culture means in New Orleans
HOW TO SUE THE KLAN
Five Black women from Chattanooga used legal ingenuity to take on the Ku Klux Klan in a historic 1982 civil case, fighting to hold them accountable for their crimes and bring justice to their community
IN THE RED: CHANGING LIVES TO SAVE LIVES
IN THE RED follows the lives of six young people eager to rewrite their troubled history by becoming first responders in Oakland, California
INNER WOUND REAL
The stories of three BIPOC folks who self-injure, then find new ways to cope
INVENTED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN
We Can't Hide From History
K-TOWN '92
Twenty-five years after the 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles, reporters of color reflect on their contributions to the news coverage of the historic event
KING IN CHICAGO
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.and the Chicago Freedom Movement confront northern racism and poverty
LA BONGA
Two decades after a death threat caused the Afro-Colombian community of La Bonga to flee, the townspeople embark on a symbolic journey through the jungle to resurrect a home that exists only in their memories
LIQUOR STORE DREAMS
A portrait of two second generation Korean Americans trying to create their own future by honoring their parent’s past through understanding and healing
LIVE AT MISTER KELLY'S
Mister Kelly's smashed color and gender barriers to put unknown, controversial voices on stage and transform entertainment, and America in the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ’70s
LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS
A nuanced view of estranged nations through the lens of music and family
LOUDMOUTH
Interviews and never-before-seen footage provide insight into the life of the Rev. Al Sharpton, the polarizing civil rights activist who has spent decades fighting for social change
MANY LOVES, ONE HEART
LGBTQ activism in Jamaica and the struggle for human rights
MnM - QUEER FUTURES
An exuberant portrait of chosen sisters Mermaid and Milan, two emerging runway divas in the drag ballroom community
NUYORICAN POETS CAFE
A window into Puerto Rican literary culture in New York
ONE DROP OF LOVE
A multimedia one-woman show exploring the intersections of race, class and gender in pursuit of truth, justice and LOVE.
ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE?
ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE? tells the untold story of the Electoral College, its slavery origins, and its impact on American politics and society then and now
PERSONAL STATEMENT
Three seniors at Brooklyn high schools are determined to get their entire class to college
PURPLE DREAMS
FOLLOW THE THREE YEAR JOURNEY OF A GROUP OF TALENTED AND COURAGEOUS STUDENTS FROM THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL EVER TO PUT ON A PRODUCTION OF THE COLOR PURPLE AS THEY CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, RACISM AND ECONOMIC BARRIERS WITH THE HELP OF THEATER ARTS MENTORS
REIMAGINING SAFETY
Ten experts discuss practical alternatives to policing and incarceration following the 2020 murder of George Floyd
RIVER CITY DRUMBEAT
GENERATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MENTORS EMPOWER YOUTH THROUGH ANCESTRAL ART & CULTURE
SAY HIS NAME: FIVE DAYS FOR GEORGE FLOYD
An on-the-ground look at the uprising in Minneapolis following the murder of George Floyd
SERENADE FOR HAITI
A classical music school in the heart of Port-au-Prince becomes a refuge of hope
SMILE4KIME
An experimental film about Black & Latina women's friendships, mental illness and suicide that imagines ways to transcend time, space, and even death to find hope and resilience
SOFT VENGEANCE: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa
A film about Albie Sachs, a lawyer, writer, art lover and freedom fighter, set against the dramatic events leading to the overthrow of the apartheid regime in South Africa
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
Amidst the rise of “English-only” initiatives, four diverse American students in language immersion schools open their minds to new ways of thinking
THE APOLOGY
THE APOLOGY investigates an incident in the 1960s in which the entire community of Russell City was dismantled, pushing 1,400 residents out of their homes and off their land – all to claim the 200 acres for an industrial park
THE BENGALI
An American woman ventures to India to trace her grandfather’s story uncovering complex bonds in search of the truth about her family’s past
THE BODY POLITIC
A young mayor battles powerful political forces to enact a bold new community-led plan to reduce gun violence in Baltimore
THE FIRST RAINBOW COALITION
In a city determined to keep them apart, Blacks, Whites and Latinos dared to unite
THE FIRST STEP
In a divided America, Van Jones attempts to bring people together to pass a landmark criminal justice bill — and finds himself under fire from all sides
THE FORGOTTEN OCCUPATION: JIM CROW GOES TO HAITI
Brunel Martin came of age during Haiti’s brutal occupation at the hands of United States Marines. Yet, he went on to become a fierce advocate of the country that destroyed his.
THE FRIENDSHIP BENCH
CONFRONTED WITH A NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN 2006, A ZIMBABWEAN PSYCHIATRIST BEGAN TRAINING LOCAL GRANDMOTHERS TO TREAT DEPRESSION. HIS VISIONARY INITIATIVE - THE FRIENDSHIP BENCH - HAS SINCE EXPANDED TO COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THE PICTURE TAKER
Meet Ernest Withers - iconic civil rights photographer, FBI informant. THE PICTURE TAKER reveals the man and motives behind the images
THE PRICE OF HOPE
Girls in Kimana, Kenya, show strength & resilience amid inconceivable trauma after being rescued from female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage by Dorcus and John Parit
THE PUSHOUTS
People call them "Dropouts." They tell a different story.
THE S WORD
A suicide attempt survivor is on a mission to find fellow survivors
THE STRIKE
The story of a generation of California men who endured decades of solitary confinement and, against all odds, launched the largest hunger strike in U.S. history
TIME FOR ILHAN
One woman’s quest to become the first Somali Muslim lawmaker in the United States
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