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With her fiancé in jail, single mother Alone Watts must decide whether to go through with their wedding. This documentary short film investigating the layers of mass incarceration and its shaping of the modern black American family is seen...
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In a tiny community in the middle of Alabama there lives, together with their families, a group of African American women who have been practicing this craft for decades. This art form saved their lives and has made them rich. Rich in stories,...
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Emboldened by a giant block party on the evening of their high school prom, a group of students enter the night with the hope of transcending their rural town and the industrial landscape that surrounds them. A film by Ivete Lucas & Patrick...
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In the Florida Everglades rabbit hunting is a rite of passage for young men, practiced since the early 1900s. The Rabbit Hunt follows a family as they hunt in the fields of an industrial sugar farm. A film by Ivete Lucas & Patrick Bresnan.
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Intimate glimpses of one very special day in the lives of high-school seniors from an industrial corner of the Florida Everglades: prom's over, the future is uncertain, and the irresistible pull of the beach makes the long-time friends drive 60...
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand is a documentary film released in 1999 that explores the life and career of Paul Robeson, the controversial African-American athlete-actor-singer-activist. It was directed by St. Clair Bourne for the PBS series American...
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St. Clair Bourne talks about his career as a documentary filmmaker during an interview in June 2006.
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Growing up in California, Luz Myles, Phoebe Dedman, and Shirah Dedman, knew little about their grandfather, Thomas Miles Sr. When their grandmother died, they found a box of old articles, revealing a dark story at the center of their family tree:...
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BLACK PEOPLE IN OAKLAND? In a single generation, Oakland, California's black population has dwindled from 44% to an estimated 26%. Using a unique cross-section voices, short film YOU A NOMAD reveals the systematic roots of...
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Through reenactment, photographs, and interviews with experts and family, Allensworth: A Piece of the World retells the story of Colonel Allen Allensworth and his dream to establish a community where descendants of slaves could become...
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In 1965, documentary filmmaker Frank DeFelitta traveled to Mississippi to shoot a film on the subject of racism in the American South. Frank was introduced to an African-American waiter named Booker Wright. Booker appeared on tape in the...
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1804: The Hidden History of Haiti is a documentary film by filmmaker Tariq Nasheed. Nasheed is the producer of the #1 selling African history documentary series Hidden Colors. The new film 1804 talks about the untold history of Haiti and the...
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Raising Bertie is an intimate portrait of three African American boys as they face a precarious coming of age in rural Bertie County, North Carolina. Like many rural areas, Bertie County struggles with a dwindling economy, a declining population,...
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Six Exceptional Women is about Haitian women from various social classes that have made significant contributions to their country through art, education, and leadership.
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A look into one of America's most musically influential families: the Drinkard family, whose tradition of gospel produced such luminaries as Dionne Warwick, Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston.
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Executive-produced by Jamie Foxx, introduces band leader Conrad O. Johnson and the students he touched during his decades on the job.
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Wonderfully archived, and told with a remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style, and musical panache, Susanne Rostock’s inspiring biographical documentary, Sing Your Song, surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry...
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Narrated by Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard and features an original score by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson of The Roots.
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The story of a courageous band of civil rights activists who challenged segregation, simply by traveling side by side on buses and trains through the Deep South in 1961.
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Music by Prudence traces the path of this little girl, and her remarkable transcendence from a world of hatred and superstition into one of music, love, and possibility.
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Venus and Serena takes an unfiltered look into the remarkable lives of the greatest sister-act professional tennis has ever seen. In a sport where they were not welcomed, the indomitable Williams sisters faced the opposition with grace and...
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”Right On! is a pioneering concert film, a compelling record of radical Black sentiment in 1960s America, and a precursor of the Hip Hop revolution in musical culture. Shot guerilla-style on the streets and rooftops of lower Manhattan, it...
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A Lifestyle Dealing With Autism by Advocate/Filmmaker BADWest Member Vana Thiero and a mother of two boys diagnosed with autism exposes the battles, fears and issues families face daily. Divorced and an at-home-mom.
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CONTRACT, a 79-minute docudrama film explores aspects of the African Diaspora, history and culture that are not widely known or are normally overlooked in mainstream, popular and scholarly discourse. CONTRACT tells the compelling story of two...
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