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  • Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

    A conversation with Michael Harriot on his new book "Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America."

    From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the pers...

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  • The Poison Garden

    It tells the true stories of 3 acts of racial terrorism that occurred in and out of South Florida’s courts in the 1930’s and draws parallels to the problems of law enforcement of today.

  • The Ball

    The Ball follows Jack Mizrahi on his lifelong journey of finding acceptance through ballroom. Created by the "black and brown" LGBTQ community in Harlem back in 1970s, the Ballroom community is often the only family that has offered shelter to generations of LGBTQ members from social harshness, r...

  • Veritas

    The invasion of the Bay of Pigs (Cuba, 1961) is revealed to us in the voice of the heroes. The horrors of war, the feeling of abandonment (not having the promised help), are thoroughly relived by these men who have not stopped missing their country.

  • The Last Breath of Sam Yan

    Under the current of gentrification and the pressure from the university, an old Mazu shrine, the last member of the community, stands unwavering in the middle of the construction site, like candle light burning against a tempest. Only the caretaker of the shrine and a group of students stand in ...

  • Florian Rey Of Light

    A journey through the history of Spanish cinema through the career of Florián Rey, a prestigious director in the world, who also signed great commercial successes in the Second Republic. In the 21st century, rediscovering his mastery and refined technique leads us to recover the immense legacy he...

  • Road to Legacy - Namewee: A Path to Freedom

    “Road to Legacy" is a 10-episode docuseries detailing the journey to fame of 10 indie musical artists in Taiwan. Each episode features a first-hand look at these artists’ struggle behind the scenes as they prepare to shine on the stage and build their very own musical legacy.

    Known as the enfant...

  • The Quilt: A Living History of African American Music

    In the setting of the historic Carver Center in San Antonio, Texas, aunt and niece explore the history of African American music.

    Aunt Cynthia, a music history buff, teaches her niece Lauren about music genres born and formed by African American history and culture. They cover music during the t...

  • Fleta Tenor Mito

    A boy named Miguel, who started singing jotas in his parents' bar, became the best tenor of his time, being acclaimed by the whole world, Fleta. Compared to Gayarre and Caruso, he was the best paid singer, the best tenor of his time and the opera legend of his time.

  • Dig Deeper

    Four divergent Aboriginal artists use their personal stories and historical injustice as a driving force to break through and create internationally recognized urban art.

  • Destiny Concealed: The Eagle Academy Public Charter School Story

    For twenty years, the heart and soul of Eagle Academy Public Charter School has been one of its fearless founders, Cassandra S. Pinkney. As a young mother raising a child with special needs in urban America, Ms. Pinkney overcame innumerable obstacles to become one of Washington, D.C.’s most accla...

  • The Sun Rises In The East

    The Sun Rises in The East chronicles the birth, rise and legacy of The East, a pan-African cultural organization founded in 1969 by teens and young adults in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Led by educator and activist Jitu Weusi, The East embodied Black self-determination, building more than a doz...

  • Storming Caesars Palace

    What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas — until now. When Ruby Duncan loses her Las Vegas hotel job due to a workplace accident and accepts public assistance, she discovers firsthand the stigma and harassment by an over-zealous, fraud-obsessed welfare department. With Mary Wesley and Alversa Beals,...

  • Black Daddy The Movie

    Being an artist comes with great responsibility. Being able to control the narrative is even more important. As a father I have come to know some amazing men who use love, great caution and wisdom at the core of their masculinity. A huge component of how they raise their children, the next wave o...

  • Hear My Voice: Born Black in America

    HEAR MY VOICE: Born Black In America is a documentary and book series. This series give voices to the American enslaved Africans, as spoken through their descendants. This introductory episode is a broad scope that gives a foundation for understanding systemic racism and its correlation from sla...

  • Justice for Ahmaud

    A mother fights for the truth behind her son’s killing – captured on video. Ahmaud Arbery was jogging when he was chased and shot. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports.

  • Restoration A Concert Film

    In Spring 2020, the Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund collaborated with the South Carolina Lowcountry hip hop group, Native Son, to create the anthem for our campaign, “The Land.” “The Land” is our generation’s love offering to the beautiful struggle to protect 1.5 million acres of...

  • Dreaming of Words

    Njattyela Sreedharan, a fourth standard drop-out, compiles a dictionary connecting four Indian languages. Travelling across four states and doing extensive research, he spent twenty five years making the multilingual dictionary. This unique dictionary offers a comparative study of Malayalam, Kann...

  • No Lye: An American Beauty Story

    No Lye: An American Beauty Story chronicles the rise and decline of the black-owned ethnic beauty industry in America.

  • The Cost of Denial

    From 1981 to 2021, the world has confronted a terrible scourge that has impacted countless individuals with fear, pain and death. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent on our war against AIDS. The medical industry has focused on antiretroviral drugs to combat the HIV virus. All efforts ...

  • BOJ - The Movie

    BOJ (The Book of Job) -The journey of a man named after the prominent biblical figure and the parallels he discovered through surviving a stroke.

    What originated as a one-man play meant to premiere last summer (2020) in the NY Theatre Festival evolved into this short film due to the pandemic and...

  • Journey of Gogos

    Three South African gogos (grandmothers) take on a journey to Europe. As they travel, they tell the true story of gogos, who often replace parents in raising and educating children in South Africa.

  • Bartholomew's Gold

    Host Moe the Mos gives an in depth look into the life of up and coming NYC fashion designer Winston B Holder III.

  • Bo Legs: Marvin Arrington, Sr., An Atlanta Story

    Marvin Arrington, Sr. is one of Atlanta's most significant political leaders yet one of its least recognized. Born in Atlanta, then a segregated, provincial town of the Deep South Arrington grew up to help galvanize the city of his birth into the international, cosmopolitan metropolis that it is ...

  • One Pint at a Time

    Craft beer generates tens of billions of dollars annually for the US economy. Despite beer’s Egyptian and African heritage, these traditions have been mostly forgotten and are rarely found in American brewing culture. Today, Black-owned breweries make up less than 1% of the nearly 9,000 brewerie...