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- DirectorAdam MazoBen Pender-CudlipA story of stolen children and cultural survival: inside the first truth and reconciliation commission for Native Americans.
- DirectorShalini KantayyaStarsJoy BuolamwiniMeredith BroussardCathy O'NeilWhen MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, she embarks on a journey to push for the first-ever U.S. legislation against bias in algorithms that impact us all.
- DirectorEugene JareckiStarsElvis PresleyEugene JareckiJames CarvilleForty years after the death of Elvis Presley, a musical road trip across America in his 1963 Rolls Royce explores how a country boy lost his authenticity and became a king while his country lost her democracy and became an empire.
- DirectorGretchen HildebranVivian VazquezStarsCarmen RosadoHetty FoxRobert FosterAs a kid in the South Bronx in the 1970s, Vivian Vazquez watched her tight-knit community become a burned-out ruin as an epidemic of fires raged through her Black and Puerto Rican neighborhood. As Vivian seeks to understand the lasting effects of this tragedy on her family and community, she uncovers a story of injustice, survival and hope that resonates deeply in cities today.
- DirectorRay SantistebanStarsBilly Che BrooksKathleen CleaverFred HamptonChicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police brutality and unfair housing practices in one of America's most segregated cities. A timely story of collective action, The First Rainbow Coalition tells this little-known chronicle of political struggle with insight and urgency using archival footage and interviews with those who lived it.
- DirectorJudith HelfandStarsValerie BrownRichard M. DaleyMichelle Landis DauberA life and death story about extreme heat, the politics of "disaster" and survival by zip code.
- DirectorJared LetoStarsMicaiah JonesAbby SteinOn July 4th, Jared Leto sent 92 crews to all 50 states to capture A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AMERICA. Shot in a single 24 hour period what he got back was inspiring, provocative, beautiful and surprising. We have created an apolitical film that takes a deep and unflinching look at this country in the midst of a very important time.
- DirectorMelissa HaizlipSam PollardStarsBlair UnderwoodSidney PoitierMichael JacksonBefore Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL. Ellis Haizlip ensures that the Revolution would be televised with "SOUL!," America's first "Black Tonight Show." From 1968 to 1973, the public-television variety show SOUL!, guided by enigmatic producer and host Ellis Haizlip, offered an unfiltered, uncompromising celebration of Black literature, poetry, music, and politics--voices that had few other options for national exposure, and, as a result, found the program an improbable place to call home. The series was among the first to provide expanded images of African Americans on television, shifting the gaze from inner-city poverty and violence to the vibrancy of the Black Arts Movement. With participants' recollections and illuminating archival clips, Mr. SOUL captures a critical moment in culture whose impact continues to resonate, and an unsung hero whose voice we need now more than ever, to restore the SOUL of a nation.
- DirectorUrsula LiangStarsLesley SteeleOn a fall day in 2014, Peter Liang, a Chinese American police officer, shot and killed an innocent, unarmed black man named Akai Gurley. Unfolding in the dark stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project, the shooting inflamed the residents of New York City and thrust two marginalized communities together into the uneven criminal justice system. Gurley's death sparked cries of police brutality and a raging, anguished debate about racial bias in criminal prosecution of law enforcement officers.
- DirectorCJ HuntStarsCJ HuntMr. HuntMitch LandrieuIn December 2015, the New Orleans City Council voted to remove four Confederate monuments from public grounds. A forceful group of critics protested the decision, and fearing retaliation, no crew would agree to remove the statues.
- DirectorMichèle StephensonStarsLucinda NicholasIn 2013, the Dominican Republic stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, rendering over 200,000 people without nationality, identity or homeland. Exploring this complex history and politics.
- DirectorRick YoungStarsMarylin AnthonyKelly Rodney ArnoldTeresa AtkinsFRONTLINE investigates the growing inequities in American health care exposed by COVID-19 due to pressure of increasing profits, structural racism and uneven government support.
- StarsKevin HartAisha TylerTiffany HaddishIt follows the progression of Black comedy through the years, tracing how comedians have used pointed humor to articulate the Black experience in America and expose and challenge society's injustices
- DirectorAbby EllisStarsIan AdamsChad BreinholtChris BurbankAmid record police shootings in Utah, FRONTLINE investigates the use of deadly force in the state.
- DirectorBrad LichtensteinYoruba RichenStarsSer Clifford BoxleyLeland BoydCharles EversWho killed Wharlest Jackson? In the upcoming documentary "American Reckoning," an unsolved 1960s murder reveals an untold story of the civil rights movement and Black resistance.
- StarsPeter CoyoteDaniel MendelsohnPeter HayesExplores America's response to the Holocaust, and how it challenged the ideals of democracy.
- StarsHenry Louis Gates Jr.Eddie S. Glaude Jr.Tiffany GillA four-part series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- 1985– 53mTV-PG7.5 (58)TV EpisodeDirectorBen LoetermanStarsWalter WinchellDaniel CzitromThomas DohertyThe life and times of radio commentator and syndicated newspaper gossip columnist Walter Winchell, who reached an audience of 50 million at his peak.
- DirectorYoruba RichenStarsHalle BerryGail Lumet BuckleyDiahann CarrollExplore the lives and trailblazing careers of six iconic African-American entertainers; Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier; who changed American culture through their films, fashion, music and politics.
- DirectorMariem Pérez RieraStarsRita MorenoJustina MachadoNorman LearA look at the life and work of Rita Moreno from her humble beginnings in Puerto Rico to her success on Broadway and in Hollywood.
- DirectorAntonino D'AmbrosioStarsRoberta FlackBill EatonClint EastwoodRoberta Flack's place in music history was assured when she became the first artist to win back-to-back Grammy Awards for Record of the Year with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (1973) and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (1974). The depth and complexity of her lyrical and thematic choices, as well as the sophisticated mix of classical and soul influences on her style, all sprang from a woman who thoughtfully interrogated her role and identity throughout her life. Filmmaker Antonino D'Ambrosio has created a marvelous monument to a singular and unclassifiable musical genius, with commentary from contemporary artists whom she has inspired.
- Follow two performers as they break down barriers in music. Opera singer J'Nai Bridges takes the stage in "A Knee on the Neck," a tribute to George Floyd. Country artist Rissi Palmer redefines success as she works on her latest album.
- DirectorMobolaji OlambiwonnuStarsJeffrey Amado AhrensRasheen AldridgeDominique AlexanderFerguson Rises is the inspiring story of the residents of Ferguson, Missouri, a small town that suffered a powerful loss and became the flash point for a modern day civil rights movement.
- 1999–7.8 (31)TV EpisodeDirectorGeoffrey O'GaraNorthern Arapaho tribal members travel from Wyoming to Pennsylvania to retrieve remains of three children who died at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the 1880's. This episode is about 55 minutes.
- DirectorJames RutenbeckStarsCarl ChandlerJack ChengKafi DixonKafi Dixon is a Boston bus driver and urban farmer who seeks equity for low-income women of color who have experienced trauma and disenfranchisement. Carl Chandler, a community elder wants to tell his family's story to the wider world. They gather with twenty other adults living along the poverty line at a community center in Boston to study art, history, philosophy and literature in a rigorous yearlong tuition-free night course. Kafi reads dialogues about the city in Plato's Republic, yet faces rejection in her own hometown, a prosperous metropolis swept up by the allure of development and gentrification. Carl, a disabled senior citizen who raised two daughters as a single father, cares for his grandson and reads voraciously. James Rutenbeck, a white filmmaker from the suburbs, has come here to document their lives. Over five years he witnesses evictions, chaos and calm persistence. He wants to remain a witness and allow Carl and Kafi to tell their own stories, but over time comes to understand the film cannot be fully realized until he speaks up too.
- StarsMike TysonGloria CoxSnoop DoggA documentary series which follows the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur and his mother, the Black Panther activist Afeni Shakur.
- DirectorJeff BemissLisa MolomotStarsNora LopezEduardo CanalesCraig JohnsonTwo families search for their loved ones who went missing in the fields of Brooks County, Texas, and find a haunted land with more questions than answers.
- DirectorGiorgio Angelini'Owned' is a fever dream vision into the dark history behind the US housing economy. Tracking its overtly racist beginnings to its unbridled commoditization, the doc exposes a foundational story few Americans understand as their own.
- DirectorJennifer RedfearnIn a Midwestern state caught between the opioid epidemic and increasing incarceration rates for women, three unforgettable mothers - Amanda, Tomika, and Lydia - return home from prison and rebuild their lives after being separated from their children for years. Their stories overlap at a new reentry program for women, run by Malika, an advocate who was formerly incarcerated in the same prison.
- DirectorBrad LichtensteinStarsVictoria DavisonNathan KingClaud MotleyA victim of gun violence becomes conflicted about the punishment for his attacker.
- DirectorShalini KantayyaStarsRichard Cannon IIIJon 'TheBlondeJon' MadridJonathan MadridWith TikTok crowned the world's most downloaded app, these are the personal stories of a cultural phenomenon, told through an ensemble cast of Gen-Z natives, journalists and experts alike.
- DirectorErika AlexanderWhitney DowStarsTa-Nehisi CoatesSheila Jackson LeeJason JohnsonAn inspiring look at Alderman Robin Rue Simmons' fight to redress the wrongs of "redlining" and the legacy of slavery through a groundbreaking reparations program in Evanston, Illinois.
- DirectorPhil BertelsenBryan Gunnar ColeStarsChina CooperDarrell ThomasFamed photographer Ernest Withers was credited with documenting the civil rights movement, but his legacy was blemished when it was revealed after his death that he'd been an FBI informant.
- DirectorIra McKinleyBhawin SuchakStarsAlvin DeanBridgett DeanElea DeanAn astounding and intimate narrative of Black achievement focusing on the self-determined Dean family, seven generations of their history, and the resilient community of rural Pahokee, Florida.
- DirectorHazel GurlandThe story of Las Vegas activist Ruby Duncan and a band of ordinary mothers who launched one of the most extraordinary, yet forgotten, feminist, anti-poverty movements in U.S. history.
- DirectorJulie HaEugene YiStarsChol Soo LeeJeff AdachiK.W. LeeIn 1970s San Francisco, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is wrongly convicted of a Chinatown gang murder. After spending years fighting to survive, journalist K.W. Lee takes an interest in his case, igniting an unprecedented social movement.
- DirectorRandall MacLowryStarsTim HopperThe history of the Florida Everglades and the efforts to reclaim, control and preserve the vast area once viewed as a wasteland.
- 1987– 1h 55mTV-148.1 (106)TV EpisodeDirectorJamila EphronStarsEliza BriggsNathaniel BriggsMary James CottrellThe Blinding of Isaac Woodard: How a horrific incident of racial violence became a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the course of American history. Based on Richard Gergel's book "Unexampled Courage", the film details how the crime led to the racial awakening of President Harry Truman, who desegregated federal offices and the military two years later. The event also ultimately set the stage for the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 "Brown v. Board of Education" decision, which finally outlawed segregation in public schools and jump-started the modern civil rights movement.
- StarsJoAnna RhinehartMichael StuhlbargEvan I. SchwartzThe life of author L. Frank Baum, creator of the classic novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," which has inspired films, books and musicals.
- 1987– 53mTV-PG6.6 (128)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael BicksAnna Lee StrachanStarsJames SullivanKimberly JenkinsRabbit GoodyThe history of jeans, from their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioRobert De NiroLily GladstoneWhen oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
- DirectorLeola Calzolai-StewartStarsAndre BraugherEdward R. DudleyCarl RowanThe American Diplomat explores the lives and legacies of three African-American ambassadors, Edward R. Dudley, Terence Todman and Carl Rowan, who pushed past historical and institutional racial barriers to reach high-ranking appointments in the Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. At the height of the civil rights movement in the United States, they were asked to represent the best of American ideals abroad while facing discrimination at home. Colloquially referred to as "pale, male, and Yale," the U.S. State Department fiercely maintained and cultivated the Foreign Service's elitist character and was one of the last federal agencies to desegregate. Through rare archival footage, in-depth oral histories, and interviews with family members, colleagues and diplomats, the film paints a portrait of three men who created a lasting impact on the content and character of the Foreign Service and changed American diplomacy forever.
- DirectorLi-Shin YuStarsLea SalongaMarilyn ChaseDavid MorensThe bubonic plague outbreak in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1900 and the hunt to identify its source leads to a spate of violent anti-Asian sentiment.
- DirectorJennifer HolnessStarsIndia ArieJully BlackRachel DolezalSubjects of Desire is a culturally significant, thought-provoking documentary that ultimately deconstructs what we understand about race and the power behind the beauty.
- DirectorSam EsmailStarsJulia RobertsMahershala AliEthan HawkeA family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices, and two strangers appear at their door.
- DirectorCord JeffersonStarsJeffrey WrightTracee Ellis RossJohn OrtizA novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.
- DirectorJeymes SamuelStarsLaKeith StanfieldOmar SyAnna DiopStruggling to find a better life, Clarence is captivated by the power of the rising Messiah and soon risks everything to carve a path to a divine existence.
- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsAunjanue Ellis-TaylorJon BernthalNiecy NashThe unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
- 1983– 1h 55m7.9 (64)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael KirkStarsWill LymanJill AbramsonBrooke Nelson AlexanderAs controversy erupts around Clarence and Ginni Thomas, the story of their path to power.