Black women had extremely limited options during Jim Crow. Odessa’s story explores how an African American woman born in a time with limited...

Henry Browne, an African American farmer, and his family are profiled in this film. The important job of a farmer during times of war is...

Denver’s iconic and Grammy Award-winning musicians reveal the secrets of their success and longevity in the music business while warning the young...

The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is told through interviews recorded in the late '90s.

75% of all enslaved Africans coming to America came in through Beaufort and the sea islands of South Carolina. This beautiful and picturesque...

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

How does a state with the motto “Live Free or Die” and a celebrated legacy of abolitionism confront and understand its participation in slavery...

A man that is a stranger, is an incredibly easy man to hate. However, walking in a stranger’s shoes, even for a short while, can transform a...

A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries—and path of promise toward the American dream—Black colleges and universities have...

A look at the Brazilian black movement between 1977 and 1988, going by the relationship between Brazil and Africa.

This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created...

A man spends an evening by the river

Seville, Spain, 14th century. A group of black slaves brought from Africa form the Hermandad de los Negros, a Holy Week brotherhood that has...

21st century legal prostitution through the frank stories of Amsterdam red-light district sex workers at a time when tighter regulation threatens...

The story of Dr. George Washington Carver (1864-1943), black educator and horticulturist. He is perhaps most well known for developing over 140...

Follow the veterans and newest class of Navy and Marine Corps flight squadron as they go through intense training and into a season of...

Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital...

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors...

Atmospherically shot in black and white North Circular Road travels the length of the eponymous road exploring the history, music and streetscapes...

The celebratory explosion of basketball history makers, legend shakers and lawbreakers; juxtaposed against important events in Civil & Human...