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- After breaking up with her boyfriend, a professional woman gets involved with a man who seems almost too good to be true.
- An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
- A black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
- A black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.
- Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Interweaving lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and shocking revelations, lawyer Jeffery Robinson draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States, from slavery to the modern myth of a post-racial America.
- Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation but make homes in them. This documentary uses the rat to explore the history of Baltimore.
- A life and death story about extreme heat, the politics of "disaster" and survival by zip code.
- Philadelphia native Tommy Oliver follows the efforts of Mike Africa Jr. to exonerate his parents, both incarcerated members of the revolutionary group MOVE.
- Ferguson 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.
- An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers cleared of beating Rodney King.
- Grand Saline, Texas was a sleepy, unremarkable town--until a white preacher lit himself on fire to protest the town's racism in 2014.
- TARGET ST. LOUIS Vol. 1© tells the story of how the United State Military conducted secret chemical testing on citizens of St. Louis's Northside. Told through the eyes of the survivors who bravely share their experiences of being unwitting test subjects. Long before the current scandal of lead poisoning of the water supply of Flint, Michigan, the United States Army conducted secret experiments on unknowing residents of northern St. Louis using toxic chemicals. The predominantly African American residents of northern St. Louis are the focus of this film. "Target: St Louis Vol. 1" shares their disturbing story of how these Cold War experiments occurred and the film examines the actions of the US Military that extended beyond the guarantees of public safety promised to US citizens by the Constitution.
- A junior high school student sees her chances of a better future jeopardized after she gets in a fight and is expelled.
- Our modern global economy connects disparate individuals in unexpected ways. At the intersection of international commerce, racial identity, and historical narrative, this story follows the propagation of demeaning representations of African Americans. From industrial China to the rural American south to contemporary Brooklyn, we observe the people and places that reproduce, consume and reclaim BLACK MEMORABILIA. This feature documentary takes us on a journey into the material culture of racialized artifacts and confronts us with the incendiary features of these objects. BLACK MEMORABILIA also moves beyond perverse attractions and absolute objections to collectibles and antiques that serve as reminders of America's troubled racial history. In the midst of roiling ethnic unrest in the US today, the film's confrontation of our feelings about these objects strikes at the heart of a pressing contemporary issue and opens a unique dialogue about the continuing legacy of racism in America.
- In the wake of the shooting of five Dallas police officers, BBC Three investigates why tension is rising between America's police forces and ethnic minorities. Shot on the streets of New York, the film follows 'Cop Watchers' - men and women who track the NYPD in a cat-and-mouse game to try and film arrests and possible cases of brutality. NYPD officers also speak out, alleging systemic racism and a policy of targeting ethnic minority communities in order hit their arrest quotas.
- A racial history film about two neighboring towns in Missouri. Told through the lens of all black Kinloch.
- The secret history of U.S. Army aerosol radiation tests in segregated neighborhoods of North St. Louis during the Cold War.
- This film is a documentary about a gifted student from Montclair, NJ and how the circumstances in his life eventually led to tragic decisions that changed his life forever. It centers on his life in middle school and the potential success that he demonstrated with a keen mind and a love of learning. His teachers at the time became deeply connected with him and went above and beyond to try to help him succeed in his academic and personal life.
- Amidst the horrors and indignities of Jim Crow America, one million African Americans served their country to protect democracy abroad and expand it at home during World War II. This documentary tells about a unit struggling to succeed in battle and proving their full citizenship when their lives seemed to matter less. Serving for Justice: The Story of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion is a story of fortitude, brotherhood, and faith in America's ideals.
- Ferguson 365 provides a historical context of the racial divide that exists in Missouri, and how the once Caucasian suburb of Ferguson has, over time, transformed into a predominately African-American community that erupted in social unrest in response to the shooting death of unarmed African-American teenager, Michael Brown Jr. With a unique local's viewpoint and unprecedented access into the community, Christopher uncovers the untold story and perspective of the Ferguson natives and activists and the wedge separating them from law enforcement and local government. Ferguson 365 follows the story both locally and across the country as the Black Lives Matter movement builds momentum concurrently with the presidential political race in response to more slain civilians, with 'Ferguson' as its foundation. After a scathing Department of Justice report, the film follows the stories of sacrifice, triumph, and tragedy from and a core group of activists of various backgrounds fighting a pivotal test to see if true reform will once and for all, be brought to Ferguson.
- FRONTLINE examines the aftermath of George Floyd's murder and the struggle for police accountability.