Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North
Katrina Browne was shocked to discover that her distinguished Rhode Island forebears had been part of the largest slave-trading dynasty in American history. Once she started digging, Browne found the evidence everywhere�..
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North (Abridged Version)
Katrina Browne was shocked to discover that her distinguished Rhode Island forebears had been part of the largest slave-trading dynasty in American history. Once she started digging, Browne found the evidence everywhere�..
Tulia, Texas
Drug use was a fact of life in the African-American community of Tulia, Texas—but when it became common in white neighborhoods, too, civic leaders grew alarmed. In 1999 they brought in an undercover agent, later found ..
Udju azul di Yonta = The blue eyes of Yonta
Uses the device of a young woman's search for the author of a love letter to explore the political and social environment in the former Portuguese overseas province of Portuguese Guinea, now the independent country of Gu..
Unnatural causes: is inequality making us sick?
A four-hour, seven-segment documentary series arguing that health and longevity are correlated with socioeconomic status; people of color face an additional health burden; and our health and well-being are tied to polici..
W.E.B. Du Bois: a biography in four voices
The long and remarkable life of Dr. William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B) Du Bois (1868-1963) offers unique insights into an eventful century in African American history. Born three years after the end of the Civil War, Du Bo..
We Shall Overcome
This title traces the transformation of the song 'We shall Overcome' from an old slave spiritual to the anthem of the civil rights movement, while chronicling its effect on human rights movements in the United States and..
Wend Kuuni: God's gift
Wend Kuuni is a landmark in African filmmakers' attempts to "return to the sources" of their culture, to recover a "usable" African past to solve the problems of the African present. Filmmaker Gaston Kaboré adapts the m..
What's Race Got to Do with It?
Despite 15 years of diversity programs and initiatives, many of our discussions about race remain mired in confusion. Even a casual observer cannot help but notice how structural racism is ignored, how multiculturalism i..
What's Race Got to Do with It? ( DVD Bonus Content)
Despite 15 years of diversity programs and initiatives, many of our discussions about race remain mired in confusion. Even a casual observer cannot help but notice how structural racism is ignored, how multiculturalism i..