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The Docuseek African-American Studies Collection

The African-American Studies Collection is an interdisciplinary collection of over 80 films focused on the social, political, and cultural history and present experience of African Americans.

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The Docuseek African-American Studies Collection collection includes the following titles:

A Fragile Trust - imageA Fragile Trust

Tells the shocking story of New York Times reporter Jayson Blair, the most infamous plagiarist of our time.

Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 75 minutes | 9 - 12, College, Adults
A Reckoning in Boston - imageA Reckoning in Boston

A rigorous night course in the humanities at a community center in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester illuminates the glaring gap between rich and poor, Black and white, in an ostensibly prosperous and progressive city.

Bullfrog Films | 2022 | 84 minutes
A Rising Tide - imageA Rising Tide

Captures the adversity faced by homeless Black families in Oakland, CA, and explores the plight of service providers and social workers on the frontlines of the housing crises.

Bullfrog Films | 2023 | 93 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
A Tribute to Malcolm X - imageA Tribute to Malcolm X

From the WNET series Black Journal, a tribute fllmed shortly after Malcolmn X's 1965 assassination, including an interview with his wdow, Dr. Betty Shabazz.

Icarus Films | 1967 | 16 minutes
A Woman on the Outside - imageA Woman on the Outside

A deeply American story about the legacy of mass incarceration. Kristal Bush, who has watched nearly every man in her life disappear into prison, channels her struggle into reuniting other Philadelphia families divided by the correctional system.

Women Make Movies | 2022 | 87 minutes | College, Adults
Al Helm - imageAl Helm

An African American gospel choir goes to Palestine to sing in a Palestinian play about Martin Luther King, Jr.. becoming witnesses to life under occupation.

Clarity Films | 2014 | 92 minutes
Althea - imageAlthea

Pioneering athlete Althea Gibson broke records on and off the tennis court.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 83 minutes
Alzheimers and African Americans - imageAlzheimers and African Americans

Alzheimer's in the African-American community.

Terra Nova Films | 2007 | 27 minutes
An Apollo Legend - imageAn Apollo Legend

One night a week, the stage at the Apollo Theater is an amateur's battleground, where performers have competed for stardom since 1934. Today, the legend of Ella Fitzgerald lives on in the hearts of those who pray for their own big break.

MediaStorm | 2008 | 18 minutes | 4-12, college, adults
Apart - imageApart

Against the backdrop of a Midwestern state battling industrial decline, an opioid epidemic, and rising incarceration rates, APART offers an intimate portrait of three women who return home from prison and rebuild their lives after being separated from their children for years.

Women Make Movies | 2020 | 86 minutes | College, Adults

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