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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 includes the following titles:

Decade of Fire - imageDecade of Fire

In the 1970s, the Bronx was on fire. Abandoned by the city government, nearly a half-million people were displaced as their close-knit, multi-ethnic neighborhood burned, reducing the community to rubble.

GOOD DOCS | 2018 | 75 minutes
Detropia - imageDetropia

Academy Award-shortlisted for Best Documentary, the film is a vivid portrait of Detroit, America's first major post-industrial city, as it struggles to deal with the consequences of a broken economic system.

Bullfrog Films | 2012 | 86 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Evolution of a Criminal - imageEvolution of a Criminal

One Black man's journey from straight-A student to bank robber — and back.

GOOD DOCS | 2014 | 83 minutes
Father's Kingdom - imageFather's Kingdom

He changed the course of civil rights in the US and you never heard his name.

GOOD DOCS | 2017 | 94 minutes
Fight Hate With Love - imageFight Hate With Love

Prison-survivor and activist Michael Ta’Bon leads a one-man movement in his community to help other young men avoid the revolving door of the prison system he’s been trapped in since he was a teen.

MediaStorm | 2017 | 79 minutes | 10-12, college, adults
Finally Got the News - imageFinally Got the News

The classic film about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, one of the most significant expressions of black radical thought and activism in the 1960s

Icarus Films | 1970 | 55 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Fonko - Episode 1: South Africa + Nigeria - imageFonko - Episode 1: South Africa + Nigeria

The great music revolutions of our times have come from Africa, and the next one is brewing there right now.

First Hand Films | 2014 | 52 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Fonko - Episode 2: Francophone West Africa - imageFonko - Episode 2: Francophone West Africa

Francophone West Africa is bound together by the French language and a common currency, but also by traditions and languages from the vast empires that dominated the region long before colonialism.

First Hand Films | 2014 | 52 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Fonko - Episode 3: Angola + Ghana - imageFonko - Episode 3: Angola + Ghana

Ghana and Angola are two of the fastest growing economies in the world, as well as two countries in midst of a musical revolution.

First Hand Films | 2014 | 52 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker - imageFundi: The Story of Ella Baker

Friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, FUNDI reveals the instrumental role that Ella Baker played in shaping the American civil rights movement.

Icarus Films | 1981 | 63 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult

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