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Showing 1 - 10 of 56 titles with a criteria of Subject is African-American Studies
Pioneering athlete Althea Gibson broke records on and off the tennis court.
Icarus Films | 2014 | 83 minutes
Alzheimer's in the African-American community.
Terra Nova Films | 2007 | 27 minutes
Spotlights the modern epidemic of heart disease in the African-American community
The Fanlight Collection | 2001 | 57 minutes
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
Connects the massive 1963 Chicago Public Schools boycott to contemporary issues around race, education, school closings, and youth activism.
Bullfrog Films | 2017 | 30 minutes
When the graves of former slaves are bulldozed in Mississippi, a Boston teacher returns home to protect the community his ancestors settled.
Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 56 minutes
The journey of Derrick Evans, a Boston teacher who moves home to coastal Mississippi when the graves of his ancestors are bulldozed to make way for the sprawling city of Gulfport. This title has one or more clips.
Global Environmental Justice | 2014 | 56 minutes
The life of the first black photographer to win a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Icarus Films | 1984 | 28 minutes
From award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand, COOKED reveals the ways in which class, race, and zip code predetermine unequal response and recovery to environmental disaster.
Bullfrog Films | 2020 | 82 minutes
An examination of the fiasco in Florida in the context of the history of voting rights violations.
Bullfrog Films | 2003 | 57 minutes
