Race & Ethnicity
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    Movies

    Rize (2005)

    Filmmaker David LaChapelle examines an energetic dance form known as ``krumping'' that originated in...

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    Movies

    The Boys of Baraka (2005)

    Follows a group of twenty 12-year-old boys from the most violent ghettos of Baltimore who are chosen...

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    Movies

    Protocols of Zion (2005)

    Filmmaker Marc Levin explores anti-Semitism and the myth that no Jews died in the Sept. 11 terrorist...

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    American Pimp (2000)

    Filmmakers Allen and Albert Hughes interview pimps who discuss varied aspects of their profession.

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    Movies

    The Slanted Screen (2006)

    Filmmaker Jeff Adachi examines Hollywood's portrayal of Asian men in movies.

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    Red Tail Reborn

    History of the P-51C Mustang nicknamed ``Tuskegee Airman.''

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    People

    Frank Silvera

    He was a highly successful black actor/director in the 1950s and 1960s who - because of his...

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    Paperclips (2004)

    Students at a middle school in rural Tennessee collect paper clips to represent victims of the...

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    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004)

    After arriving in Hollywood, young Beulah Richardson became Beah Richards and began a life of...

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    Movies

    Long Night's Journey Into Day (2000)

    Filmmakers Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann document four cases of racial violence that took place...

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    4 Little Girls (1997)

    Filmmaker Spike Lee examines racism and segregation as he documents a fatal 1963 Alabama...

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    Rhyme & Reason (1997)

    Filmmaker Peter Spirer chronicles hip-hop music with interviews and performance clips.

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    Movies

    Daughter From Danang (2002)

    Filmmakers Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco profile an Amerasian who journeys back to Vietnam to find...

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    Movies

    The Execution of Wanda Jean (2002)

    Filmmaker Liz Garbus chronicles a woman's final three months on death row.

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    Biggie & Tupac (2002)

    Documentary on the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls and the East Coast/West Coast,...

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    Italianamerican (1974)

    In the living room of their Elizabeth Street apartment, Scorsese's parents discuss their childhood...

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    Farmingville (2004)

    Documentary on the attempted murder of two Mexican day laborers in Farmingville, New York.

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    Beyond the Gates of Splendor (2004)

    A beautifully crafted documentary about five young missionaries who were martyred by a savage tribe...

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    Screamers (2006)

    Rock band System of a Down and filmmaker Carla Garapedian examine the history of genocide, from the...

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    Movies

    With All Deliberate Speed (2004)

    While the Supreme Court's historic ruling in the Brown v. Board of Education case struck down the...

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    Movies

    Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask (1997)

    A complex, perceptive meditation on the life and legacy of Frantz Fanon, an Afro-Caribbean...

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    Movies

    Broken Rainbow (1985)

    Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.

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    Movies

    John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk

    Filmmaker St. Clair Bourne profiles the black scholar and leading proponent of Afrocentrism. Wesley...

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    Movies

    The Fever

    A well-to-do Englishwoman (Vanessa Redgrave) ponders consumerism and poverty while staying in a...

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    Movies

    Flavors (2004)

    An ensemble comedy that examines different facets of love and life among the Indian Diaspora in the...

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    Watermarks (2005)

    Filmmaker Yaron Zilberman examines the accomplishments of Jewish female swimmers who competed...

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    Promises (2002)

    Several Jewish and Palestinian children are followed for three years and put in touch with each...

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    The Ritchie Boys (2006)

    During World War II the U.S. government recruits select European refugees for an elite intelligence...

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    Trudell (2006)

    Filmmaker Heather Rae documents the life and work of American Indian activist and poet John Trudell,...

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    Movies

    Soul in the Hole (1997)

    This raucous, intimate documentary about Brooklyn's street-basketball culture follows Kenny's Kings,...