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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:

Black Dawn - imageBlack Dawn

An animated account of Haiti's liberation told through the eyes of two African slaves.

Icarus Films | 1979 | 20 minutes | 8-12, College, Adult
Black Feminist - imageBlack Feminist

BLACK FEMINIST explores the double-edged sword of racial and gender oppression that Black Women face in America.

Women Make Movies | 2019 | 53 minutes
Black Girl in Suburbia - imageBlack Girl in Suburbia

For many Black girls raised in the suburbs, the experiences of going to school, playing on the playground, and living day-to-day life is alienating. BLACK GIRL IN SUBURBIA looks at the suburbs of America from the perspective of women of color.

Women Make Movies | 2017 | 54 minutes
Black Mambas - imageBlack Mambas

The Black Mambas are South Africa‘s first all-female anti-poaching unit, chosen by the white and male-dominated conservation authorities. Their fight against poaching challenges the role of women (and men) in their communities and South African society at large.

Autlook | 2022 | 81 minutes | College, Adults
Capturing the Flag - imageCapturing the Flag

A tight-knit group of friends travel to North Carolina to fight voter suppression and intent on proving that American democracy can be defended by small acts of individual citizens.

Bullfrog Films | 2018 | 76 minutes | Grades 9-12, College, Adult
Come Hell or High Water - imageCome Hell or High Water

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 | 9-12, College, Adult
Conversations with Roy DeCarava - imageConversations with Roy DeCarava

The life of the first black photographer to win a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Icarus Films | 1984 | 28 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Cooked - imageCooked

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 | 10 - 12, College, Adults
Counting on Democracy - imageCounting on Democracy

An examination of the fiasco in Florida in the context of the history of voting rights violations.

Bullfrog Films | 2003 | 57 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Crips and Bloods: Made in America - imageCrips and Bloods: Made in America

Chronicles the decades-long cycle of destruction and despair that defines modern gang culture in South LA.

Bullfrog Films | 2009 | 83 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

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