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.
The Docuseek African-American Studies Collection includes the following titles:
An animated account of Haiti's liberation told through the eyes of two African slaves.
BLACK FEMINIST explores the double-edged sword of racial and gender oppression that Black Women face in America.
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.
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.
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.
When the graves of former slaves are bulldozed in Mississippi, a Boston teacher returns home to protect the community his ancestors settled.
The life of the first black photographer to win a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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.
An examination of the fiasco in Florida in the context of the history of voting rights violations.
Chronicles the decades-long cycle of destruction and despair that defines modern gang culture in South LA.
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