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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
This documentary explores the complex issue of reparations in the United States using a thoughtful approach to history, historical injustices, systemic inequities, and the critical dialogue on racial conciliation. Through personal narratives, community inquiries, and scholarly insights, it aims to inspire understanding of the scope and rationale of the reparations debate.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Racism has long shaped U.S. history and continues to affect how Americans treat people of different skin colors and ethnicities. Some argue that “color blindness,” or treating people without any regard to race or ethnicity, is the best way to overcome racism and promote equal opportunity. Opponents argue that such an approach downplays deep-seated biases, silently maintains discrimination, and ignores systemic problems in American society. Does...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
At the center of this documentary is a traumatic, racist experience. Through confronting this event, documentarian Pirooz Kalayeh confronts the lasting effects of racism on an individual and opens up a dialog about discrimination and developing better tools to communicate about and address it.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Students who are starting to apply to colleges for the coming year are the first class to deal with the impact of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn affirmative action. For many high school students, this annual rite of passage is now trickier than ever to navigate. In this NewsHour program, special correspondent Hari Sreenivasan takes a look for our higher education series, Rethinking College.
6) Exit
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A journey out of the heart of human trafficking. Three women who were looking for a way out of their extreme poverty found themselves at the heart of human trafficking networks. "Exit" is not a straight road and many don't make it to the end.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Developed by experts in the fields of early childhood and activism, this topic-driven board book offers clear, concrete language and compelling imagery to introduce the concept of justice. This book aims to ground the idea of justice within the responsibilities and benefits of being part of a healthy community. The backmatter offers additional resources and ideas for extending this discussion"--
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In the documentary "South to Black Power," Charles M. Blow, New York Times columnist and best-selling author of "The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto," sets off across the country on a personal journey. Along the way, he meets with politicians, historians, community activists, colleagues, friends, and family members to test his theory on Black Liberation, which involves a daring strategy for Black Americans to move to southern states to...
10) Not A Tame Lion
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
John Boswell read and translated fourteen ancient and modern languages, became a Yale Professor by age thirty and was granted full access to the highly classified and restricted Vatican archives from which he researched four award winning books, making him a world renowned expert in Medieval History and Linguistics. Boswell was also openly gay without apology in an era that was neither tolerant nor accepting. "Not a Tame Lion" offers the first-hand...
11) Still Human
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This documentary opens the viewer's eyes to one of the world's most substantial and devastating social issues: poverty and homelessness. Through a socio-economic comparison of Mumbai and Los Angeles, we learn how these complex environments affect their homeless populations.
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Starting with the accidental discovery of the significant history of a modest dwelling on a traditionally African-American street in Hagerstown, Maryland, this documentary traces the roots of middle America’s racial, economic and social interactions. Through the lens of this house, the rise and fall of the African-American community in small rust belt towns and cities across America is told. The film also explores how the house's discovery, renovation...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A cultural critic advocates for embracing imbalance, obsession and gluttony across all aspects of life, contending that our contemporary culture's misguided pursuit of equality in love and art, coupled with economic disparities, has left us spiritually impoverished.
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