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This documentary tells the timely and inspiring story of how successful protests for equity and inclusion led to establishing the first Black and Ethnic Studies departments at two very different universities, San Francisco State (1968) and Cornell (1969).

A compilation of three works by pioneering filmmaker Marlon Riggs addressing issues of black gay male identity and confronting HIV/AIDS.

BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez offers unprecedented access to the life, work and mesmerizing performances of renowned poet, educator and activist Sonia Sanchez who describes herself as “a woman with razor blades between my teeth.”

This Academy Award-winning documentary explores issues facing elders who raise their grandchildren. Big Mama, 90, takes on Walter, 9, after convincing welfare officials that "age has nothing to do with love."

Marlon Riggs's final film debates Black identity, white critiques, sexism, patriarchy, homophobia, colorism and cultural nationalism.

Explores tensions surrounding white participation in Hip-Hop. For some, it is an example of cultural progress. For others, it is just another case of cultural appropriation.

Scholars and critics probe the history and psychology of victimization shared between Blacks and Jews and their exploitation by the media.

Brick by Brick Tracks the landmark case, U.S. vs Yonkers, which challenged housing and educational discrimination in the North and pushed for desegregation.

A compelling examination of the career of Melville J. Herskovits, the pioneering American anthropologist of African Studies and controversial intellectual who established the first African Studies Center at an American university and authored, The Myth of the Negro Past.

Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. It reveals the special status of undertakers in the community; borne out of their permanence, their economic stability, and the necessities of the segregation period. It film paints a portrait of the dearly departed, their grieving families and a man who sends loved ones "home."

A documentary of South Africa's quest for restorative justice following four cases that come before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

Exploring a recurring and divisive issue in African American communities - skin color, this film is candid, sometimes painful, but also often funny. It inter-cuts intimate interviews with darker skinned African Americans, lighter skinned African Americans and inter-racial children of Black and white parents.

Colorism, a caste system based on skin color within the Black community, is traced and discussed.

Questions the very idea of race as innate biology, suggesting that a belief in inborn racial difference is no more sound than believing that the sun revolves around the earth

Eight professors of color discuss the special pressures minority faculty face in majority white institutions.

A multi-racial group of college students in a weekend racial sensitivity workshop discuss affirmative action, self-segregation, internalized racism and cultural identity.

Soul of Justice is a story of race, justice and judgment - both personal and legal. It is the story of the conflicts and contradictions faced by a Black judge working in the nearly all-white world of American jurisprudence.

Interviews with Black steelworkers recount the fight for equal opportunity on the job.

A landmark and controversial personal documentary essay on experiences of black gay men and the search for identity. It has been critically acclaimed as one of the most important documentaries of the 20th century.

The story of a small town's search for justice and the price Americans pay for the war on drugs.

UNNATURAL CAUSES sounds the alarm about our disturbing socioeconomic and racial inequities in health - and searches for their root causes.

Jean Cheng of California Newsreel created this documentary in 2006 chronicling the experiences of a diverse group of college students - in this case, led by veteran UC Berkeley facilitators over the course of a semester - as they confront race, diversity, and their own responsibility for making a difference.

A valuable and colorful examination of 40 years of changing representations of Black masculinity in a significant area of popular culture - comic books. This genre's reach and impact extended into other forms of cultural production such as movies and animated TV series.