AfroPoP
Many complicated and opposing, not to mention controversial, viewpoints are often presented about Africa. The AfroPoP series is a cultural celebration with films tailored to a world audience from filmmakers with insightful, artful and often unique local perspectives.
"AfroPoP" is sponsored by the Coporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
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10 Days In Africa 45 mins
In a wonderfully textured narrative style, African American filmmaker Regi Allen makes a sojourn to three West African countries to discover for himself the truth behind the myths that separate black identity in Africa from black identity in the Diaspora.
AfroPoP Trailer 6mins 26secs
A preview of the titles in NBPC's inaugural documentary series on contemporary African life and popular culture,
Hip Hop Revolution 48 mins
Using an experimental narrative style, South African filmmaker Weaam Williams has infused her film with a texture and life that breathes with every cut.
Volume I ~ Disc 1: Hip Hop Revolution (DVD) 48 mins
Using an experimental narrative style, South African filmmaker Weaam Williams tells the story of hip hop in a South African context.
Volume I ~ Disc 2: Ten Days In Africa (DVD) 45 mins
African American filmmaker Regi Allen journeys to Ghana, Senegal and Cote d' Ivoire in
Welcome to Nollywood 56 mins
'Welcome To Nollywood' is a behind-the-scenes look at the fast-paced world of video film making in Nigeria's film industry - Nollywood.
Here are titles, which through the exploration of sometimes-controversial themes and characters highlight...
What does it mean to be a man? The Masculinity Project will gather multi-generational voices to explore...
An honest perspective of the world would not be near complete without the younger voices of any generation...
The language of media production and distribution is one that has often written its own script. The artist...
The popularization of black art and culture is a story with many chapters. In these selections an attempt...
The Ghosts of John Jay 4mins 30secs
A short documentary exploring from a student perspective the truth about a seemingly notorious high school in Brooklyn, New York.
Taxi (2008) 6mins 31secs
Filmmaker Javan Cornelius explores race in a very modern context - the back seat of a taxi cab.
Bi-Racial Hair 4miins 55secs
A young teen girl ponders race and its meaning for her through a poem about her hair.
Reparation Blues 5mins
A performance piece on the modern meaning of the displacement caused by slavery, around the controversial issue of reparations.
Leslie Fields-Cruz discusses Open Call
Leslie Fields-Cruz discusses the open call process via web chat.
NMI 2007 ~ Sojuke 2mins
A poem by poet Bryonn Bain, accompanying the 2007 NMI project Juke Joint Live.
PRX Talent Quest ~ State of Reunion 50mins
The Public Radio Exchange's Talent Quest offers up this brilliantly produced potential series for national radio distribution.
Voters’ Rights Seized due to Incarceration
Once behind bars, most prisoners lose the right to vote and even after they are released they don’t...
NMI 2007 ~ Juke Joint Live 5mins
As part of NBPC's 2007 New Media Institute, Jacqueline Olive and Darcie Sanders create an audio pod exploring the history of juke joints in Mississippi
NMI 2006 ~ The Other Side 3mins 16secs
Ever wondered what would happen if you kept throwing a tennis ball at a wall?
NMI 2006 ~Black Hole 2 mins
A video-textural exploration of the physics of well-being as it relates to blackness.
Ruff N' Tumble In Nigeria 9mins 33secs
Decade-long CNN journalist Carol Pineau profiles a successful entrepreneur in Lagos, Nigeria.
Breaking Silences 10mins
A discussion of the alarming rate of domestic violence against women of color on college campuses.
NMI 2007 ~ Remixing The Blues 1min 34secs
As part of NBPC's 2007 New Media Institute, producers around the nation convened in Jackson Mississippi to document the blues through new media.
Made In Lesotho 5mins 36secs
Jennifer Chen runs a socially conscious production factory in Lesotho that ships to global businesses like Footlocker and The Gap.