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BlackART Roots

The popularization of black art and culture is a story with many chapters. In these selections an attempt is made to reflect on those modes of art we claim as black and our reasons for doing so. So often removed or ignored from the popular lore, it seems a task we must take on to document our own place in the histories of the many forms of beauty we help evolve, dance, photography, filmmaking, all forms of visual media, and the list continues. Here is a selection for our consideration and constant reflection, our collection of the past for the sake of the future.

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Go For What You Know
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Free To Dance: Go For What You Know 60 mins

A three-part documentary that chronicles the crucial role African-American choregraphers and dancers played in the development of modern dance as an American art form.

Free To Dance: Steps Of The Gods
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Free To Dance: Steps Of The Gods 60 mins

Katherine Dunham's year in the Caribbean, during the 1930s was both an anthropological field trip and a journey in search of her own roots.

Free To Dance
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Free To Dance: What Do You Dance 60 mins

"What Do You Dance?" begins the story of the evolution of a uniquely American form of movement with African...

HIP HOP: BEYOND BEATS & RHYMES
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Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes 56mins

Filmmaker and self-proclaimed

Spotlight

Spotlight

The process of independent filmmaking, especially in terms of documentary content, is one that has constantly...

Black Locales

Black Locales

Tales of the Diaspora are many and here a global cross section will be selected to give life to contemporary...

Black Family

Black Family

Here are titles, which through the exploration of sometimes-controversial themes and characters highlight...

Africa Open For Business

Africa Open For Business

"Africa: Open For Business" probes into the world of successful African businesses and exposes myths...

The Masculinity Project

The Masculinity Project

What does it mean to be a man? The Masculinity Project will gather multi-generational voices to explore...

In Short

In Short

Sometimes brief glimpses are the most intriguing; flashes of insight, which are paradoxically fulfilling...

Leslie Fields-Cruz hosts Information Session for Open Call
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Leslie Fields-Cruz discusses Open Call

Leslie Fields-Cruz discusses the open call process via web chat.

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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...

Diversity In The Delta
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NMI 2007 ~ Diversity In The Delta 5mins 30secs

A short piece on diversity in the Mississippi Delta.

BLACKstream
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Blog: BLACKstream

A content youth review blog for blackpublicmedia.Org

Blog: Kenyan Pundit
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Blog: Kenyan Pundit

A Kenyan political and global culture blog.

PRX Public Radio Talent Quest: State of Reunion
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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.

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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...

Sojuke
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NMI 2007 ~ Sojuke 2mins

A poem by poet Bryonn Bain, accompanying the 2007 NMI project Juke Joint Live.

Black Filmmakers On Film: Byron Hurt
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Black Filmmakers On Film: Byron Hurt 23mins 34secs

Filmmaker Noland walker interviews other black media makers on past and present projects.

Juke Joint Live
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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

The Other Side
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NMI 2006 ~ The Other Side 3mins 16secs

Ever wondered what would happen if you kept throwing a tennis ball at a wall?

Black Hole
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NMI 2006 ~Black Hole 2 mins

A video-textural exploration of the physics of well-being as it relates to blackness.

Blues People ~ Jesse Robinson
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NMI 2007 ~ Blues People 2mins 47secs

As part of NBPC's 2007 New Media Institute, producers around the nation convened in Jackson Mississippi to document the blues through new media.

From Black Power To Black Monday
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From Black Power To Black Monday 11mins 51secs

Produced by Howard University students for NBPC's Eyes On The Prize New Media Competition

Pictoons: Animated In Senegal
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Pictoons: Animated In Senegal 6min 48secs

A professional animation house in Dakar, Senegal survives and creates amidst a still evolving landscape.

Blues People ~ Super Chicken
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NMI 2007 ~ Blues People 2mins 07secs

As part of NBPC's 2007 New Media Institute, producers around the nation convened in Jackson Mississippi to document the blues through new media.

Breaking Silences
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Breaking Silences 10mins

A discussion of the alarming rate of domestic violence against women of color on college campuses.

Made In Lesotho
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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.