RUNNING NOW THROUGH DECEMBER ON PBS AND WORLD CHANNEL
Season 13 of our critically acclaimed series featuring documentaries from througout the African diaspora will launch on Mon., April 5, on WORLD Channel, and will be broadcast on local PBS stations starting in May. Check local PBS listings for details in your area.
Photo: by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi from "Bakoso: Afrobeats of Cuba"
ALL FUNDED WORKS
| Program Title | Aired | Web Content Only | Premier | Topic Tags | Production Company/Producer | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How It Feels To Be Free | American Masters | 2021 | Art, Culture, Women | Lacey Schwartz, Yoruba Richen | Yoruba Richen | |
| Mama Gloria | AfroPoP - World Channel | 2021 | LGBTQ, Biography | Luchina Fisher | Luchina Fisher | |
| Mr. Soul! | Independent Lens | 2021 | History, Art, Culture, Music | Shoes in the Bed Productions | Melissa Haizlip | |
| All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk | Reel South | 2020 | Politics, Women | Tucker Gurl Productions | Angela Tucker | |
| Alzheimer's In Color Podcast | Latino USA | 2020 | Health, Alzheimers, Family | Latino USA, Yvonne Latty | Yvonne Latty | |
| And She Can Be Next | POV | 2020 | Politics, Women, Social Justice | Grace Lee, Marjan Safinia | Grace Lee, Marjan Safinia | |
| Belly of the Beast | Independent Lens | 2020 | Women, Social Justice, | Angela Tucker | Erika Cohen | |
| Spit on the Broom | AfroPoP - World Channel | 2020 | Art, Culture, Women, History | Madeleine Ehrlich | Madeleine Ehrlich | |
| The First Rainbow Coalition | Independent Lens | 2020 | History, Social Justice | Nantes Media | Ray Santisteban | |
| Vision Portraits | World Channel | 2020 | Health, Art, Disability | Miasma Films | Rodney Evans | |
| The Hook | Create | 2020 | Food, Culture | Shirlette Ammons | ||
| Always in Season | Independent Lens | 2019 | Social Justice, Race, | Multitude Films | Jacqueline Olive | |
| Decade of Fire | Independent Lens | 2019 | History, Environment, Urban, Social Justice | Red Nut Films | Gretchen Hildebran, Vivian Vazquez | |
| Dressed Like Kings | AfroPoP - World Channel | 2019 | Culture, Fashion, African Diaspora | Stacey Holman | Stacey Homan | |
| Family Pictures USA | PBS | 2019 | Family, Photography, Culture, | Chimpanzee Productions | Thomas Allen Harris | |
| I Am Not Your Negro | Independent Lens | 2018 | Velvet Films | Raoul Peck | ||
| Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart: Lorraine Hansberry | American Masters | 2018 | Art, Culture, Theater, Women | The Film Posse | Tracey Strain | |
| Acorn and the Firestorm | Independent Lens | 2018 | Social Justice, Community, | Reuben Atlas, Sam Pollard | Reuben Atlas, Sam Pollard | |
| Read Awakening | PBS Digital | Yes | 2018 | Literacy, LIterature | Storyscape Productions | Dominique Taylor |
| An American Ascent | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2017 | RLJ Entertainment, Inc/James Mills & Henry Harrison | Andy Adkins & George Potter | ||
| Blackout | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2017 | HSI London, Animal Monday, Odd Girl Out Productions/Claire Neate James & Kat Mansoor | Eva Weber | ||
| Intore | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2017 | Rwanda Cinema Center | Eric Kabera | ||
| Kojo | PBS Online Film Festival-PBS.org | yes | 2017 | Youth, Culture, Jazz, Music, Black Boys | Michael Fequiere | Michael Fequiere |
| My Father's Land | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2017 | Sphere Productions LLC, Trinidad & Tobago Rocks/K. Tyler Johnston | Miquel Galofre and K. Tyler Johnston | ||
| Omo Child: The River and the Bush | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2017 | Little Pass Films/John and Tyler Rowe | John Rowe | ||
| Pangaea | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2017 | Inspire Media, distr. Journeyman Pictures/Ethan Senser | Olivia Peace | ||
| PoPs | Indie Lens StoryCast | Yes | 2017 | African American, Black Men, Black Boys, Parenting, Children | Garlin McLaurin | Garlin McLaurin |
| You Can Go | PBS Online Film Festival-PBS.org | Yes | 2017 | Youth, Education, Counseling | Christine Turner | Christine Turner |
| A Goat for a Vote | DocWorld- World Channel | 2016 | Africa, Politics, Education | Maarten van der Ven, Hasse van Nunen | Jeroen van Velzen | |
| All the Difference | POV- PBS | 2016 | Education, Youth, African Amerrican Boys, Black Boys | Todd Lending, Joy Thomas Moore, Wes Moore | Todd Lending | |
| Days of Hope | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2016 | Immigration | |||
| 180 Days: Hartsville | PBS NPS | 2015 | Education, Youth, Rural America | South Carolina ETV (SCETV)/Garland McLaurin | Garland McLaurin | |
| Abominable Crime | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2015 | LGBT, Human Rights, Caribbean | Common Good Productions/Micah Fink | Micah Fink | |
| Afropunk Presents: The Tryptich | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2015 | Arts, Performing Arts, Visual Arts | Tereance Nance & Barron Claireborne | Tereance Nance | |
| Althea | American Experience - PBS | 2015 | Biography, History, Sports, Women | HBO/ Rex Miller, Nancy Buirski | Nancy Buirski | |
| Counter | PBS.org | Yes | 2015 | Elliott Williams | Elliott Williams | |
| Evoking the Mulatto | BlackPublicMedia/PBS.org | Yes | 2015 | Identity, Culture Web | Lindsay Catherine Harris, Mable Haddock (NBPC) | Lindsay Catherine Harris |
| Ladies Turn | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2015 | Women, Sports, Africa | Wendigo Films/ Helene Harder | Helene Harder | |
| Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | PBS | 2015 | Arts, Biography, Music, Women | Mary Lou film projects/Carol Bash | Carol Bash | |
| Out in the Night | POV- PBS | 2015 | LGBT, Human Rights, Criminal Justice, Women | Blair dorosh- Walter | Blair dorosh- Walter | |
| Sounds of Torture | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2015 | Human Rights, Africa, Middle East | Trabelsi Productions/Osnat Trabelsi & Galit Cahlon | Keren Shayo | |
| The Carrier | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2015 | Women, Health, Africa | Maggie Betts & Ben Selkow | Maggie Betts | |
| Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers of the 20th Century | Independent Lens - PBS | 2015 | Culture, History | Thomas Allen Harris | Thomas Allen Harris | |
| 7 Day Gig | PBS.org | 2014 | Kate Marks/ Frances E. Chang | |||
| A Marriage of Inconvenience | PBS.org | Yes | 2014 | Miles Marks | Franklin Jin Rho | |
| American Promise | POV - PBS | Yes | 2014 | Education, Youth, African Amerrican Men | Joe Brewster | Joe Brewster, Michéle Stephenson |
| Aunties | BlackPublicMedia/PBS.org | Yes | 2014 | immigration, Caribbean, Youth, Short | Lisa Harewood | Lisa Harewood/ Ian Smith |
| Boys of Summer | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2014 | Cutlure, Sports, Caribbean, Youth | Keith Aumont | Keith Aumont | |
| Brothers Hypnotic | Independent Lens - PBS | 2014 | Arts, Biography, Music | Reuben Atlas/ Sam Pollard | Reuben Atlas | |
| Doin' It In the Park: Pick up Basketball NYC | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2014 | Culture, Sports | Bobbito García, Kevin Couliau | Bobbito García | |
| My Dear Americans | PBS.org | Yes | 2014 | Arpita Kumar | Arpita Kumar | |
| Passage | BlackPublicMedia/PBS.org | Yes | 2014 | Immigration, Caribbean, Human Rights, Short | Kareem Mortimer | Kareem Mortimer |
| Small Man | BlackPublicMedia/PBS.org | Yes | 2014 | Culture, Caribbean, Arts, Short | Mariel Brown/ Savant | Mariel Brown |
| Stories from Lakka Beach | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2014 | Culture, Africa | Daan Veldhuizen | Daan Veldhuizen | |
| The Deported | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2014 | Immigration, Caribbean | Rachel Magloire + Chantal Regnault | Rachel Magloire | |
| Upaj Improvise | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2014 | Arts, Culture, Dance, Asia | Antara Bhardway | Hoku Uchiyama | |
| Vivre | BlackPublicMedia/PBS.org | Yes | 2014 | Culture, Youth, Caribbean, Short, Drama | Maharaki | Maharaki |
| War Don Don | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2014 | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Africa | Rebecca Richman Cohen | Rebecca Richman Cohen | |
| You're Dead to Me | PBS.org | Yes | 2014 | LGBT, Human Rights, Marriage | Wu Tsang/ Melissa Haizip | Wu Tsang |
| 180 Days: A Year in an American High School | PBS | 2013 | Education, Youth | Jacquie Jones & Garland McLaurin | Jacquie Jones | |
| A Gentleman's War | blackpublicmedia.org | 2013 | Immigration, Sports, Caribbean | Madeleine Hunt – Ehrlich | ||
| A Lot Like You | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2013 | Culture, Identity, Women, Africa | Eliaichi Kimaro | Eliaichi Kimaro | |
| Black Folk Don't 3.0 | BlackPublicMedia/PBS.org | Yes | 2013 | Culture, Identity, Web | Angela Tucker | Angela Tucker |
| Dear Mandela | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2013 | Social Justice, Africa | Dara Kell & Christopher Nizza | Dara Kell | |
| Homegoings | POV- PBS | 2013 | Culture | Christine Turner | Christine Turner | |
| In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul | PBS | 2013 | Arts, Music | |||
| Seeking Asylum | BlackPublicMedia/PBS.org | Yes | 2013 | Immigration, Africa, Web | Darnell Lamont Walker | Darnell Lamont Walker |
| Soul Food Junkies | Independent Lens - PBS | 2013 | Health, Culture | Byron Hurt | Byron Hurt | |
| The Naked Option | PBS | 2013 | Social Justice, Human Rights, Africa, Women | Candance Schermerhorn | Candance Schermerhorn | |
| America by the Numbers (America I Am) | PBS - Need to Know | 2012 | Current Affairs, News, Journalism | Maria Hinojosa | Maria Hinojosa | |
| An African Election | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2012 | Politics, Africa, Democracy | Jarreth Merz | Jarreth Merz | |
| Ask A Muslim | BlackPublicMedia/PBS.org | Yes | 2012 | Religion, Culture, Web | Idris Abdul Zahir | Idris Abdul Zahir |
| Black Folk Don't 2.0 | BlackPublicMedia/PBS.org | Yes | 2012 | Culture, Identity, Web | Angela Tucker | Angela Tucker |
| Burning in the Sun | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2012 | Environment, Culture, Africa Business | Cambria Matlow / Morgan Robinson | Cambria Matlow | |
| Calypso Rose: Lioness of the Jungle | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2012 | Arts, Biography, Music, Women, Caribbean | Pascale Obolo | ||
| Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock | Independent Lens - PBS | 2012 | Civil Rights, History, Biography, Women | Sharon La Cruise/ Noland Walker | Sharon La Cruise | |
| Endgame - HIV/AIDS in the Black Community | Frontline-PBS | 2012 | Health, LGBT | Renata Simone | RenataSimone | |
| Everyday Sunshine | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2012 | Arts, Music | Lev Anderson, Chris Metzler | Lev Anderson, Chris Metzler | |
| In Performance at the White House:The Blues | PBS | 2012 | Arts, Music | |||
| More Than A Month | Independent Lens - PBS | 2012 | Culture, Identity | Owen Cooper | Shukree Hassan | |
| That's My Face/ E Minha Cara | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2012 | Culture, Identity, LGBT, Men, Africa, South America | Thomas Allen Harris | Thomas Allen Harris | |
| The Barber of Birmingham | POV - PBS | 2012 | Civil Rights, Biography, History, Politics | Gail Dolgin | Gail Dolgin | |
| The Olutunmbis | blackpublicmedia.org | Yes | 2012 | Immigration, Africa, Web | Temitope Olutunmbi | Temitope Olutunmbi |
| When the Drum is Beating | Independent Lens - PBS | 2012 | Arts, Immigration, Music, Caribbean | Whitney Dow | Whitney Dow | |
| 125 Franco's Boulevard | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2011 | Arts, Biography, Visual Arts, South America, Short | Sia Nyorkor | Jacob Templin | Sia Nyorkor | Jacob Templin | |
| A Day Without Mines | BlackPublicMedia | 2011 | Human Rights, Africa | Michael Caulfield | Adisa Septuri | |
| Black Folk Don't 1.0 | BlackPublicMedia/PBS.org | Yes | 2011 | Culture, Identity, Web | Tucker Gurl | Tucker Gurl |
| Colored Frames | PBS | 2011 | Art, Cutlrue, Visual Art, | Boondoggle Films | Lerone D. Wilson | |
| Freedom Riders | American Experience-PBS | 2011 | Civil Rights, History | Stanley Nelson | Stanley Nelson | |
| Haiti: One Day, One Destiny | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2011 | Culture, Shorts, Web, Caribbean | Michéle Stephenson | Michéle Stephenson | |
| In Performance at the White House: Motown Sound | PBS | 2011 | Arts, Music | |||
| Mrs. Goundo's Daughter | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2011 | Women, Africa, Culture, Health | Barbara Attie | Janet Goldwater | Sabrina Schmidt Gordon | Barbara Attie | Janet Goldwater | Sabrina Schmidt Gordon | |
| NORA | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2011 | Arts, Biography, Culture ,Dance, Africa, Short | Alla Kovgan | David Hinton | Alla Kovgan | David Hinton | |
| Other Side of the Water | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2011 | Arts, Culture, Music, Caribbean | Jeremy Robins | Magali Damas | Jeremy Robins | |
| Pushing the Elephant | Independent Lens - PBS | 2011 | Human Rights, Africa | Elizabeth Mandel | Beth Davenport | Angela Tucker | Katy Chevigny | Beth Davenport | Elizabeth Mandel | |
| Rise Up | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2011 | Arts, Music, Caribbean | Luciano Blotta / Darrin Holender | Luciano Blotta | |
| Sanza Hanza | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2011 | Youth, Africa, Short | Nadia Hallgren | Nadia Hallgren | |
| The Calling | Independent Lens - PBS | 2011 | Culture, Religion, | David A. Ranghelli | David A. Ranghelli | |
| Uprooted | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2011 | Human Rights, Environment, South America | Juan Mejia Botero | Juan Mejia | |
| What's Good DC | WHUT | 2011 | Current Affairs, Youth | |||
| In Performance at the White House: Civil Rights Music | PBS | 2010 | Arts, Music, Civil Rights | |||
| My Life, My Hustle | blackpublicmedia.org | YES | 2010 | Culture, web | Anthony Morris | Karl Carter | Steven Corbis | Kelvin Epps | Ise Lyfe | Anthony Morris | Karl Carter | Steven Corbis | Kelvin Epps | Ise Lyfe |
| Off and Running | POV - PBS | 2010 | Identity, Women, LGBT, Sports | Nicole Opper | Sharese Bullock | Nicole Opper | |
| Promised Land | POV - PBS | 2010 | Culture, CIvil Rights, Social Justice, Africa | Yoruba Richen | Yoruba Richen | |
| Sam Cooke: Crossing Over | American Masters - PBS | 2010 | Arts, Biography, Music, Civil Rights | John Antonelli | D. Channsin Berry | John Antonelli | |
| Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 | PBS | 2010 | Civil Rights, History | Bestor Cram | Judy Richardson | Bestor Cram | Judy Richardson | |
| The Undocumented | Independent Lens - PBS | 2010 | Immigration, Human Rights | Marco Williams | Marco Williams | |
| Black To Our Roots | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2009 | Culture, Africa, Identity | Tre Whitlow | Jacquwline Olive | Tre Whitlow | Jacqueline Olive | |
| Desert Bayou | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2009 | Culture, Migration, Environment, | Alex Lemay | Alex Lemay | |
| Egalite For All: Toussaint L'Ouveture and the Haitian Revolution | PBS Plus | 2009 | History, Caribbean | Patricia Aste | Margaret Koval | Noland Walker | |
| Faubourg Treme: Untold Story of New Orleans | Independent Lens - PBS | 2009 | Culture, History | Dawn Logsdon | Lolis Eric Elie | Dawn Logsdon | Lolis Eric Elie | |
| Moving to the Beat | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2009 | Culture, Immigration, Africa, Music | Abdul Fofana | Caleb Heymann | Abdul Fofana | Caleb Heymann | |
| The Fighting Spirit | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2009 | Culture, Sports, Africa | George Amponsah | George Amponsah | |
| Africa Open for Business | blackpublicmedia.org | 2008 | Buisiness, Africa | Carol Pineau | Carol Pineau | |
| Banished | Independent Lens - PBS | 2008 | Civil Rights, Human Rights, History | Marco Williams | Marco Williams | |
| Being Pavarotti | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2008 | Arts, Culture, Music, Africa | Odette Geldenhuys | Odette Geldenhuys | |
| Faces of Change | PBS | 2008 | Culture, Human Rights | Michele Stepheson | Michele Stepheson | |
| Hip Hop Revolution | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2008 | Arts, Culture, Music, Africa | Weaam Williams | Weaam Williams | |
| Mix | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2008 | Identity, Women, Youth, Africa | |||
| Prince Among Slaves | PBS | 2008 | History, Islam, Africa, Biography | Alex Kronemer | Michael Wolfe | Andrea Kalin | Bill Duke | |
| Tavis Smiley – Memphis Episodes | PBS | 2008 | Current Affairs | |||
| Ten Days in Africa | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2008 | Culture, African, Identity | Regi Allen | Regi Allen | |
| The Pact | PBS | 2008 | Health, Cutlure | Andrea Kalin | Andrea Kalin | |
| Third Ward Texas | PBS | 2008 | Andrew Garrison| Noland Walker | Andrew Garrison | ||
| Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? | PBS | 2008 | Health, Social Justice, Culture | Larry Adelman | Rachel Poulain | |
| We Will Not Die Like Dogs | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2008 | Health, Africa, | Lisa Russell | Lisa Russell | |
| Welcome to Nollywood | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | 2008 | Arts, Culture, Film, Africa | Peace Anyiam-Fiberesima | Jamie Meltzler | |
| Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun | American Masters - PBS | 2008 | Arts, Biography, Literary, Women | Samuel D. Pollard | Samuel D. Pollard | |
| Dinka Diaries | PBS | 2007 | Culture, Immigration, Africa | Filmon Mebrahtu | Filmon Mebrahtu | |
| Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes | Independent Lens - PBS | 2007 | Arts, Culture, Music | Byron Hurt | Byron Hurt | |
| Minority business in the 21st Century | PBS | 2007 | Buisiness | |||
| Race to Execution | Independent Lens- PBS | 2007 | Criminal Justice, Human Rights | Jim Lopes | Rachel Lyon | Rachel Lyon | |
| The Story of Oscar Brown, Jr | PBS | 2007 | Arts, Biography, Music, Theater | Donnie l. Betts | Donnie l. Betts | |
| Beyond the Steps Alvin Ailey Dance | Great Performances - PBS | 2006 | Arts, Culture, Dance | Phil Bertelsen | Phil Bertelsen | |
| July '64 | Independent Lens - PBS | 2006 | Civil Rights, History | Chris Christopher | Carvin Eison | |
| Masculinity Project | blackpublicmedia.org | Yes | 2006 | Culture, Identity, Men | James Baldwin | |
| The Katrina Project | blackpublicmedia.org | Yes | 2006 | Environment, Cutlure, Web | Rennik Sholt | Rennik Soholt |
| Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela | POV - PBS | 2006 | Africa, Culture, | Thomas Allen Harris | Thomas Allen Harris | |
| Chisholm '72: Unbought Ubossed | Independent Lens - PBS | 2005 | Politics, Women, Biography | Shola Lynch | Shola Lynch | |
| On a Roll: Disability and the American Dream | Independent Lens- PBS | 2005 | Human Rights, Disability | Joanne Caputo | Joanne Caputo | |
| Parliament Funkdelic: One Nation Under a Groove | Independent Lens - PBS | 2005 | Biography, Music, Arts | Harlene Freezer | Yvonne Smith | |
| Race is the Place | Independent Lens- PBS | 2005 | Culture, Identity | Raymond Telles | Rick Tejada- Flores | Raymond Telles | Rick Tejada- Flores | |
| Sweet Honey in The Rock | American Masters - PBS | 2005 | Arts, Biography, Music | Stanley Nelson Jr. | Stanley Nelson Jr. | |
| A Doula Story | Independent Lens- PBS | 2004 | Health, Women | Daniel Alpert | Daniel Alpert | |
| A Place of Our Own | Independent Lens - PBS | 2004 | Culture | Stanley Nelson | Stanley Nelson | |
| Accidental Hero: Room 408 | Independent Lens - PBS | 2004 | Education, Youth | Steve Rosen | Terri DeBoo | Terri DeBoo | |
| Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords | American Experience - PBS | 2004 | History, Journalism | Stanley Nelson Jr. | Stanley Nelson Jr. | |
| Brother to Brother | Independent Lens - PBS | 2004 | LGBT | Rodney Evans | Rodney Evans | |
| BrotherMen | PBS Plus | 2004 | Culture | Demetria Royals | Demetria Royals | |
| Citizen King | American Experience - PBS | 2004 | Civil Rights, History, Biography | Orlando Bagwell | Noland Walker | Orlando Bagwell | Noland Walker | |
| Colorvision | PBS | 2004 | Shorts, Culture | Tangled Bank Studios | Tangled Bank Studios | |
| Hip Hop Beyond Beats & Rhymes | Independent Lens - PBS | 2004 | Culture, Music | Byron Hurt | Byron Hurt | |
| I Am a Man | PBS | 2004 | Culture, African American Men | Memphis Tourism Foundation | Mentors in Violence Prevention-Marine Corps | |
| I Was Born a Black Woman | PBS | 2004 | Politics, Women, South America, Biography | Kit Miller | Maria Luisa Mendonca and Vicente | |
| Liberia: America's Stepchild | PBS Plus | 2004 | History, Africa, Immigration | Nancee Oku Bright | Jean-Phillippe Boucicaut | Nancee Oku Bright | |
| Outside Looking In: Transracial Adoption in American | Independent Lens - PBS | 2004 | Culture, Youth, | Katy Chevigny | Phil Bertelsen | Phil Bertelsen | |
| The New Americans | Independent Lens- PBS | 2004 | Immigration, Culture, Africa | Steven James | Steven James | |
| Africa In the Picture: Dareselam | PBS Plus | 2003 | Culture, Africa, Drama | |||
| Africa In the Picture: Faat Kine | PBS Plus | 2003 | Culture, Africa, Drama | |||
| Flag Wars | POV - PBS | 2003 | Social Justice, Human Rights | Linda Goode Bryant | Laura Poitras | Linda Goode Bryant | Laura Poitras | |
| Free to Dance | Great Performances - PBS | 2003 | Arts, Dance, Culture | Madison D. Lacy | Anu Krishnan | American Dance Festival | Madison D. Lacy | |
| Homecoming: Sometimes I am Haunted by Memories of Red Clay | PBS Plus | 2003 | Culture, American South, Social Justice | Charlene Gilbert | Charlene Gilbert | |
| Malcolm X: Make It Plain | American Eperience - PBS | 2003 | Civil Rights, Biography | Orlando Bagwell | Orlando Bagwell | |
| Matters of Race | PBS | 2003 | Culture, Civil Rights, Identity | Orlando Bagwell | Orlando Bagwell | |
| Murder of Emmett Till | American Experience - PBS | 2003 | Civil Rights, History | Stanley Nelson | ||
| Stone Mansion | PBS | 2003 | History, Drama | JJ Goldberger | JJ Goldberger | |
| Stop Crying in Silence | PBS | 2003 | Fana Production, Inc | June Cross | Dante James | ||
| Tales of Ordinary People: Le Franc/La Petite Vendeuse du Soleil | PBS | 2003 | Djibril Diop Mambety | |||
| Taste of Dirt | PBS | 2003 | Youth, Drama, Short, Women | Yvonne Welbon, Catherine Crouch | Yvonner Welbon | |
| This Far by Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys | PBS | 2003 | Culture, Religion, History | June Cross | Dante James | June Cross | Dante James | |
| Two Towns of Jasper | POV- PBS | 2003 | Civil Rights, Human Rights | Whitney Dow | Marco Williams | Whitney Dow | Marco Williams | |
| A Huey P. Newton Story | PBS NPS | 2002 | Performing Arts, Biography | Steven Adams | Bob L. Johnson Marc | Henry Johnson | Spike Lee | |
| Brother Outsider | POV - PBS | 2002 | History, Biography, Civil Rights | Nancy Kates | Bennett Singer | Nancy Kates | Bennett Singer | |
| Fenceline: A Company Town Divided | POV- PBS | 2002 | Social Justice, Environment | Slawomir Grünberg | Jane Greenberg | Slawomir Grünberg | |
| Ralph Ellison: An American Journey | American Masters - PBS | 2002 | Arts, Biography, Literary | Avon Kirkland, Elise Robertson | Avon Kirkland | Elise Robertson | |
| Sweet Old Song | POV - PBS | 2002 | Arts, Biography, Music | Leah Mahan | L eah Mahan | |
| Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind | American Eperience - PBS | 2001 | History, Biography | Stanley Nelson | Stanley Nelson | |
| Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey | American Masters - PBS | 2001 | Arts, Biography, Literary | William Greaves | William Greaves | |
| Passing Through/Graham's Diner | Independent Lens - PBS | 2000 | Courtney Byrd | Courtney Byrd | ||
| Struggles in Steel: A Story of African American Steelworkers | PBS | 1998 | Social Justice, History | Tony Buba, Raymond Henderson, | Tony Buba, Raymond Henderson, | |
| Shaker Heights: The Struggle for Integration | PBS | 1997 | Social Justice, History | Stuart Math | Stuart Math | |
| Street Soldiers | PBS | 1997 | Avon Kirkland | Avon Kirkland | ||
| A Litany for Survival: The Life & Work of Audrey Lorde | PBS | 1996 | Arts, Biography, Literary | Ada Gay GriffinThird World Newsreel | Ada Gay Griffin, Michelle Parkerson | |
| Black Is, Black Ain't | PBS | 1996 | Culture, Identity, Race, African American | Marlon Riggs | Marlon Riggs | |
| Claiming Open Spaces | PBS | 1996 | Social Justice | Austin Allen | Austin Allen | |
| Harambee! | PBS | 1996 | Culture | Liz Nealon | Cas Hyman | Fracaswell Hyman | |
| Richard Wright: Black Boy | PBS | 1996 | Arts, Biography, Literary | Madison Davis Lacy Jr | Madison Lacy | |
| A Question of Color | PBS | 1994 | Culture, Identity | Kathe Sandler/ St. Claire Bourne, | Kathe Sandler | |
| Passin' It On: The Black Panther's Search for Justice | PBS | 1993 | History, Social Justice | Peter Miller | Jon Valadez | |
| Daughters of the Dust | American Playhouse - PBS | 1991 | Culture, History | Julie Dash | Julie Dash | |
| First Friday | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | |||||
| My Africa Is | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | |||||
| Native Sun | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | |||||
| Pan! Our Music Odyssey | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | |||||
| Tchindas | AfroPoP - WORLD Channel | |||||
| John Lewis: Get in the Way | PBS | 2017 | Politics, Biography, Social Justice | Kathleen Dowdy | ||
| A Goat for a Vote | DocWorld | 2016 | Politics, Africa, Youth | Jeroen van Velzen | ||
| Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | American Masters | 2017 | Art, Culture, Women, Biography | Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack |
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