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BPM-funded films broadcast on PBS’ POV, Independent Lens, American Masters, America Reframed, American Experience, NOVA, and special presentations.
Liberty City, Miami, was home to one of the oldest segregated public housing projects in the U.S. Now with rising sea levels, the neighborhood’s higher ground has become something else: real estate gold. Wealthy property owners push inland to higher ground, creating a speculators’ market in the historically Black neighborhood previously ignored by developers and policy-makers alike.
Dubbed “The Black Beatles,” the British band, The Real Thing, broke barriers while singing about social conditions of the times. The film features surviving members and recording artists reflecting on the importance of the pioneering group
Ghofrane, a young Black Tunisian woman, is an activist who speaks her mind. The film follows her path into politics in a country seeking to forge a new identity while shining a light on the often insurmountable prejudices faced by Black women.
The 15th season of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange spotlights the power Black art has to reflect realities, restore spirits, celebrate triumphs, issue calls to action, and unite people across the African diaspora and around the world.
Instead of all the partisan rancor, political analysts Shermichael Singleton and Jehmu Greene suggest Americans need more listening.
Experience the groundbreaking sounds of bebop pioneer and virtuoso composer Max Roach, whose far-reaching ambitions were inspired and challenged by the inequities of the society around him.