Servant of the People (2015-2019)
A naive but honest Ukrainian history teacher rants against corrupt politicians & his students use social media to spread his fame & get him elected president of the nation.
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (2022)
Through 5 great speeches performed by 5 Black actors, interspersed with cogent commentary, we are shown the importance of this prophetic orator to American history.
March 2022 Journal
- Drive My Car
- Cyrano
- Butter
- Lunana: A YAK in the Classroom
- Dune
- And more!
Amend: The Fight for America (2021)
Will Smith, using graphics & actors, hosts this survey of the long struggle for Blacks to become full citizens, centering on the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.
West Side Story (2021)
This retelling of West Side Story, itself inspired by Romeo & Juliet, makes the cross-racial story of the lovers even more relevant.
Sons and Daughters of Thunder
The story of the Lane Debates over slavery in 1834 in Cincincinnati, at which the future author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe was present.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
An alien and a robot are sent to Earth, which is on the verge of space travel, to warn it that it must learn to live in peace, lest it infects the galaxy.
The Underground Railroad (2021)
Set in an imaginary South where the Underground Railroad sends real trains through tunnels, this is the story of Cora who boards it in Georgia in her quest for freedom.
American Experience: The Voice of Freedom (2021)
Concert singer Marian Anderson’s story, from her childhood church singing through her rejection that led to her famous Lincoln Memorial Concert through the Civil Rights era.
Charlotte Forten’s Mission: Experiment in Freedom (1985)
This TV film focuses on the heroic 2 years that Black Abolitionist Charlotte Forten spent teaching ex-slaves at Port Royal during the Civil War.