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Alvin Ailey Dance Theater: Beyond the Steps
A rare backstage look at the Alvin Ailey Company as it settles into its own home and training facility in New York City. The film intertwines dancers’ individual stories with breathtaking performance footage, shining a spotlight on one of America’s most beloved cultural institutions.
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American Blackout
Guerilla journalist Ian Inaba follows Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney as she works to expose systematic efforts that disenfranchise black voters and silence dissent.
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Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
The haunting story of the life and work of America’s greatest and only Nobel Prize-winning playwright, set within the context of the harrowing family dramas and personal upheavals that shaped him and his art.
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Favela Rising
Through hip-hop music, the rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian dance, former drug-trafficker Anderson Sá rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police.
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Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
An in-depth look at the gender politics of rap and hip-hop, as seen by a former college star athlete who explores the relationship between culture, commerce, and gender and the prevalence of sexism, violence, and homophobia in the music and culture.
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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
In 1978, in Jonestown, Guyana, more than 900 individuals died in the largest mass murder-suicide in history. This chilling event, orchestrated by Peoples Temple leader Rev. Jim Jones, is examined through the words of survivors, defectors, relatives, and journalists.
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No! The Rape Documentary
Directed and produced over a period of eleven years by a survivor of rape and incest, this groundbreaking documentary features riveting testimonials from black women survivors who defy victimization.
