Identity, Culture, Community
A Curated Collection: Documentaries on Race Relations in America 
Seminal historical viewing with intersections between Black activists and heroes of the Civil Rights Era. The film is centered around James Baldwin with interventions with MLK, Malcom X, and Medgar Evers who all played a critical role in the advancement of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's. As an intellectual, Black, Gay man, Baldwin is representative of an often unseen facet of intersectional identity of the time. His words would go on to inspire and challenge the White moderate and empower Black youth for generations.
Seminal historical viewing with intersections between Black activists and heroes of the Civil Rights Era. The film is centered around James Baldwin with interventions with MLK, Malcom X, and Medgar Evers who all played a critical role in the advancement of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's. As an intellectual, Black, Gay man, Baldwin is representative of an often unseen facet of intersectional identity of the time. His words would go on to inspire and challenge the White moderate and empower Black youth for generations.
This film is a brief introduction to racial histories and tensions, especially around systemic inequality & violence while exploring legacy and the impact of slavery throughout a family. From the son of a White activist, tracing the familial slaveholding past.
This film is a brief introduction to racial histories and tensions, especially around systemic inequality & violence while exploring legacy and the impact of slavery throughout a family. From the son of a White activist, tracing the familial slaveholding past.
Did slavery end? According to our constitution, citizenship was established throughout the land for all. There is one often downplayed caveat which on its surface, seems reasonable. It's weaponization however, has allowed a new slavery to flourish in the wake of the overt systems of the past. The 13th Amendment prohibits slavery except as punishment for a crime. Thus the injust criminalization of African Americans begun.
Did slavery end? According to our constitution, citizenship was established throughout the land for all. There is one often downplayed caveat which on its surface, seems reasonable. It's weaponization however, has allowed a new slavery to flourish in the wake of the overt systems of the past. The 13th Amendment prohibits slavery except as punishment for a crime. Thus the injust criminalization of African Americans begun.
A father unpacks his lived experiences as a Black man in America and the inevitable losses and broken confidences while working to empower himself and protect his cultural heritage. Written as a love letter and guide for life for his young son, this father intending only to reach his child, touches on the shared experiences of many through interviews, writing, and media we receive a glimpse into the eyes of a Black family man.
A father unpacks his lived experiences as a Black man in America and the inevitable losses and broken confidences while working to empower himself and protect his cultural heritage. Written as a love letter and guide for life for his young son, this father intending only to reach his child, touches on the shared experiences of many through interviews, writing, and media we receive a glimpse into the eyes of a Black family man.
Once named the greatest threat to American internal security, The Black Panther movement empowered the people through its array of leaders who fought the system of racism with the organization, autonomy & diginity of the latter Civil Rights Movement. Chronicaling their historic rise and devastating systemic disruption, they sought to unite under one banner Black, Latino, White, and Native peoples to mobilze against a shared enemy of circumstance.
Once named the greatest threat to American internal security, The Black Panther movement empowered the people through its array of leaders who fought the system of racism with the organization, autonomy & diginity of the latter Civil Rights Movement. Chronicaling their historic rise and devastating systemic disruption, they sought to unite under one banner Black, Latino, White, and Native peoples to mobilze against a shared enemy of circumstance.
After the police led murder of unarmed teenager Mike Brown rocked the town of Ferguson, MO, residents were villified for their protest. Finding that no support or repentance would come from those chosen to "Serve & Protect" the community took matters into its own hands documenting the seemingly inescapable inequalities that lead to the horror of August 9th, 2014.
After the police led murder of unarmed teenager Mike Brown rocked the town of Ferguson, MO, residents were villified for their protest. Finding that no support or repentance would come from those chosen to "Serve & Protect" the community took matters into its own hands documenting the seemingly inescapable inequalities that lead to the horror of August 9th, 2014.
Identity. We use this to shape how we see the world. Identity can be characterized as how you see yourself in regard to others, how & why you think and do, and once identified, it gives others the ability to perceive and treat you accordingly. 
Culture. Representative of the sum-total of lived and shared experiences amongst a group. When identification is employed to establish dominance and normalization as a weapon of othering those not in the dominant group and the narratives of culture are crafted without the group's consent, we see issues of difference expand to expressions of hatred.
Community. Is it bound by place? Is it a home? Or can communities cross physical boundaries according to the hierarchy of shared experience? People find themselves linked with others through circumstances beyond their control but do those links create bonds? 
But what happens when your identity is systemically attacked? The attributes picked and isolated to further a specific message. What happens when your culture is systemically erased? What happens when your communities are forcibly destabilized?
These concepts are both social and personal, often indecipherable from one another. When connected, they represent a life lived. In a Black body, that comes with complex challenges.