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The Black Kungfu Experience

The Black Kungfu Experience

PBS Video 041658

This film focuses on how a group of African American pioneers became respected masters in a...

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution - School Edition

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution - School Edition

PBS Video 041831

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature length documentary to explore...

The Blind Stigma: Mental Health within the Black Community

The Blind Stigma: Mental Health within the Black Community

Stacy-Ann Buchanan SAB000

Produced and Directed by Stacy-Ann Buchanan, The Blind Stigma is an award winning documentary that...

The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage

The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage

Weston Woods WW2950

Written by Selina Alkko Illustrated by Sean Qualls This is the story of one brave family: Mildred...

The Central Park Five: Ken Burns (Classroom Edition)

The Central Park Five: Ken Burns (Classroom Edition)

PBS Video 041625

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a...

The Colour of Beauty

The Colour of Beauty

National Film Board Of Canada NFB550296

Renee Thompson is trying to make it as a top fashion model in New York. She's got the looks, the...

The Hour of Independence

The Hour of Independence

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520422

From the French-speaking lands of Africa, a film-study of decolonization and the effect it may have...

The Issue of Mr. O’Dell

The Issue of Mr. O’Dell

Rami Katz AK0000

A documentary examining the lifelong work of a pioneering civil rights organizer, Jack O’Dell...

The Lion and the Mouse

The Lion and the Mouse

Weston Woods WW884

by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown)                          In this wordless...

The Magic of Anansi

The Magic of Anansi

National Film Board Of Canada NFB519855

Anansi the spider is tired of being looked down on by all the jungle animals--just because his webs...

The Morgan Lacrosse Story

The Morgan Lacrosse Story

PBS Video 041057

This film tells the story of the nation's first and only college lacrosse team at a historically...

The Road Taken

The Road Taken

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523809

A nostalgic ride through history, The Road Taken documents the experiences of Blacks who worked as...

The Road to Justice

The Road to Justice

Video Project, Inc. TVP108

The Road to Justice follows two groups on a civil rights tour through the American South as they...

The Story of Okra John

The Story of Okra John

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523493

Professional storyteller Joan Bodger entertains an audience with a traditional Black folk tale...

The Throwaway Children: W5

The Throwaway Children: W5

CTV CTV565

Victor Malarek investigates horrific stories of abuse and terror at a residential home that was...

The Tribal Mind

The Tribal Mind

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526001

South Africa isn't the only society where racial and tribal identity have profoundly marked the way...

The Water Princess

The Water Princess

Weston Woods WW2985

Based on the book by Susan Verde and Georgie Badiel, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds   (Putnam...

Three Apprentices

Three Apprentices

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526715

A film comparing the lives of three young workers. Patrick Ughe is an apprentice shipwright in the...

Trees of Hope

Trees of Hope

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525147

Trees of Hope documents the rapid deforestation of Africa and analyzes various solutions, such as...

Trees of Plenty

Trees of Plenty

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527754

Overpopulation, deforestation, overgrazing, and improper cropping methods are putting lands and...

Turbulences

Turbulences

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522400

What happens when a butterfly flutters its wings? Does the air around it rumble and seethe...

Two Friends:  Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass

Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass

Weston Woods WW2929

Based on the Book by Dean Robbins, illustrated by Sean Qualls & Selina Alko (Orchard) -  Two...

Understanding Infants: Physical Development (Software - Single User License)

Understanding Infants: Physical Development (Software - Single...

Learning Seed 200323CD

Using this software, students learn about an infant's nervous system, typical brain growth and...

Unfinished Country: Haiti's Struggle for Democracy

Unfinished Country: Haiti's Struggle for Democracy

Films Media Group 393864

Through unfettered access to powerbrokers and ordinary citizens, this Wide Angle report covers...

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

PBS Video 040553

 In this Emmy® Award-winning documentary by Ken Burns, follow Jack Johnson's journey from his...

Village of Round and Square Houses

Village of Round and Square Houses

Weston Woods WW326

by Ann Grifalconi A young girl from the West African village of Tos movingly tells how the men...

Viola Desmond’s Courageous Stand Against Racial Segregation: GeoMinute Series

Viola Desmond’s Courageous Stand Against Racial Segregation...

Canadian Geographic Enterprises CGE013EN

On November 8, 1946, Black Halifax business owner Viola Desmond made a stand against racial...

Voice of the Fugitive

Voice of the Fugitive

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525650

In the 1850s, Canada meant freedom for many escaped slaves, but the route known as the "underground...

Waiting

Waiting

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528570

The Dinkas of South Sudan are an extremely patient people. With empty stomachs, they await the next...

War Hospital

War Hospital

National Film Board Of Canada NFB531884

Shot in cinéma vérité, War Hospital intensely immerses the viewer in the sights and sounds of...

Water: The Hazardous Necessity

Water: The Hazardous Necessity

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524289

Every day 25 000 people in developing countries die from using unsafe water, and until recently the...

Wedding Day

Wedding Day

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520650

The "I do's" may differ, but everywhere in the world there are tribal customs to observe before a...

Where Credit Is Due

Where Credit Is Due

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523139

Access to credit is a major problem for many market women in East Africa. This film introduces some...

Where I Belong

Where I Belong

National Film Board Of Canada NFB542756

It was a dramatic year for Arinze Eze – in love, work, even family – and our cameras were...

Whitewash

Whitewash

Rebels and Misfits Media RAMM00

"Whitewash" examines slavery in Canada and its omission from the national narrative. The country...

Who Gets In?

Who Gets In?

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525111

Who Gets In? explores the many questions raised by Canada's immigration policy in the face of one...

Who's in Rabbit's House

Who's in Rabbit's House

Weston Woods WW279

by Verna Aardema, ill. by Leo and Diane Dillon Adapted from a Masai folktale about a rabbit...

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Weston Woods WW199

by Verna Aardema A tall take sets off a chain of mishaps throught the jungle grapevine - from...

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears and Other Classics   (DVD)

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears and Other Classics (DVD)

Weston Woods WW626

Titles include: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, A Story A Story, The Village of Round and...

With Hands and Hope

With Hands and Hope

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525315

With Hands and Hope is the story of one village and one family carving out a difficult survival...

Wonders of the African World with Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Wonders of the African World with Henry Louis Gates Jr.

PBS Video 040650

Scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., takes an exuberant trek by boat, land cruiser, and camel across...

Your Country, My Country

Your Country, My Country

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525176

English version of a film about a friendship between two ten-year-old Montréal schoolkids. She is...

Zandile, in the Light of the Ubuntu

Zandile, in the Light of the Ubuntu

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523903

She is South African, and her name is Zandile Gumede. At 35, this Zulu woman is the leading light...

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