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Alvin Ailey was a visionary artist who found salvation through dance. Told in his own words and through the creation of a dance inspired by his life,...

Zhanri: Documentary

Cast: Robert Battle

The story of a defiant movement of women of color transforming American politics from the ground up. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm...

Zhanri: Documentary

Cast: Jennifer Caroll Foy

On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the...

Zhanri: Documentary

Cast: LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront...

Zhanri: Documentary

Cast: Fred Hampton

When a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in California’s women’s...

Zhanri: Documentary

Cast: Kelly Dillon

On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising...

Zhanri: Documentary

Cast: Ellis Haizlip

While visiting his hometown of Milwaukee, father of three and aspiring attorney, Claude Motley, is shot in the face by 15-year-old Nathan, during a...

Zhanri: Documentary

Cast: Claude Motley

When one’s sole focus is to provide for their children, the stakes are extremely high. The need for multiple jobs to make ends meet has become...

Zhanri: Documentary

Cast: Deloris 'Nunu' Hogan

When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother's search for justice and reconciliation...

Zhanri: Documentary

Cast: Danny Glover

A documentary exploring the life, career, art and legacy of Marian Anderson.

Zhanri: Documentary

Cast: Marian Anderson

Eight miles inland of Miami’s beaches, Liberty City residents fight to save their community from climate gentrification: their land, sitting on...

Zhanri: Documentary

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This inspiring documentary chronicles the extraordinary life of Ruby Duncan, an activist who fights the welfare system and becomes a White House...

Zhanri: Documentary

Cast: Ruby Duncan

When director Jasmin Mara López sees a photo of her niece with her grandfather, she is flooded by painful memories of her own childhood sexual...

Zhanri: Documentary

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Explores a variety of underground hazing rituals that are abusive and sometimes deadly. The journey to understand hazing culture reveals a world of...

Zhanri: Documentary

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When a thriving, top-ranked African American elementary school is threatened to be replaced by a new high school favoring the community’s...

Zhanri: Documentary

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The film explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of a Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist and one of the Civil Rights...

Zhanri: Documentary

Cast: Fannie Lou Hamer

The story of a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, NJ who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives.

Zhanri: Documentary

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Beautifully layered and expressionistic, After Sherman is a story about inheritance and the tension that defines our collective American history,...

Zhanri: Documentary

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After a contentious race last fall, the runoff for mayor of New Orleans came down to two candidates: Desirée Charbonnet and LaToya Cantrell,...

Zhanri: Documentary

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Until 2021, there was not a single official monument erected for the legendary Black Panther Party. This finally changed when Fredrika Newton, the...

Zhanri: Documentary

Cast: Elijah Bean