The Myth of the Black Woman is a feature-length documentary that examines the imagery of black women in the media, from the 18th century black slave to Michelle Obama. It is an investigation into how stereotypes originate from slavery and still affect the lives of black women in Quebec. These stereotypes include Jezebel (the seductress, the femme fatale); Mammie (the obese woman, the asexual mother figure) and Sapphire (the angry, ambitious and arrogant black woman). This story will be told by black women on whom stereotypes have a high impact, through interviews with fascinating experts, and through archival footage from centuries past to the present.
During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the cont...
In July 1860, the schooner Clotilda slipped quietly into the dark waters of Mobile, Ala., holding 11...
A fascinating account of the presidency of Andrew Jackson, who was both one of America's great presi...
Documentary about reggae in Jamaica and its history. Filmed in 1979.
Paul Grignon's 47-minute animated presentation of "Money as Debt" tells in very simple and effective...
A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new...
Peter Batty presents a gripping account of the bloodshed and horror of the American Civil War. From ...
In the eighteenth century, the family of BBC World News anchor and correspondent, Laura Trevelyan, w...
Jeffery Robinson's talk on the history of U.S. anti-Black racism, with archival footage and intervie...
One of the most important events in Brazilian history, the Búzios Revolt of 1798 was led by dozens o...
The film documents modern slave trade through a number of African countries, under dictatorship rule...
FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD is a feature documentary about the Black food justice movement. Family-fri...
In Our Mothers' Gardens celebrates the strength and resiliency of Black women and Black families thr...
Rap de Saia is a documentary that reports, through the voices and rhymes of the protagonists themsel...
Not My Life comprehensively depicts the cruel and dehumanizing practices of human trafficking and mo...
Abdul Rahman, an African prince who was sold into slavery, spent four decades in servitude before an...
The decades-long debate surrounding reparations is fraught, mired in racial tension and the semantic...
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, ...
The film tells the story of 25-year-old Urmila Chaudary from Nepal. At the age of six she was sold b...
African American filmmaker David A. Wilson decided to look into his family's history during the slav...