Raising Bertie

Raising Bertie (2017)

June 9th, 20171h 42min

Documentary
90%

Overview

Raising Bertie is a longitudinal documentary feature following three young African American boys over the course of six years as they grow into adulthood in Bertie County, a rural African American-led community in Eastern North Carolina. Through the intimate portrayal of these boys, this powerful vérité film offers a rare in-depth look at the issues facing America's rural youth and the complex relationships between generational poverty, educational equity, and race. The evocative result is an experience that encourages us to recognize the value and complexity in lives all too often ignored.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

In the Lands of Mist

In the Lands of Mist


Released on: 2024-03-08
Documentary

Does Europe also have its own animistic heritage, like Pachamama in South America and Shinto in Japa...

Titanic's Fatal Fire

Titanic's Fatal Fire


Released on: 2017-04-15
Documentary, History, TV Movie

The sinking of the Titanic sent shockwaves around the world and started debates that continue to thi...

The Salt of the Earth

The Salt of the Earth


Released on: 2014-08-29
Documentary

During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the cont...

Somebody

Somebody


Released on: 2025-05-03
Documentary

An exploration of the life of John Bogdanis, a father, teacher, friend and more who has always said ...

All I Had Was Nothingness

All I Had Was Nothingness


Released on: 2025-11-26
Documentary, History

Forty years after the release of Claude Lanzmann’s monumental film Shoah, Guillaume Ribot reveals th...

Baraka

Baraka


Released on: 1992-09-15
Documentary

A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that...

VHS Revolution

VHS Revolution


Released on: 2017-08-28
Documentary, History

Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the...

Kids On Ice

Kids On Ice


Released on: 2014-10-21
Documentary

Quiet towns across rural Australia are in the grip of an Ice epidemic. Major international drug cart...

9/11

9/11


Released on: 2002-03-10
Documentary, TV Movie

An on-the-scene documentary following the events of September 11, 2001 from an insider's view, throu...

Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi


Released on: 1983-04-27
Documentary, Music

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having...

Yakuza and Constitution

Yakuza and Constitution


Released on: 2016-01-02
Documentary, Drama, Crime

Since the enactment of the Anti-Boryokudan Act and Yakuza exclusion ordinances, the number of Yakuza...

Happy Pills

Happy Pills


Released on: 2023-02-08
Documentary

A journey through six different countries and characters into a world where chemistry is the ultimat...

Madu

Madu


Released on: 2024-02-07
Documentary

From practicing barefoot on the streets of Lagos to performing on stage in England, twelve year old ...

Risky Business

Risky Business


Released on: 2017-04-13
Documentary

A documentary film about trading security and stability for passion. A surprising number of small bu...

Bias

Bias


Released on: 2018-10-07
Documentary

"Bias" challenges us to confront our hidden biases and understand what we risk when we follow our gu...

The Decline of the Century: Testament L.Z.

The Decline of the Century: Testament L.Z.


Released on: 1994-02-13
Documentary

An epic documentary of rise and fall of Ustasha regime in Croatia.

Forbidden City: The Great Within

Forbidden City: The Great Within


Released on: 1995-10-02
Documentary

Amidst the grand walls of the Forbidden City, the film takes us on a deep journey through the ceremo...

India Cabaret

India Cabaret


Released on: 1985-01-02
Documentary

A documentary exploring the "respectable" and "immoral" stereotypes of women in Indian society told ...

Prey

Prey


Released on: 2025-02-07
Thriller, Drama, Documentary

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk


Released on: 2008-03-12
Adventure, Documentary

A documentary about a 15-day river-rafting trip on the Colorado River aimed at highlighting water co...