Raising Bertie (2017)
• June 9th, 2017 • 1h 42min
Documentary
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
Food Chains
Released on: 2014-04-26
Documentary
This call to arms documentary details the questionable ethics of the food supply industry, pointing ...
Heroes of Horror
Released on: 2001-01-01
Documentary, Horror
A&E Comprehensive biographies of five of the greatest classic stars of the horror genre. Features lo...
The Boys Wanted to See Fireworks from the Side
Released on: 1999-08-07
Documentary
A documentary looking back on the making of Shunji Iwai's TV play Fireworks, Should We See it from t...
Ulrich Seidl - A Director at Work
Released on: 2014-10-05
Documentary
This cinematic portrait shows the Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl at work. The much-discussed ‘Seidl...
Voice of Syria
Released on:
Documentary
A witness testimonial by the Syrian people with regards to what has happened to their country. It's ...
Boundaries and Pathways
Released on:
Documentary
An unsentimental yet compassionate film about building a community to increase a sense of belonging ...
Eagle Boy
Released on: 2018-08-05
Documentary
A fearless horse bonds two men to each other and to the traditions that define their community.
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
Released on: 2024-03-10
Documentary
From Rickrolling to viral conspiracy theories, explore how an anonymous website evolved into a hub f...
Fuck
Released on: 2006-11-10
Documentary
A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gaine...
Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality
Released on: 2025-04-27
Documentary
In a world losing itself to screens, teenage mystic Carlo Acutis saw beyond our social media-addicte...
Ganges
Released on: 2007-08-03
Documentary, TV Movie
A journey that follows the Ganges from its source deep within the Himalayas through to the fertile B...
Nature : pour une réconciliation
Released on: 2025-02-11
Documentary
Combining poetry, science and emotion, this film traces the history of life, from its cosmic origins...
Confessions of a CEO: My Life in an Out-of-Balance World
Released on: 2025-01-10
Documentary
A bare-knuckled critique of corporate America told through the powerful true story of a toxic CEO wh...
TMZ Presents: Saving Wendy
Released on: 2025-02-11
Documentary
The former talk show host speaks out from behind the glass at an assisted living facility where a re...
Our Time
Released on: 2009-04-02
Documentary
America has questions about today's youth, what we care about, and where we're headed. We had those ...
Objectified
Released on: 2009-05-22
Documentary
A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extens...
What Killed the Roman Empire?
Released on: 2022-11-19
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Why did the Roman Empire, which dominated Europe and the Mediterranean for five centuries, inexorabl...
Divan
Released on: 2003-05-01
Documentary
Pearl Gluck travels to Hungary to retrieve a turn-of-the-century family heirloom: a couch upon which...
Capitalism: A Love Story
Released on: 2009-09-06
Documentary, History
Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impa...