Films about race & ethnicity
Feature Film
PBS Premiere: July 30, 2018
An unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising, told by the activists leading the movement.
Short Film
Digital Premiere: July 26, 2018
Camaran Henson grew up thinking his grandfather possessed super powers. Now that his grandfather is gone, Camaran remembers large and small ways the man lived up to his legendary status.
Feature Film
PBS Premiere: June 18, 2018
An intimate film capturing eight years in the life of a black family from Philadelphia.
Short Film
Digital Premiere: May 3, 2018
Celebrating those who helped us along in life.
Short Film
Digital Premiere: Feb. 22, 2018
A California teenager gets sent to Louisiana for a summer with her great-grandmother.
Feature Film
Encore Broadcast: Feb. 19, 2018
Accompany two African-American teens from the South Side of Chicago on their journey to achieve their dream of graduating from college. A co-production of American Documentary | POV; Part of American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen, made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Short Film
PBS Premiere: Feb. 12, 2018
Once a year on Mother's Day, a charity buses children to prisons to visit their mothers.
Short Film
PBS Premiere: Feb. 12, 2018
Parents recount telling their black sons that they may be targets of racial profiling.
Short Film
Digital Premiere: Feb. 8, 2018
A story for anyone who’s ever dreamt of spending a night in a library.
Feature Film
Encore Broadcast: Jan. 1, 2018
The proud Mexican tradition of corrido music provides both heartbeat and backbone to this rich examination of songs, drugs and dreams along the U.S./Mexico border.
Feature Film
Encore Broadcast: Jan. 1, 2018
Few American icons are as well known for their popular kitsch as the hula dance. From old Hollywood movies to entertainment for tourists, the hip-swaying girls in grass skirts and colorful lei have long masked an ancient cultural tradition.
Feature Film
Encore Broadcast: Jan. 1, 2018
Jonathan Demme's portrait of post-Katrina New Orleans tells the story of Carolyn Parker, a lifelong resident of the Lower Ninth Ward, who is fighting for the right to rebuild her home and community.