A searing follow-up to the Bill Duke documentary "Dark Girls". This time, the spotlight is on the effects of colorism toward African American women who have lighter complexions and are deemed "light-skinned" in the Black community. The documentary takes a deep dive into the lives of numerous ligh...

After decades behind bars, three men set out to prove success can lie on the other side of tragedy. Spending most of their lives incarcerated, these men are now forced to reconcile their perception of themselves with a reality they are unprepared for. Each struggles to overcome personal demons an...

Visionary, award-winning filmmaker Robert Mac depicts the powerful, raw and often surprising world of D.C. Divas, one of America's toughest full-contact, tackle football teams who just happen to be female. Victorious follows an eclectic group of full-contact female football players for one season...

This inclusive documentary takes a unique look at the most influential West Coast rap group in history and inventors of gangster rap: NWA. The life and death of controversial rapper Eazy-E and the birth of the career of highly successful actor, movie producer and rapper Ice Cube and world renowne...

Whitney Elizabeth Houston showed the vocal range and star quality that would soon make her a legend in the music world. Whitney Houston: The Woman Behind the Voice will retrace her steps to stardom and revisit some of her most stunning performances.

A celebration of both the unifying power of music and pursuit of the American dream, Made in America is an all-access backstage pass to the one-of-a-kind festival created by rap superstar Jay Z, and directed by Ron Howard. Featuring performances and fascinating backstage interviews with many of t...

Examine the tumultuous life of legendary Chicago pimp Iceberg Slim (1918-1992) and how he reinvented himself from pimp to author of 7 groundbreaking books. These books were the birth of Street Lit and explored the world of the ghetto in gritty and poetic detail and have made him a cultural icon. ...

This documentary focuses on the life and work of muralist, activist and educator, Edyth Boone, a self-taught artist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Filmed over five years, filmmaker Marlene Morris follows the spirited and captivating septuagenarian who became an artist/activist simply because empo...

At the height of the recession, Washington Parks & People tries to reduce poverty and violence in neighborhoods by improving Washington D.C.'s parks. City of Trees follows three trainees and the directors of a stimulus-funded green job training program designed to put unemployed people back to wo...

Hollywood Beauty Salon portrays life at an intimate beauty parlor inside of the Germantown Recovery Community, a non-profit mental health facility in Northwest Philadelphia, where staff and clients alike are in the process of recovery. By gathering together to get their hair done, share stories, ...

When the lost footage from the 1920s depicting a corporate land grab in the early days of globalization arrives back in Liberia, it sparks inquiry into how Liberians lost sovereignty over the very land that sustains them. This documentary follows a young Liberian man uprooted by war, who returns ...

From New Orleans to Virginia, Mississippi to Canada, two Southern filmmakers travel the roads of oppression, suppression in hopes to reveal the connections of slavery and the strong-arm Southern politics and how it affects the current racial strife in America. "The Long Shadow" is a disturbing st...

The makers of the critically acclaimed 'The Union:The Business Behind Getting High', bring you the profound exploration of one of the most prolific wars of our time. 'The Culture High' is the riveting story that tears into the very fiber of modern day marijuana prohibition to reveal the truth beh...