Full Documentary: Black Panthers - Huey! (Dir. Agnès Varda,1968)

Afro-Cubans and Sierra Leoneans Bridge the Gap in Documentary They Are We (2013)

Can a family separated for 170 years by the transatlantic slave trade sing and dance its way back together again? THEY ARE WE tells a story of survival against the odds, and how determination and shared humanity can triumph over the bleakest of histories.

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Sound Business—Documentary about UK Sound System Culture Narrated by Mikey Dread (1981)

Short Documentary about Sylvia Rivera, Trans Movement Founder

Sylvia Rivera founded the transgendered movement. She organized the very first demonstration specifically for transgendered rights. She got “T” added to LGBT. Homeless boy prostitute at twelve, she struggled with drug addiction & alcoholism for much of her life but remained a trailblazer in the fight for social justice, especially transgender & human rights.

Planet Rock and Other Tales of the 808

You Know and Arthur Baker bring you a documentary on how the Roland TR-808 changed the musical world starting from its most seminal record Planet Rock.

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How Afro-Americans found out about AfroLatinos

Three Afro-Americans tell their stories of discovering the vastness of the African Diaspora. One Afro-Colombian talks about wrong assumptions made by Afro-Americans.

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All Hail the Beat

Dir. Nelson George. Short documentary about Roland TR-808 drum machine. 

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Style Wars: New York 1982 (1983 Hip-Hop Documentary) 

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Detroit The Blueprint Of Techno

Edouard Glissant: One World in Relation - Trailer

In 2009, Manthia Diawara, with his camera, followed Edouard Glissant, on the Queen Mary II, in a cross-Atlantic journey from South Hampton (UK) to Brooklyn (New York). This poetic meditation then continued in Martinique, the native home of Edouard Glissant. The extra-ordinary voyages resulted in the production of an intellectual biography in which Glissant elaborates on his theory of Relation and the concept of “Tout-monde.” Documentary film directed by Manthia Diawara.

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Documentary: Tales of Dr. Funkenstein: George Clinton (Dir. Don Letts, 2006)

Documentary: Sun Ra, Brother From Another Planet (Dir. Don Letts, 2005)

Culture Hip Hop à New York

French Documentary (1994)

Featuring Wu Tang Clan, Lord Jamar (Brand Nubian), Red fox, Greg Tate, Vicious Chuck D (Public Enemy), Guru, Supernatural, Lasts Poets, Afrika Bambaataa, Fuman Chooz.