Independent Lens - Soul Food Junkies
Love Free or Die
Gene Robinson is a man whose two primary passions are in direct conflict: his love for God and for his partner Mark. Robinson is the first openly gay person to become a bishop in the historic traditions of Christendom.
Air date: 10/30/2012
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Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes - Available through March
March is Women's History Month and to celebrate we're bringing you 10 films as part of the Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival. Watch Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes. Take an in-depth look at masculinity in rap music and hip-hop culture - where creative genius, poetic beauty, and mad beats...
Air date: 02/20/2007
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Left by the Ship
For nearly a century, American servicemen were stationed at Subic Bay in the Philippines, and many of them fathered children with the women who lived nearby. When the base closed in 1991, hundreds of these children were left behind, stripped of their fathers and their sense of identity.
Air date: 05/24/2012
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Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story - Available through March
March is Women's History Month and to celebrate we're bringing you 10 films as part of the Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival. Watch Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story, that follows the sad and startling story of Cyntoia Brown, who is serving a life sentence for a murder she committed at age of...
Air date: 03/01/2011
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More Than a Month
Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman sets off on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. His thoughtful, humorous journey explores the complexity and contradictions of relegating an entire group's history to one month in a so-called 'post-racial' America.
Air date: 02/16/2012
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