Black Family
Here are titles, which through the exploration of sometimes-controversial themes and characters highlight the contemporary state of the black family. These are the stories of places and people often left out of the grand conversation to the detriment of all of society. Mostly though, these are the stories of journeys to and from home, stories that are first universal in documenting that one thing we all have in common, a communal, ancestral, link with others of like history. These titles define and redefine the boundaries of the black family, and are selected to engender conversations on our concepts of the black family and the historical circumstances that cast on our ideals varying degrees of shadow and light.
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Channel: Black Family
A Doula Story 56 mins
Loretha Weisinger, a doula (mid-wife) and counselor, helps young teen mothers experience their pregnancies with a little hope and humor.
A Place Of Our Own 60 mins
In this cinematic love song to place and identity, director Stanley Nelson explores the rarely seen world of the black middle class and the town of Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard, where African Americans have vacationed for generations.
Outside Looking In: Transracial Adoption In America 56mins
An exploration of transracial adoption in America through the stories of three mixed-race familes.
The Open Letter Project (NMI 2008)
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Burning in the Sun [Remix] 11mins
Daniel Dembele returns home to Mali with an idea, cheap renewable energy for the masses, can he make his solar panel social business stick in West Africa?
This War At Home 7mins
In a letter to a namesake uncle lost in Vietnam author Ivan Sanchez ponders the value of war, and connects this generational void to the deterioration of his Bronx neighborhood.
Never Will Be Forgotten: Oscar Grant Tribute 8mins
Youth producers at Youth Movement Records reflect on the injustices they witness in the aftermath of the police shooting of young Oscar Grant.
Remix: In Search of Our Fathers
Filmmaker Marco Williams documents his journey to finding his biological father.
NMI 2007 ~ Sojuke 2mins
A poem by poet Bryonn Bain, accompanying the 2007 NMI project Juke Joint Live.
Single Father 12mins 37secs
According to a 2006 report by the US Census Bureau there are 2.5 million single fathers in America, in 1970 there were 400, 000.
Black Filmmakers On Film: Byron Hurt 23mins 34secs
Filmmaker Noland walker interviews fellow contemporary Byron Hurt.
NMI 2006 ~Black Hole 2 mins
A video-textural exploration of the physics of well-being as it relates to blackness.
NMI 2006 ~ The Other Side 3mins 16secs
Ever wondered what would happen if you kept throwing a tennis ball at a wall?
From Black Power To Black Monday 11mins 51secs
Produced by Howard University students for NBPC's Eyes On The Prize New Media Competition
NMI 2007 ~ Blues People 2mins 47secs
As part of NBPC's 2007 New Media Institute, producers around the nation convened in Jackson Mississippi to document the blues through new media.
Touch Adventure, In Zambia 9mins 16secs
Tourism and business meet again, and this time with thrilling results in Zambia, Africa.
Breaking Silences 10mins
A discussion of the alarming rate of domestic violence against women of color on college campuses.