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Citizen Journalism

Thanks to the advent of technology and the popularity of web destinations which offer easy access to audio and video, new voice are continuously arriving on the stage of opinion. These selections speak to that trend with a special focus on content created by citizens and documentaries created with a unique citizen perspective.

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Faces Of Change
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Faces Of Change 56mins

Join us for a series of online web & video chats with our favorite filmmakers. First on May 13th, Michele Stephenson.

PRX Public Radio Talent Quest: State of Reunion
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PRX Talent Quest ~ State of Reunion 50mins

The Public Radio Exchange's Talent Quest offers up this brilliantly produced potential series for national radio distribution.

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Voters’ Rights Seized due to Incarceration

Once behind bars, most prisoners lose the right to vote and even after they are released they don’t...

Africa Open For Business

Africa Open For Business

"Africa: Open For Business" probes into the world of successful African businesses and exposes myths...

Spotlight

Spotlight

The process of independent filmmaking, especially in terms of documentary content, is one that has constantly...

Black Locales

Black Locales

Tales of the Diaspora are many and here a global cross section will be selected to give life to contemporary...

The Open Letter Project (NMI 2008)

The Open Letter Project (NMI 2008)

The Open Letter Project is a national collaboration of producers from the third annual New Media Institute,...

Citizen Journalism

Citizen Journalism

Thanks to the advent of technology and the popularity of web destinations which offer easy access to...

AfroPoP

AfroPoP

Many complicated and opposing, not to mention controversial, viewpoints are often presented about Africa....

Blog: Black Looks
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Blog: Black Looks

An Africanist blog from Nigerian writer Sokari Ekine.

Burning in the Sun [Remix]
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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
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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.

Mandisa
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Mandisa 4mins 20secs

Mandisa, a young poet living in a township of Durban, South Africa, shares her challenges pursuing a career in the arts.

Never Will Be Forgotten: Oscar Grant Tribute
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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
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Remix: In Search of Our Fathers

Filmmaker Marco Williams documents his journey to finding his biological father.

Single Father
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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.

Juke Joint Live
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NMI 2007 ~ Juke Joint Live 5mins

As part of NBPC's 2007 New Media Institute, Jacqueline Olive and Darcie Sanders create an audio pod exploring the history of juke joints in Mississippi

Black Hole
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NMI 2006 ~Black Hole 2 mins

A video-textural exploration of the physics of well-being as it relates to blackness.

The Other Side
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NMI 2006 ~ The Other Side 3mins 16secs

Ever wondered what would happen if you kept throwing a tennis ball at a wall?

Breaking Silences
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Breaking Silences 10mins

A discussion of the alarming rate of domestic violence against women of color on college campuses.

Remixing The Blues ~ Africa
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NMI 2007 ~ Remixing The Blues 1min 34secs

As part of NBPC's 2007 New Media Institute, producers around the nation convened in Jackson Mississippi to document the blues through new media.

Face Of Tomorrow
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NMI Africa 2007 ~ Face Of Tomorrow 6mins 23secs

Student filmmaker Barakatu

House, Home & Finance
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House, Home & Finance 8mins 31secs

A profile of a successful mortgage lending business in Ghana.

Ruff N' Tumble In Nigeria
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Ruff N' Tumble In Nigeria 9mins 33secs

Decade-long CNN journalist Carol Pineau profiles a successful entrepreneur in Lagos, Nigeria.

Touch Adventure In Zambia
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Touch Adventure, In Zambia 9mins 16secs

Tourism and business meet again, and this time with thrilling results in Zambia, Africa.