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Produced by Bryan Carter
Created by Central Missouri State University Professor Bryan Carter, the Virtual Harlem Project integrates a web based interactive simulation of 1920's Harlem New York with educational content, exhibits, streaming audio, streaming video, archival data, simulation wide narratives, a wiki, user forums, staff blogs and external technologies. The goal is to create a dynamic, multifaceted environment that interests and engages and educates the general public. Virtual Harlem will offer users a myriad of learning and entertainment experiences to facilitate education, awareness and return visits. Sign up for a free Second Life membership and visit Virtual Harlem today!
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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
Filmmaker Marco Williams documents his journey to finding his biological father.
Remix: Slaying Goliath 8mins
Producers and "basketball parents" Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson profile their son's coach and his sometimes intense relationship to the team.
Remix: 10 Days In Africa 10mins
A remix of Regi Allen's energetic and impressionistic "10 Days in Africa" chronicling his journey to West Africa - Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal - along with other African American travelers.
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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
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
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Ruff N' Tumble In Nigeria 9mins 33secs
Decade-long CNN journalist Carol Pineau profiles a successful entrepreneur in Lagos, Nigeria.
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As part of NBPC's 2007 New Media Institute, producers around the nation convened in Jackson Mississippi to document the blues through new media.
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Breaking Silences 10mins
A discussion of the alarming rate of domestic violence against women of color on college campuses.
Touch Adventure, In Zambia 9mins 16secs
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Congrats Bryan with this sim. Again I am so happy you have invited the SL sorority of Delta Omega Phi to your sim to bring more African American Life to the sim. Can't want to make this sim shine. *smiles*
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