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Black Public Media is an online
destination for free video streaming and distribution of new media related to the global black experience.
Here you can watch free full-length streams of select documentaries, purchase to own engaging downloads, DVDs, and more, even subscribe to a variety of blogs, vodcasts, and podcasts.
In Short

In Short

Sometimes brief glimpses are the most intriguing; flashes of insight, which are paradoxically fulfilling...

Black Family

Black Family

Here are titles, which through the exploration of sometimes-controversial themes and characters highlight...

Spotlight

Spotlight

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

BlackART Roots

BlackART Roots

The popularization of black art and culture is a story with many chapters. In these selections an attempt...

The Masculinity Project

The Masculinity Project

What does it mean to be a man? The Masculinity Project will gather multi-generational voices to explore...

Africa Open For Business

Africa Open For Business

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

The Ghosts of John Jay
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The Ghosts of John Jay 4mins 30secs

A short documentary exploring from a student perspective the truth about a seemingly notorious high school in Brooklyn, New York.

Swim
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Swim

An animated experience piece on race, exploring questions of place and belonging.

Taxi (2008)
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Taxi (2008) 6mins 31secs

Filmmaker Javan Cornelius explores race in a very modern context - the back seat of a taxi cab.

Bi-Racial Hair
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Bi-Racial Hair 4miins 55secs

A young teen girl ponders race and its meaning for her through a poem about her hair.

Reparation Blues
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Reparation Blues 5mins

A performance piece on the modern meaning of the displacement caused by slavery, around the controversial issue of reparations.

Leslie Fields-Cruz hosts Information Session for Open Call
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Leslie Fields-Cruz discusses Open Call

Leslie Fields-Cruz discusses the open call process via web chat.

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

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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...

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Made In Lesotho
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Made In Lesotho 5mins 36secs

Jennifer Chen runs a socially conscious production factory in Lesotho that ships to global businesses like Footlocker and The Gap.

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

A profile of a successful mortgage lending business in Ghana.