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BET’s new documentary ‘Murder to Excellence: Life & Hip Hop in Chicago’ spotlights our youth, the challenges they face, and the multi-faceted art to which their struggle has given birth.

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal chronicles the life and work of the famed journalist and activist. Check out a clip from the film, and an interview with the director, at BlackYouthProject.com!

Woke Up Black to screen at Chicago Cultural Center on October 24 In Q&A with NPR’s Cheryl Corley, youth discuss their personal stories and the importance of the 2012 vote WHAT:             Complimentary screening of compelling documentary by Chicago filmmaker and activist Mary F. Morten, nominated for 2012 Black Excellence Award for Film Direction. Morten and two youth featured […]

Actor Will Smith and Hip Hop star Jay-Z are reportedly teaming up to co-produce “Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners,” a documentary chronicling the former Black Panther’s incarceration and trial at the height of the Black Power Movement. Thoughts?

Check out the trailer for HBO’s upcoming documentary “The Loving Story,” about the landmark Loving v. Virginia case that ended interracial marriage bans in the United States in 1967.

A thought-provoking new documentary delves into the longstanding and controversial relationship between the African American community and Soul Food. Check out the trailer for ‘Soul Food Junkies’ at BlackYouthProject.com! Is Soul Food killing our community?

A recently released documentary takes a close look at the impact of fatherless on Black young women.The film is called Dear Daddy; check out the trailer below.

Check out the trailer for a provocative new documentary – BLACK GIRL IN SUBURBIA – at BlackYouthProject.com! Black Girl in Suburbia explores the difficulties faced by young Black women living predominantly white neighborhoods. Read more after the jump…

Last Monday HBO debuted the documentary on the life and work of legendary artist and activist Harry Belafonte, “Sing Your Song”. To call it must see TV is an understatement. “Sing Your Song” details how Harry Belafonte went from the first platinum selling musician, to international movie star heartthrob, to fearless advocate for oppressed people […]

If a more interesting documentary comes along this year, I will be shoc ked. Check out the trailer for a new documentary called The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 below. The film largely consists of hundreds of hours of previously-unseen footage shot during the height of the Black Power Movement, including interviews with Angela Davis, Stokely […]

Clips from the upcoming documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color—particularly dark skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture. Directed by Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry Produced by Bill Duke for Duke Media and D. Channsin Berry for Urban Winter Entertainment Co-Produced by Bradinn French Edited by Bradinn […]

via Shadow and Act The first film to be acquired at the Sundance Film Festival this year – a documentary called Waiting For “Superman”, directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) about the crisis in public education in the USA, featuring leaders in the field of education, including Bill Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO […]