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Blink

by Elizabeth Thompson

Premiere: July 18, 2000

Witness the testimony of Greg Withrow, once a fanatical rising star in the white supremacist movement, as he struggles with the legacy of hatred handed down across generations.

In My Corner

by Ricki Stern

Premiere: June 22, 1999

Two teenagers seek refuge and respect in a boxing gym in the South Bronx.

Family Name

by Macky Alston

Premiere: September 15, 1998

This winner of the 1997 Sundance Freedom of Expression Award follows filmmaker Macky Alston from New York to the South, as he embarks on an excavation to unearth the history of his white slave-owning family, and explores the link to the black families that shared his name.

Girls Like Us

by Jane C. Wagner, Tina DiFeliciantonio

Premiere: July 22, 1997

Four years in the lives of four teenage girls from South Philadelphia: Raelene tackles parenting, Anna struggles with sexuality, De'Yona grapples with loss and Lisa wrestles with relationships.

Jesse's Gone

by Michael Smith

Premiere: June 24, 1997

An excruciatingly tender look at the frayed lives of the family and friends of Jesse Rahim Hall, a promising young hip hop artist from East Oakland, California killed in a drive-by shooting.

No Loans Today

by Lisanne Skyler

Premiere: July 2, 1996

The ABC Loan Co. of South Central Los Angeles, a successful black-owned pawnshop, is a unique entree to inspiring stories of economic and emotional survival.

Tongues Untied

by Marlon Riggs

Premiere: July 16, 1991