Black History Month 2026
Let the Little Light Shine follows a remarkable movement: a group of people, some white and some Black, upper-middle-class and low-income, advocating for Black children’s futures. It weaves from classroom to district boardroom, a student’s kitchen to City Hall, meetings for the conversion of NTA and against. In doing so, it delves into the thorny politics of gentrification – the sanitized language of displacement, who and what is lost in the name of growth.
In documentaries with topics that are so heavy, I get nervous that they won’t make space to see all the good that could be present in their subjects’ lives. They are often so willing to share their painful stories with us, but I want them to feel like they have the opportunity in that same breath to show happiness...Who I Am Not puts a much-needed spotlight on the intersex community. It is a deeply personal look into the lives of two intersex people who, just like the rest of us, are trying to figure out who they are and where they belong in this world.
A new leader takes on the corrupt ruling party in Zimbabwe's 2018 presidential election. A co-presentation with Black Public Media.
A burial site containing thousands of once enslaved Africans is discovered on St. Helena.
A poetic quest in coastal South Carolina unearths Black inheritance amidst a violent past.
In Baltimore, a young mayor fights to enact a bold plan to end chronic violence.
Leading Black musicians in the Pacific Northwest create new traditions on Juneteenth.
The People Could Fly is a poetic look at the history of Black gathering spaces in Louisville, KY. Through intimate portraiture, it explores the ritual of roller skating and the role of roller rinks as sanctuaries for Black culture, joy, and resistance.
Nine seconds, it’s about all you have. Welcome to the fast-paced world of a NASCAR pit crew. Over the Wall...
Detroiters experienced an enhanced form of water destruction from massive flooding that destroyed homes, belongings and lives in the summer...
Painter Titus Kaphar turns to film when the art world tries to silence his activism.
Black women create a space for freedom through the Baby Doll Mardi Gras masking tradition.