sakia gunn

Episode 5 – Breaking the Cycle

August 28, 2023

Some 20 years after the murder of Sakia Gunn, another anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime killing makes national headlines. As yet another grieving community fights to raise awareness for social justice, we ask: What do we as a nation owe to Sakia Gunn, O'Shae Sibley, and the scores of Black queer…

Episode 4 – What Can We Learn?

August 14, 2023

Sakia Gunn's death was a queer rallying cry across New Jersey. But over time, much of the initial political support seemed to evaporate. This episode looks at efforts to legislate, regulate, and mandate education in Newark and beyond as a…

Episode 1 – Sakia

June 26, 2023

At a bus stop in downtown Newark in 2003, a queer teenager’s life was lost in a homicide that should have rocked the nation. Why did that not happen?

Trailer: After Broad and Market

June 9, 2023

In 2003, WNET journalist Jenna Flanagan reported on the murder of 15-year-old Newark native Sakia Gunn. Now, 20 years on, Flanagan revisits the story to examine what progress might have been made in protecting Newark’s queer youth — and how…

After Broad and Market

June 9, 2023

In 2003, WNET journalist Jenna Flanagan reported on the murder of Newark native Sakia Gunn. Now, 20 years on, Flanagan revisits the story.