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Indie on Demand Reviews KINYARWANDA
From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review
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A review of the Rwandan genocide drama.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
Indie on Demand Reviews THE INTERRUPTERS
From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review
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A Review of the Latest Documentary from HOOP DREAMS' Steve James

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
Bay Area Beats: Jazz legend Bobby Hutcherson tells his story
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Bay Area Beats
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For more than 40 years, Bobby Hutcherson has lived a life most artists can only dream about. After making his name in the 1960s in New York as one ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 09:57
Diane Watkins Voice of Virginia Union
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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A bell tower that has been mute for 70 years at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia is about to get a voice thanks to Diane Watkins.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 55:55
Civil Rights Activist Edward Harden Peeples, V: Born To Be A Racist
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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Edward Harden Peeples V was a racist practically from birth. But once out of the orbit of Richmond, Virginia, he went through a transformation whic...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 55:38
Remembering the Subtle Signs of Segregation
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: This rough sketch for a children's book drew one D.C. native into a mystery regarding “Colored Only” signs in D.C. in the 1930s. , Credit: Rebecca Sheir
A well-meaning illustration in a children's book sparks controversy over segregation in the nation's capital in the 1930s.

Bought by Listenwise, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 3
Lady E: Two Times A Child
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Lady E. aka
Lady E tells me that some nights when she’s finished singing and returns to her apartment and is having trouble with the zipper on her dress, she’l...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2011
  • Length: 56:36
Injera Bread & Shark Meat: Tasting Ethiopia & Jamaica
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food
Caption: At RAS, you can order Caribbean food (like the Bake and Shark, left) or Ethiopian cuisine (like the vegetarian platter, right)., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
What happens when Africa and the Caribbean culinarily collide in the U.S. capital? Dig in and find out!

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:46
In Bed Stuy, Brooklyn: Old buildings, new residents
From: Cassie Wagler
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There is an effort underway in Bedford-Stuyvesant, or Bed Stuy, to protect the old architecture by turning parts of the neighborhood into historic ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
How the White House Got Its Name
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Dr. Clarence Lusane is author of The Black History of the White House., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
Hint: It doesn't have a whole lot to do with paint swatches...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 3
Pioneers of Flight: Tuskegee Airmen in Transition
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Lt. Col. Ivan Ware, Credit: Courtesy Air Force Magazine
Lt. Col. Ivan Ware has known war. For thirty-two months, he served in Europe. He’s been bombed at, shot at, and fought back. But his battles did...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 1
The Quander Quality
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Nellie Mae Quander (1880-1961), 1st international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the 1st Greek-lettered sorority established/incorporated by African-American college women., Credit: Quander Historical Society, Inc.
Meet the oldest African-American family in Washington, D.C. - and, perhaps, the United States.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Radio Catskill, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 6
Remembering "I Have a Dream"
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Julian Bond (right) at the March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs, with other members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee., Credit: Julian Bond
We know what history books say about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech - but what about the people who were there?

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WTIP, KRCB 104.9, WHFR and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 28
G Wani
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geoffrey is a guy with his feet in a couple places. He attends school full time, works two jobs, takes care of six siblings and a daughter, and ha...

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2
Herbie Hancock - The Imagine Project Part 1
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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A profile of jazz piano great Herbie Hancock

Bought by WEKU


  • Added: Jul 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 1
"Man In The Mirror: Reflecting On How Man Reflected On MJ"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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PERFORMANCE ARTIST, KANENE HOLDER, WAS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO SPONTANEOUSLY GATHERED OUTSIDE OF HARLEM’S FAMED APOLLO THEATERN FOR AN IMPRO...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 57:43
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG: Disney animators Mark Henn and Mike Surrey talk to Andrea Chase
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG: Animators Mark Henn and Mike Surrey talk to Andrea Chase about the pleasures and perils of returning to hand-drawn anima...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 15:03
A Pirate Looks At Forty
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A profile of a young fisherman in Maine.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 1
From Out Of The Blues
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A profile of a blues musician in Maine.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 1
Khadija's Dream Routine
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Khadija Hussein is fourteen, and a Somali refugee living in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
Call Me "Mister"
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The need for male African-American elementary teachers remains pressing.

Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WUFT


  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
More Than A Teacher
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A woman who teaches English in African refugee camps finds her students sometimes need more than an English lesson.

Bought by PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
9. Dawud Raamah, dentist and soul singer
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)
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Dayjob is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Rediscovering Religion at U.C. Berkeley
From: Berkeley J-School
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The Black Christian Ministry offers some UC Berkeley students a needed spiritual community.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 20, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
Joe Jennings' Farm
From: Warren Black
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"I'm going to my J-O-Y, not my J-O-B."

  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:35