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AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange
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Season 15
Episode 1505
Improvisational pianist and composer Thelonious Monk is among the 20th century’s most revered jazz luminaries. This film by Alain Gomis, features raw footage from an interview the artist gave to French state television in 1969. It shows Monk in the grip of a violent factory of stereotypes, offering an unfiltered glimpse at the racial indignities some artistic geniuses are asked to endure.
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Princeville, NC, once the all Black town of ‘Freedom Hill,’ faces flooding and erosion.
56:46
This film features a Mozambican man’s commitment to preserving the art of Mapiko dancing.
56:46
Bill Traylor was an American artist with a remarkable and unlikely biography.
56:45
Explore the life, career and global impact of international music icon Angélique Kidjo.
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59:20
A crop of young poets and musicians advocating in support of the revolution in Sudan.
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54:58
The fight for the return of African masterworks to their rightful countries.
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53:41
A harrowing tale about the victims of the Six-Day War in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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54:34
This documentary sheds light on women's place in Tunisia's changing society.
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56:22
The incredible story of Britain's pioneering million-selling soul and funk band.
57:20
In the Sinai desert refugees are being kidnapped and held for huge ransoms daily.