Winter/Spring 2023 Recommended Films/TV/Videos
Riotsville, USA
Connecting the stagecraft of law and order to the real violence of state practice; recovering an obscured history whose effects have shaped the present in ways both insidious and explosive.
The 1619 Project
Hulu’s six-part 1619 Docuseries is an expansion of “The 1619 Project” created by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times Magazine. The series seeks to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
American Masters: Roberta Flack follows the music icon from a piano lounge through her rise to stardom. From “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” to “Killing Me Softly,” Flack’s virtuosity was inseparable from her commitment to civil rights. Detailing her story in her own words, the film features exclusive access to Flack’s archives and interviews with Rev. Jesse Jackson, Peabo Bryson and more.
The Bus Boycott That Launched Marion Barry’s Career
In 1965, D.C. Transit had just announced plans to raise bus fares and one man wasn’t having it. That man was Marion Barry, who would go on to serve four terms as mayor. Barry saw the bus company’s raised rates as a direct hit to low income people in the District, who were mostly African American, and planned a historic boycott to change it. Read more at the Boundary Stones website.
Spring/Summer 2022 Recommended Films/TV/Videos
The Outsiders (Youtube Original)
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017, dir. David France, Netflix)
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015, dir. Stanley Nelson Jr.)
13th (2013, dir. Ava DuVernay)
The Asian Americans (PBS)
Fannie Lou Hamer's America (America ReFramed, PBS)
The Urgency of Intersectionality (Kimberlé Crenshaw, TED Talk)