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The Angel of St. Catherine's Academy
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While being terrorized by one of their own, the kids of a group home come together to take her down.
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Saving Da'Lenzi
Movie
A teenage girl, kidnapped off the streets, fights to free a group of hopeless girls from a deadly sex trafficking ring. The young girls from Maryvale Group Home wanted to write a film that showed how hopeless and lonely it feels to live within the foster care system. In addition, a few of the gir...
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Raised by Krump by Maceo Frost
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Raised by Krump is a 22-minute documentary film that explores the Compton/South Central, Los Angeles-born dance movement called “Krumping”, and the lives of some of the area’s most influential and prolific dancers.
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Nelson Mandela: The Freedom Fighter
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Nelson Mandela is one of the most influential men in the world. Mandela stood firmly as a public leader of the anti apartheid movement. In 1962, he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the government and was sentenced to life in prison. An international campaign ensu...
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If it Ain't Broke: Black Folks and Family Structure
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Cities across the United States are consistently being impacted by the growing number of single parent households. This occurrence transcends cultural barriers although, the African American community has been impacted most. What has caused this dilemma? Why are families no longer headed by a mot...
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Ice Breakers
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Josh Crooks is a promising teen hockey star in a sport where Black players like him are chronically underrepresented. Ice Breakers reveals the buried history of a pioneering Black hockey league in Atlantic Canada, as Crooks discovers that his unshakable passion is tied to a rich and remarkable he...
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Heaven's Hard Pitches
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A young girl searches for answers to her father’s identity and the reason she was sent to foster care. While putting the power of love on display in this cinematic short film, the youth from the Maryvale Agency wanted to show us the traumatic burden cast upon children who've entered the foster ca...
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Gina Yashere: Skinny Bitch
Movie
Witty, razor-sharp observations abound in this stand-up performance from Gina Yashere.
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Gina Yashere: Laughing to America
Movie
Filmed live in San Francisco, CA, UK's premier black female comedian, Gina Yashere, has come to America! Her unique take on being a cultural insider and outsider never fails to raise the roof as she gives us her take on the news gripping the nation.
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Fade Away
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After being released from a treatment center, a teenage kid realizes that everyone he comes in contact with quickly fades away. The youth from the Hillsides Agency created this film to express how alone, invisible, and voiceless they feel in the foster care system; as well as to encourage partici...
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Exemplary
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Set in the Civil Rights Era, a group of young Black girls must band together to defeat a villain trying to silence them and their movement. This film was written by five Black girls who wanted society to recognize that Black women are victims of violence and racial injustice too. They felt that t...