Rap, Race & Equality
Rap and hip-hop were musical genres that developed within the African-American subcultures of America’s largest cities. Fusing funk, disco and a do-it-yourself punk aesthetic, rap music quickly became the defining voice
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Rap and hip-hop were musical genres that developed within the African-American subcultures of America’s largest cities. Fusing funk, disco and a do-it-yourself punk aesthetic, rap music quickly became the defining voice
This unique four-part series presents a multi-faceted history of the gay and lesbian civil rights movement, from Stonewall to the present.
New York is regarded as a gay-friendly city in a state that has legalized gay marriage, but this short film shows that it can still be dangerous for a same-sex couple to walk down the street holding hands.
'Equality from the Heart' captures the narratives of various LGBTIQ individuals in Malta, shedding a light on the lived lives of our community throughout the 20th Century, during a time when our identities were considere
Covers the disagreements between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton in the 1790s on how our new government should be conducted.
Driving Equality Across America is the product of a 107-day, 22,000-mile trek through most of the lower 48 states in an effort to meet, interview, and share the stories of LGBT Americans, their allies, and their opponent
In the 1980s, young people of North African descent born in France and a priest from the Lyon suburbs organized the "March of the Beurs." Launched on October 15, 1983, by seventeen people from the La Cayolle neighborhood
A triangle tries to fit into a square world until a circle arrives and sets itself apart from all the straight lines.
From the behavior, discourse, and appearance of individual actors, Vachek composes, in the form of a mosaic, a broad and many-layered film-argument about Czechoslovak democracy in the period of its rebirth, all administe
This short documentary highlights the LGBT Equality Alliance, the organization behind Phoenixville Pride, and their year-round work supporting and uplifting the local LGBTQIA+ community. Through interviews with Alliance
In Culture Wars the civil war for cultural values being fought by right-wing conservatives and gay activists is chillingly depicted: after activists convince authorities to acknowledge the 1990 murder of Julio Rivera in
In a context different from the lands of Venezuelan origin, the Warao families in Natal/RN seek better living conditions in the Pindorama lands without ceasing to be Warao indigenous people. They present their narratives
Real-life couples – both LGBT and heterosexual, celebrity and not – come together to take part in a campaign for marriage equality in Ukraine. We see the short film they have created playing with reversed reality, as wel
The film explores the archive to tell the story of how Burnam Burnam, in 1988, reclaimed the White Cliffs of Dover for the Wurundjeri people. Along with a promise not to repeat the violence suffered by him and his ancest
Learn about the life and tragic death of gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay public official.
In the months leading up to the vote on North Carolina's Amendment One, which would remove legal recognition for all couples that are not a married man and woman, a lesbian couple seeks to understand the personal stories
An intimate portrait of Alabama public interest attorney Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, who for more than three decades has advocated on behalf of the poor, the incarcera
Francesco Croquete Margharette leads a journey through the thoughts of Florestan Fernandes and his work The Integration of Black People in Class Society.
Follows San Thi Da, a 20-year-old construction worker, and Cheery Zahao, a human rights activist, to examine feminism among different socio-economic classes in Yangon, Myanmar.