Blackface
Set in 1881, a black minstrel performer grapples with acting on stage after getting a surprise visit from his estranged father.
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Blackface
Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams tries to understand why the notoriously liberal Dutch dress in blackface during the annual holiday of Sinterklaas.
Blackface
A week before the Sinterklaas festivities on December 5, global news channel CNN is digging into the Zwarte Piet controversy with a short documentary. Blackface was made by Oscar-winning documentary maker Roger Ross Will
Blackface
A drinking party. A tenacious makeup. A scouring sponge. When violence and fear take over reason, it leaves marks.
David Harewood on Blackface
At its peak, The Black and White Minstrel Show was watched by a Saturday night audience of more than 20 million people. David Harewood goes on a mission to understand the roots of this strange, intensely problematic cult
Blackface and Hollywood
Since the dawn of cinema and until the mid-20th century, the minstrel show-based practice of donning blackface to portray characters of African descent has been a staple in Hollywood. Our colleagues explain blackface’s h
BlackFace: The Sacred Legend
In the depths of an Indian forest, an English colonist decides to hunt a supposedly sacred monkey. The rumor says that this monkey is eternal but is it really the true?
Beyond Gangster Blackface: A Critical Analysis of Gangster Rap
The documentary "Beyond Gangster Blackface: A Critical Analysis of Gangster Rap" takes a critical look at the power of music lyrics and how lyrics can influence the mentality, language, and behavior of young impressionab
The Minstrel Killer
When a series of haunting murders plagues a small Texas town, law officers Tex Holland and Pike McGraw lead the investigation. The murders turn out to be the most shocking and vile acts of sadism to ever hit the once pea
Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill
A documentary took more than 30 years to pursue a migrating bird, black-faced spoonbill.
Blackfaced Sheep
How to sew a brat onto a ewe hogg, and everything else you wanted to know about sheep farming in the Highlands.