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Gloria Allen is "Mama Gloria" in the documentary directed by Luchina Fisher in the season opener of "AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange." The documentary series begins season 13 on April 5 on the WORLD Channel. (Courtesy of Luchina Fisher)
Posted inLifestyle

‘AfroPoP’ Explores Fullness of African Diaspora

by Brenda C. Siler March 31, 2021December 21, 2021

The African diaspora is global. That is how viewers have seen “AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange” from its beginning on public television stations.

Facial recognition research from Joy Buolamwini, a Ph.D. candidate at the MIT Media Lab, is the subject of the documentary "Coded Bias" produced and directed by Shalini Kantayya. (Courtesy of Independent Lens)
Posted inLifestyle

Guess What? Somebody’s Watching You

by Brenda C. Siler March 17, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inLifestyle

PBS Documentary Ties Together the Teachings About the Black Church

by Brenda C. Siler February 3, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inLifestyle

WHUT to Hold Panel Discussion on Vernon Jordan Doc

by WI Guest Author January 26, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inLifestyle

New Year’s Eve Coming in with a Diverse, Musical Extravaganza

by Brenda C. Siler December 22, 2020December 21, 2021
Posted inLifestyle

Vanessa Williams Hosts a New Look at a Christmas Album from Ella Fitzgerald

by Brenda C. Siler December 2, 2020December 21, 2021
Posted inBlack Experience, Lifestyle

New PBS Film Documents ‘Driving While Black’ from 1930s-1960s

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer October 21, 2020December 21, 2021
Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association president and CEO (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)
Posted inBlack Experience, Lifestyle

Chavis to Host Weekly Black Talk Show on PBS

by WI Guest Author September 8, 2020December 21, 2021
Courtesy of pbs.org
Posted inLifestyle

PBS Documentary ‘And She Could Be Next’ Follows Women of Color on Campaign Trail

by Brenda C. Siler June 26, 2020December 21, 2021
Tavis Smiley
Posted inLifestyle

Tavis Smiley Ordered to Pay $1.5M to PBS for Harassment Suit

by WI Guest Author March 10, 2020December 21, 2021

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