Meet the core artists who were the vanguards of the West Coast edition of the Black Arts Movement: Betye Saar, Noah Purifoy, John Outterbridge and Jayne Cortez.
An arts movement emerged in ‘60s Watts. In response, federal and local law enforcement enacted counterinsurgency programs that infiltrated and co-opted Black arts and culture institutions and surveilled and targeted activists, artists and community member
History teacher Mike Zahs uncovers a trove of 19th century showreels of one of America's first motion picture impresarios, William Franklin Brinton. Zahs sets out to restore these showreels and present them to today's audiences.
Police officer Alf follows the money trail of Nicky's drug business.
Is Denmark's capital the ultimate life-sized city? Urban design expert Mikael Colville-Andersen explores his own city.
Mexico City is the largest city in the Western hemisphere but many still see this megalopolis as a village — or as a patchwork of many villages.
South Africa's Cape Town makes headlines for its beauty and laidback lifestyle, but traces of a dark past still linger.
Modern Tokyo is a fascinating urban mystery. The largest urban agglomeration in the world, it is home to 38 million people.
Three residents in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas find their lives upended by plans to build a US-Mexico border wall.
"The New West and the Politics of the Environment," a feature-length documentary for the public television environmental news magazine “Earth Focus,” makes the case for placing former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and Nevada at the center of a green new deal.
Captain Trump wants to steer us straight onto the rocks. This election is humanity’s last shot to prevent utter climate catastrophe.
Behind-the-scenes negotiations helped establish the Moapa transition from coal to solar.
As judge Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in as the ninth justice to the Supreme Court, "Democracy Now!" speaks with Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, who says the rushed confirmation shows the Supreme Court “is not a neutral body.”
A race against the coronavirus that Europe is losing; the WHO wants governments to speed up their response.
Only modest gains in education and lowered maternal mortality have taken place since 1995, the U.N. said.
In a powerful and moving journey, Indonesian correspondent Anne Barker follows Alis Sumiaputra and a group of Timor-born adults as they return to their country of birth to reunite with their families. For Alis, there is pain, guilt, joy and an awakening.
"Earth Focus" is an environmental news magazine that features investigative reports and in-depth stories about our changing environment and how it affects people around the world.
"Global Mosaic" offers fresh perspectives on critical world issues, going to the heart of the news with personal stories reported by a team of independent filmmakers working on multiple continents.
Through the lens of independent documentaries, "America ReFramed" brings to national audiences compelling stories that illuminate the changing contours of an ever-evolving America.
In this six-part series, urban design expert Mikael Colville-Andersen explores the anatomy and vibrancy of the modern metropolis, highlighting pockets of life-sized goodness in cities around the world.
The Watts Towers Arts Center was born out of the resilience of 1960s Black L.A.
A Brazil-based organization tackles the social and economic inequality in São Paulo with agricultural and garden projects that address food access and promote job growth.