Film Catalog

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	Bill T. Jones: A Good Man by Gordon Quinn, Bob Hercules, Joanna Rudnick, and Keith Walker Bill T. Jones: A Good Man follows the Tony Award-winning choreographer Bill T. Jones as he conceives and executes a dance production based on the life of Abraham Lincoln. The New York Times claimed that Jones's "portrayal of Lincoln is likely to scandalize as many people as it delights." American Masters
	Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life by Robert Levi The composer of "Take the A-Train" and other Duke Ellington hits, Billy Strayhorn struggled with obscurity and prejudice as a successful gay man in the tumultuous middle of the 20th century. Independent Lens
	Bird by Bird with Annie: A Portrait of Anne Lamott by Freida Lee Mock A profile of bestselling author, humorist, recovering alcoholic, born-again Christian and single mother Anne Lamott. Independent Lens
	Black Is ... Black Ain't by Marlon Riggs Marlon Riggs's final film explores questions of "blackness" and black identity.
	The Black Kungfu Experience by Martha Burr and Mei-Juin Chen From Blaxploitation cinema in the 1970s to hip-hop and reggae iconography, the martial art of kungfu provides a vital subtext for the modern African American cultural experience. Upcoming broadcasts
	The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 by Goran Hugo Olsson A fascinating look at America's Black Power movement as seen through the eyes of Swedish filmmakers who shot hours of footage in the late 1960s and 1970s with many of the movement's leaders. Independent Lens, Women and Girls Lead
	Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity by Robert A. Clift As hip-hop music and culture continue to redefine American life, its influence exposes the high stakes of the struggle to cross or maintain the cultural divide.
	Blink by Elizabeth Thompson At the height of his leadership in the white supremacy movement, Gregory Withrow renounced the world of hate. POV
	The Blinking Madonna & Other Miracles by Beth Harrington Filmmaker Beth Harrington is sucked into a media vortex when she accidentally captures "the miracle of the Blinking Madonna" on video during an Italian American religious feast, leading her to explore myth and faith in the lives of American Catholic women, including herself.
	The Bloody Child by Nina Menkes A young Marine is found wandering the Mojave Desert, a woman's body in the trunk of his car; an outsider probes the inexplicable death.