 | Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greeneby Loren Mendell The unlikely story of America's original shock-jock — Petey Greene — who battled the system and his own demons during a time of civil unrest in the nation's capital. Independent Lens |
 | Banishedby Marco Williams From the 1860s to the 1920s, towns across the U.S. violently expelled African American residents. Today, these communities remain virtually all white. As black descendants return to demand justice, Banished exposes the hidden history of racial cleansing in America. Independent Lens |
 | By Invitation Onlyby Rebecca Snedeker New Orleans filmmaker Rebecca Snedeker gives an unprecedented look at the secrets and inner workings of the old-line Carnival societies and debutante balls of Mardi Gras. |
 | Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rockby Sharon La Cruise A look at the life of African American political activist and newspaper publisher Daisy Bates. Independent Lens, Women and Girls Lead |
 | The Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleansby Dawn Logsdon Nestled at the edge of New Orleans’ fabled French Quarter, Faubourg Tremé is one of America’s oldest African American neighborhoods: it is also the origin of the civil rights movement in the South, and the birthplace of jazz. |
 | February One: The Story of the Greensboro Fourby Rebecca Cerese and Steven Channing One day at a Woolworth lunch counter, four young men changed the course of history. Independent Lens |
 | Homecoming ... Sometimes I Am Haunted by Memories of Red Dirt and Clayby Charlene Gilbert “This is the story of my family, this is the story of black farmers in the 20th century, this is the story of land and love.” |
| Justice in the Coalfieldsby Anne Lewis Examine the community and family toll surrounding the 1989 Pittston Coal Strike, its effects on the rank-and-file miners, and on those neighbors, shopkeepers, sons and daughters, both united and divided. |
 | The Longoria Affairby John J. Valadez In Texas after World War II, a funeral home refuses to care for a dead Mexican American soldier’s body “because the whites wouldn’t like it,” sparking nationwide outrage and helping to launch a civil rights movement. Independent Lens |
| Mother of the Riverby Zeinabu Irene Davis The tale of a girl befriending an ostracized old woman who teaches her strength and independence despite the conditions of slavery in the ante-bellum South. |
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