 | Bill T. Jones: A Good Manby 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 Lifeby 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 |
 | The Boys of Barakaby Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady A group of troubled boys in inner city Baltimore leave home to complete the 7th and 8th grade at the Baraka School, an experimental program located in rural Kenya, East Africa. POV |
 | Bronx Princessby Yoni Brook and Musa Syeed Follow the journey of an American teenager who travels to Ghana, West Africa to reunite with her royal father. POV |
 | Brother to BrotherBy Rodney Evans, Jim McKay, and Aimee Schoof Bruce Nugent, the black gay writer who co-founded the journal Fire!! with Langston Hughes and others, inspires a gay teenager through memories of the Harlem Renaissance. Independent Lens |
 | Brothers Hypnoticby Reuben Atlas The brotherhood of the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is literal. Not always willing subjects of a utopian family experiment, the eight boys were forged into a band as children by their father, Chicago jazz maverick Phil Cohran. Now as young men, making their way on the streets of New York and in the music business, with stardom on the horizon, they must test their father's ideals against their own brotherly vision. Independent Lens |
 | Dinka Diariesby Filmon Mebrahu Five Sudanese refugee orphans resettled near Philadelphia use digital cameras to tell their experiences adjusting to American culture and a new way of life. |
 | Epiphany in Progressby Michal Goldman A look at the tumultuous first year of an experimental middle school of low-income, ethnically diverse students in inner-city Boston. |
 | A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The New York Timesby Samantha Grant Jayson Blair was a young reporter whose shocking lies nearly destroyed The New York Times and forced the entire media industry to take a closer look at ethics, diversity, affirmative action, and responsibility in journalism. Independent Lens |
 | Hard Road Homeby Macky Alston Hard Road Home follows two former felons in different stages of life on the outside. Independent Lens |
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