DEAR ASIAN YOUTH - BERGEN COUNTY
BLM MOVIES, DOCUMENTARIES, TV SHOWS
Education At Your Reach!
13TH
Available on Netflix and Youtube
"The film explores the "intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States;" it is titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1865, which abolished slavery throughout the United States and ended involuntary servitude except as a punishment for conviction"
WHEN THEY SEE US
(TV Show) Available on Netflix
"When They See Us is based on events of the April 19, 1989, Central Park jogger case and explores the lives of the five suspects who were prosecuted on charges related to the sexual assault of a female victim, and of their families"
MOONLIGHT
(Movie) Available on Netflix
"Based on the unpublished play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney, it tells the story of a young black man coming to grips with his homosexual feelings. It was the first film with an entirely African American cast and the first with a homosexual main character to win the top Oscar."
SELMA
(Movie) Available on Amazon Prime
"A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965. ... Dr Martin Luther King and his followers go to Selma, Alabama to attempt to achieve, through non-violent protest, equal voting rights and abilities for black people."
THE HATE YOU GIVE
(Movie) Available on Hulu
"Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds -- the poor, mostly black neighborhood where she lives and the wealthy, mostly white prep school that she attends. The uneasy balance is soon shattered when she witnesses the fatal shooting of her best friend at the hands of a police officer. Starr must find her voice and decide to stand up for what's right."
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
(Movie) Available on Hulu
"Set in early-1970s Harlem, If Beale Street Could Talk is a timeless and moving love story of both a couple's unbreakable bond and the African-American family's empowering embrace, as told through the eyes of 19-year-old Tish Rivers."
OTHER ITEMS TO STREAM
All Available on Youtube
RACE & REDLINING: HOUSING SEGREGATION IN EVERYTHING
NPR
"In 1968, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act that made it illegal to discriminate in housing. Gene Demby of NPR’s Code Switch explains why neighborhoods are still so segregated today. "
ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IS THE NEW JIM CROW
The Atlantic
"Communities of color face disproportionate rates of natural disaster and environmental harm. Staff writer Vann R. Newkirk II argues that discrimination in public planning is to blame."
DEAR CHILD: WHEN BLACK PARENTS HAVE TO GIVE "THE TALK"
Jubilee Media
"And we'd like to play our part in addressing this epidemic through the creation of “Dear Child.” We hope that by sharing some of these candid responses from black parents and young adults, we can inspire understanding and empathy"
UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH A BLACK MAN
Emmanuel Acho
"Emmanuel Acho sits down to have an “uncomfortable conversation” with white America, in order to educate and inform on racism, system racism, social injustice, rioting & the hurt African Americans are feeling today."
MEGAN MING FRANCIS: LET'S GET TO THE ROOT OF RACIAL INJUSTICE
TedX
"In this inspiring and powerful talk, Megan Francis traces the root causes of our current racial climate to their core causes, debunking common misconceptions and calling out "fix-all" cures to a complex social problem"