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Stefon Harris speaks to the musical, cultural and political influences in his career and creative practice, while unpacking the core aspects of his...
- Added: Jun 08, 2019
- Length: 32:35
Jericho Brown’s irreverent, magnetic presence is beloved in the worlds of poetry and education. We were joined by Newark high school students for t...
- Added: Jun 05, 2019
- Length: 58:00
Robin Barnes was born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward, shuttling between her parents’ and grandparents’ houses and singing the songs they liked to...
- Added: Nov 16, 2018
- Length: 52:00
2018 National Heritage Fellow Marion Coleman tells stories through her quilts.
Bought by Bandon Community Radio and WJAB
- Added: Oct 23, 2018
- Length: 27:33
- Purchases: 2
Sam Bailey is a writer, actor and filmmaker. Her credits include the Tribeca Film Festival recognized and Gotham Award. Produced by Alex Kime.
- Added: Jul 15, 2018
- Length: 18:50
In this timely installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage producer Jeff Carmack talks about the Martin Luther...
- Added: Jun 26, 2018
- Length: 30:45
"[Charles Burnett's] filmmaking is so quiet. It’s a deeply reflective cinema; it’s cinema that focuses on characterization, that really gives chara...
- Added: Mar 14, 2018
- Length: 59:02
HOUR ONE: "Why Make Art?" - Most of us stop making art around middle school. What can we learn from the people who never stopped? HOUR TWO: "Gate...
- Added: Mar 02, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton explores the education of famous artists John Biggers and Samella Lewis.
- Added: Jan 19, 2018
- Length: 50:20
In today’s Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes us down to Lake George to experience the first...
- Added: Oct 13, 2017
- Length: 30:36
Ron Simons became a producer to shine a light on untold stories.
Bought by WMUU-LP
- Added: Aug 11, 2017
- Length: 29:06
- Purchases: 1
The new exhibit at NMAAH&C illuminate history, community and culture. Co-curator Aaron Bryant walks us through it.
- Added: May 31, 2017
- Length: 26:59
- Purchases: 3
The Black Panther Party combined Black Power’s militancy with socialist ideology, and infused funk music with Franz Fanon’s writings. Their impact...
- Added: Dec 03, 2016
- Length: 29:00
Author and illustrator Ashley Bryan talks about his new book, “Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life,” his experie...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Oct 05, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
McBride’s latest book looks to understand what shaped James Brown-- one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
- Added: May 18, 2016
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
American artist Sanford Biggers talks about what inspires him to radically alter old quilts and African sculptures.
- Added: May 05, 2016
- Length: 10:20
Johnnetta Cole remembers when she wasn't allowed in museums because of segregation, and that informs her determination to inspire a love of art mu...
- Added: Mar 24, 2016
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 2
In her new work Baltimore, playwright Kirsten Greenidge grapples with the issue of race on college campuses.
- Added: Mar 04, 2016
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 4
In her new play, Sweat, Lynn Nottage gives voice to the human cost of workers without work.
- Added: Feb 05, 2016
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
From Pericles to Tupac Shakur, Wayne Carr has the uncanny ability to embody fully-realized characters.
- Added: Dec 03, 2015
- Length: 28:30
Tazewell Thompson may be wowing critics and audiences with his direction of the opera Appomattox, but he’s an equally brilliant theater director an...
- Added: Nov 24, 2015
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 3
Richard Hunt talks about creating large pieces of abstract art for public spaces and reflects on his time on the National Council of the Arts
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 2
Claudia Rankine discusses her play The Provenance of Beauty: A South Bronx Travelogue
- Added: Aug 14, 2015
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 4
Filmmaker Sam Pollard talks about his new documentary
August Wilson: The Ground on which I Stand
- Added: Feb 18, 2015
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 4
Carolyn Mazloomi shines a powerful light on the African American community through narrative quilts.
- Added: Feb 06, 2015
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 4
