A news magazine series which features stories related to the African-American experience, examining some of the contemporary issues facing the black community and profiling its public figures.

Edited by famed filmmaker Kathleen Collins, Statues Hardly Ever Smile follows a group of middle school children during a six-week project at the Brooklyn Museum, where they collectively discover and respond to the Egyptian collection. With narration by a member of the museum’s education department, we witness the group’s daily exercises and reflections as they create a theatre piece centered on th...

For African-American soldiers in Vietnam, the contradiction of being expected to defend liberties not granted at home is evident.

In Central Harlem, at the height of the Black Power movement, a policeman discusses his role in and out of the uniform, contrasted with the experiences of a colleague in the LAPD.

A film by Kent Garrett originally a part of Black Journal.