Homegrown: Future Visions

Nigerians Throw Parties, Create Community In Detroit

Watch as the members of a Nigerian social club in Detroit redefine community within their adopted homelands. As the elders age, their descendants worry that their traditions will be lost to time. Can the new generation rise to the challenge?

Nigerians Throw Parties, Create Community In Detroit

10m 55s

  • Using Technology to Revitalize The Ojibwe Language: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Using Technology to Revitalize The Ojibwe Language

    S1 E8 - 10m 27s

    Watch as three Ojibwe residents of Minnesota work to revitalize their language. Using modern technologies like film and video games, social media, and radio, they hope to inspire a new generation to learn their native tongue.

  • The Nation’s First Somali-American Art Center: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Nation’s First Somali-American Art Center

    S1 E7 - 12m

    Follow the co-founders of the Soomal House of Art in Minneapolis, who are themselves working visual artists, as they run a community-based gallery. Together, they uplift Somali art and inspire a new generation to explore their cultural heritage.

  • A Lack of Cash, Not a Lack of Character: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Lack of Cash, Not a Lack of Character

    S1 E6 - 11m 2s

    Follow a guaranteed income experiment in Gary, Indiana, designed to help create pathways to lift local residents out of poverty and to prove that poverty is a lack of cash, not a lack of character.

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