The Conversation Remix: Learning to Breathe
LEARNING TO BREATHE is the sequel to the 2015 New York Times Op-Doc 'A Conversation About Growing Up Black' where Black boys, teens, and young men shared their thoughts about race in America. Five years later, the young men return to compare and contrast how their relationships with racial justice, systemic racism, and social inequity & inequality have changed following the death of George Floyd.
Episodes
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America By The Numbers | Students of Color: Left Behind
58s
Despite recent progress, students of color are still less likely than white students to complete high school.
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America By The Numbers | America On Track to Graduate
1m 8s
Graduation rates in American have reached an all-time high, but some states are lagging behind.
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America By The Numbers | High School Diploma: Game Changer
58s
Why graduate? High school graduates make more money, are less likely to be unemployed, and live almost a decade longer than those who don’t finish school.
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America By The Numbers | Graduation Rates: State by State
1m 8s
Graduation rates are increasing in almost every state — which states are leading this progress, and which states are lagging behind?
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Angelo Sosa
3m 28s
Award-winning chef Angelo Sosa is known for bold interpretations of Asian and American cuisine using complex flavors. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Sosa cooked in several acclaimed kitchens, even becoming an Executive Sous Chef. Most recently, he was the runner up on the seventh season of Top Chef, and is the owner of several restaurants in New York and Las Vegas.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Roland Martin
3m 57s
Climbing through the print media ranks, Roland Martin became the executive editor of the Chicago Defender in the '90s. Known as an authority on race, politics, religion, Martin has received awards for excellence in journalism and is an NAACP Image Award recipient. The host of news program Washington Watch also pens a nationally syndicated column and is a highly sought political and social analyst.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Lemon Andersen
3m 30s
Andrew "Lemon" Andersen is a poet raised in Brooklyn. He watched his stepfather, father and mother die from heroin abuse and AIDS complications, leaving him and his brother to grow up alone. With talent, encouragement from friends and mentors in the Hip Hop community, Andersen rose to critical acclaim. He has appeared in Def Poetry Jam, the PBS documentary Lemon and one-man show County of Kings.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Michael Eric Dyson
3m 57s
Born into a working-class family outside of Detroit, Michael Eric Dyson became an ordained Baptist minister, and then obtained his masters and PHD degrees in religion from Princeton University. He is now a professor of sociology at Georgetown University. Called inspiring and influential by Essence and Ebony, Dyson is an author of 16 books focused on issues within the African American community.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Beverly Bond
4m 16s
For Beverly Bond, music is everything. It defined her childhood and helped her through the shadows of underground clubs to become one of the most sought after DJ’s. After leaving the music industry, which was fraught with superficiality for the male-dominated world of music production, Bond founded the non-profit Black Girls Rock! to promote and develop leadership roles in African American teens.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Soledad O'Brien
4m 16s
Harvard University graduate Soledad O'Brien was born to an Irish-Australian father and an Afro-Cuban mother. O'Brien began as a TV writer and producer, and later became an anchor and co-host of news programs for MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News. In 2003, she was tapped to co-anchor CNN’s American Mornings and then Starting Point. O'Brien left CNN in 2013 to find Starfish Media Group, a production company.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Malik Yoba
4m 5s
Born and raised in the Bronx, Malik Yoba is no stranger to life on the stage; his exposure to theater is the driving force behind his pursuit of acting. Yoba, winner of three NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for New York Undercover, is the author of autobiography Yoba: Lessons From the Street and Other Places. He's also the founder of Malik Yoba National Theatre Company.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Amar'e Stoudemire
3m 44s
Though Amar’e Stoudemire didn’t start playing basketball until his early teens, he has become one of the most dominating power forwards in pro basketball. With athleticism, skills and guidance, Stoudemire was drafted into the NBA after high school in order to elevate himself and his family to a better life. The All-Star player is also a writer of a series of books and founded an outreach program.
Extras + Features
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A Place in the Middle - Trailer
1m 22s
Eleven-year-old Ho'onani dreams of leading the hula troupe at her inner-city Honolulu school. The only trouble is that the group is just for boys. She's fortunate that her teacher understands first-hand what it's like to be “in the middle” - the Hawaiian tradition of embracing both male and female spirit. Together they set out to prove that what matters most is what's in your heart.
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America By The Numbers | Promo
1m 7s
America By The Numbers with Maria Hinojosa is a new and innovative documentary series which will be available to public TV stations and viewers beginning in October 2014. America By The Numbers will reveal how dramatic changes in the country’s demographics are playing out in mainstream USA. Each half-hour program will focus on human stories from every corner of the nation.
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WORLD Channel Brand Promo #1
30s
WORLD Channel Celebrates! New. Bold. Real
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WORLD Channel Promo Reel
3m 5s
WORLD Channel seeks to provide an alternative view of public media content in a new digital age.
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State of Re: Union: Pilot - Tease
54s
In the wake of the Gabriel Giffords shooting and Arizona’s legislative attempts to cleanse the state of undocumented immigrants, it would be easy to think Tucson is a community that’s lost its balance, that’s grown hard, insulated and frightened. But as we’ll see Tucson is a community that’s facing issues that are forging new alliances while severing others.
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