Season 1
6 episodes · 2008
1TenDaysinAfrica
Filmmaker Regi Allen explores black identity in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal; "10 Days in Mississippi" focuses on the relationship between America and Africa.
2Welcome to Nollywood
The evolution of the Nigerian movie industry, the third largest film producer in the world.
3Being Pavarotti
A 13-year-old boy follows his passion for opera in Hermanus, South Africa, opening for established opera singers from Cape Town.
4Hip Hop Revolution
South African filmmaker Weaam Williams focuses on hip-hop's power to instigate change; "Close Strangers" analyzes the history of the Ussher Fort in Ghana.
5Mix
Two female hip-hop disc jockeys from conservative backgrounds forge new social realities between black and white and males and females.
6We Will Not Die Like Dogs: Africa Responds to the HIV/AIDS Crisis
AIDS activists from Nigeria, Uganda, Burkina Faso and Zambia; two HIV-positive women fight discrimination; doctor works tirelessly for HIV-infected children.