The Real World Q&A | Shorts Program 3 - The Real World

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Shorts Program 3 - The Real World: Four ways to tell unique African-American stories: through self-reflection, poetry, essay, and oral history

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I Could Tell You 'Bout My Life

19-year-old Michael Martin reflects on his life in Harlem, his interests in music and art, and how his incarceration on Rikers Island affected him.

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In this short essay-style documentary, a Black filmmaker reflects on present-day struggles of marginalized people on a tour devoted to challenging conventional historical narratives through the legacy of a slave revolt.

Legendary: 30 Years of Philly Ballroom

An inside look into the effort to preserve Philadelphia's ballroom scene, a black LGBTQ safe-space that has endured for 30 years.

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We Are Free Because Of Harriet Tubman

This lyrical film is a meditation on resistance, nature, and history. Prof. Sonia Sanchez’s Haiku speaks to us today as many in America struggle to find their own liberation. The other text, contributed by filmmakers Marlene and Nadine Patterson, is a list of enslaved Africans Tubman freed.

The Real World Q&A

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Shorts Program 3 - The Real World: Four ways to tell unique African-American stories: through self-reflection, poetry, essay, and oral history