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News in Review - October 2020 The Shooting of Jacob Blake: Protests, Boycotts and Racial Tensions
In August 2020, an African-American man named Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Protestors took to the streets demanding an end to police violence against Black people. Counter-protestors also poured into the streets bringing about clashes during which three more people were shot — two fatally. A 17-year old teenager was charged. ...
- 2020
- 00:14:03
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/21/2020
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BBC Documentaries KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy
America's most infamous supremacist group – the Ku Klux Klan – says they are in the midst of a revival, with a surge in membership and cross burnings across the Deep South. Filmmaker Dan Murdoch meets the leaders of the Loyal White Knights, who claim to be the largest Klan chapter, to witness first-hand their secretive rituals and hear about ...
- 2015
- 00:52:09
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/03/2020
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CBC Kids News A brief history of the Black Lives Matter movement Must-See
CBC Kids News contributor Elijah Sandiford digs into the history of the Black Lives Matter movement. Historian and sociologist Afua Cooper describes some critical moments in black history and Vancouver activist Jacob Callender-Prasad talks about his role fighting anti-Black racism.
- 2020
- 00:07:00
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/09/2020
BBC Documentaries Black Power: America's Armed Resistance
Filmmaker Dan Murdoch spent last summer documenting clashes between a resurgent Ku Klux Klan and a growing Black Power movement. Now, in a follow up to KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy, he returns to America to revisit some of the people he met from the KKK and also meet members of the Black Liberation Movement to find out what black ...
- 2016
- 00:48:26
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/10/2020
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The National Fighting hate with friendship: The unlikely bond of a Sikh man and a former white supremacist
A Sikh man becomes the unlikely friend of a former white supremacist in the wake of a cold-blooded attack in Wisconsin in 2012. Now they travel the world trying to stop hate.
- 2019
- 00:11:24
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/29/2019
CBC Docs POV Skinhead Must-See
Brad was a prime target for neo-Nazi recruiters — a white 18-year-old punk, in and out of trouble with the law, a street brawler already in his fourth high school, a kid without direction. Lured by the promise of comradeship in a gang of “like-minded” men, Brad found what he wanted most: belonging. He spent 13 years in “the movement,” ...
- 2017
- 00:44:09
- 15-17
- Added on: 06/27/2018
The Fifth Estate Black Lives Matter: The Disruptors
It grew in just a couple of years from a hashtag to a powerful movement that has taken on police shootings of black people and is defiantly challenging the political establishment. Black Lives Matter (BLM) now has over 40 chapters in the United States and Canada. The Fifth Estate takes you inside the movement with the people who helped build it. Janaya ...
- 2017
- 00:45:01
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/26/2017
News in Review - October 2017 Violence in Virginia: The Rise of the Alt-Right
In August 2017 a quaint college town in Virginia became the epicentre of America’s cultural and racial divide. White nationalists clashed violently with counter protesters. One woman died after a car was deliberately driven into the crowds. Dozens were injured. But what led to this seeming re-emergence of virulent racism and white supremacy? And is this strictly an American problem? ...
- 2017
- 00:19:07
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/18/2017
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News in Review - October 2016 Black Lives Matter: Activism in the Face of Racism in the U.S.
The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement was formed in 2013 to bring attention to the plight of black people in America and to campaign against violence and systemic racism. African-Americans are five times more likely to be killed by police than white men in the U.S. The summer of 2016 saw still more black men shot by police. Activists responded ...
- 2016
- 00:21:18
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/19/2016
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News in Review - October 2016 U.S. Election 2016: Trump and the Evolution of the GOP
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is a strong contender for the White House. To his supporters he is a self-made man who tells it like it is. To his detractors he uses paranoia and personal attacks to make impact statements lacking credibility. His style and tactics have polarized the “Grand Ole Party” with many Republicans coming out against him. ...
- 2016
- 00:14:21
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/19/2016
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News in Review - October 2014 Michael Brown's Shooting: Racial Divide in America
The shooting death of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Missouri this past summer sparked widespread protests and violence. Michael Brown's death brought calls for authorities to address racial tension in the mostly black community that is policed by a mostly white force. It's not an uncommon problem in the U.S.
- 2014
- 00:18:15
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/07/2014
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News in Review - November 2008 Americans Choose a New President
On November 4, Americans went to the polls to choose a new president. The vote came after a long and bitterly contested campaign between the Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican candidate John McCain. In this News in Review story we’ll look at the campaign and what happened when voting day finally arrived.
- 2008
- 00:14:14
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/15/2008
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News in Review - December 1995 The Million Man March: Black Men in America
The new awareness among blacks in North America is the point of departure for looking at ongoing racial issues.
- 1995
- 00:13:48
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/15/1995
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