Llewellyn M. Smith Movies

  • 2023
    South to Black Power

    South to Black Power

    South to Black Power

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    In his provocative 2021 book, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto, New York Times opinion columnist Charles M. Blow calls for a...

    South to Black Power
  • 1993
    Ike

    Ike

    Ike

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    He went off to war an unknown soldier and returned a beloved national hero. Often dismissed as a "do-nothing" president and a good-natured bumbler,...

    Ike
  • 1994
    FDR

    FDR

    FDR

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    Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises:...

    FDR
  • 1970
    Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till

    Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till

    Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till

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    Based on A Few Days Full of Trouble by Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Christopher Benson, the feature doc will explore two parallel tracks of the...

    Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till
  • 2021
    A Reckoning in Boston

    A Reckoning in Boston

    A Reckoning in Boston

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    Kafi Dixon dreams of starting a land cooperative for women of color who have experienced trauma and disenfranchisement in the city of Boston. By day...

    A Reckoning in Boston
  • 2017
    NOVA: Poisoned Water

    NOVA: Poisoned Water

    NOVA: Poisoned Water

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    The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, brings awareness to the vulnerabilities of water systems across the U.S.

    NOVA: Poisoned Water
  • 2020
    Cuba's Cancer Hope

    Cuba's Cancer Hope

    Cuba's Cancer Hope

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    When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban scientists were forced to get creative. Now they've developed lung...

    Cuba's Cancer Hope
  • 2009
    Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness

    Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness

    Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness

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    A documentary on what is it that makes us who we are: an African an African, a Jew a Jew, an Arab an Arab, a white person white -and what do we make...

    Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness
  • 2008
    In Sickness and in Wealth

    In Sickness and in Wealth

    In Sickness and in Wealth

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    What are the connections between healthy bodies and healthy bank accounts and skin color? How do social policies and the way we organize work and...

    In Sickness and in Wealth
  • 2015
    American Denial

    American Denial

    American Denial

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    Follow the story of Swedish researcher Gunnar Myrdal whose landmark 1944 study, An American Dilemma, probed deep into the United States' racial...

    American Denial
  • 2013
    Rebel: Loreta Velazquez, Secret Soldier of the American Civil War

    Rebel: Loreta Velazquez, Secret Soldier of the American Civil War

    Rebel: Loreta Velazquez, Secret Soldier of the American Civil War

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    In 1861, at the outbreak of the American Civil War, a teenager from New Orleans headed to the front lines. Under the alias Harry T. Buford, he fought...

    Rebel: Loreta Velazquez, Secret Soldier of the American Civil War