“Field Generals: History of the Black Quarterback” documents the stories of the trailblazing and pioneering quarterbacks who transformed the game—from the AFL-NFL merger through the turn of the century. By placing their journeys in full historical and social context, the series reveals how politics, culture, and race shaped both their struggles and their triumphs."

Season 2 of Mavericks tells the stories of iconoclastic, unorthodox women whose surprising lives and unexpected choices break the lazy...

What does it mean to be a Black man? BrotherSpeak is a five-part series that asks a range of black men to explore their deepest...

Icon Nipsey Hussle’s life story, from his days as a young boy growing up in Crenshaw, to the musician and activist he became in the later...

Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation is a four-part documentary series that lays bare the true stories behind how Chicago and its suburbs devised the nation’s most sweeping system of racially segregated communities and how these policies diminished the lives of generations of Black families, creating the vast racial wealth gap that persists to this day. Currently airing on WTTW, Chicago's local PBS Station. Episode 1 The Color Tax While the white middle class was rapidly e

This feature documentary, streaming on Hulu, centers on a pair of talented musicians as they venture out on a musical journey across the...

A deep dive into the history of HBCU football, including pieces on Eddie Robinson and Paul "Tank" Younger.

The experiences of four members of Catholic University’s Partnership Program - an initiative to increase the number of Black students at...

Rikers: Innocence Lost reveals the injustices of the money bail system, the human costs of mass incarceration and overcriminalization,...

Every year, millions of Americans are incarcerated before even being convicted of a crime - all because they can't afford to post bail....

Darcel Rockett Filmmaker and native Chicagoan Bruce Orenstein guesses that 98%, maybe even 99%, of city residents don’t know the full...

Christopher Borrelli “Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation,” which airs Thursday nights for the next four weeks on WTTW, has one of...

By Dennis Rodkin | March 29, 2024 12:10 PM In the 20th century, Chicago was an epicenter of the nation’s racist housing practices, a dark...

America has a long and unflattering history of housing discrimination. A new four-part docuseries “Shame of Chicago, Shame of the...

A four-part documentary sheds light on how Chicago’s history of housing segregation has perpetuated racial inequality, affecting...

Shelby Hawkins | April 17, 2024, 7:45 pm Chicago’s sordid history of being one of the most segregated cities in the United States is...

Van Jones leads a group of activists as they try to move forward with a set of controversial criminal justice reforms during the Trump...

Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation is a four-part documentary series that lays bare the true stories behind how Chicago and its suburbs devised the nation’s most sweeping system of racially segregated communities and how these policies diminished the lives of generations of Black families, creating the vast racial wealth gap that persists to this day. Currently airing on WTTW, Chicago's local PBS Station. Episode 1 The Color Tax While the white middle class was rapidly e