Miss Evers' Boys is an American made-for-television drama starring Alfre Woodard and Laurence Fishburne that first aired on February 22, 1997, and is based on the true story of the four-decade-long Tuskegee Syphilis Study. It was directed by Joseph Sargent and adapted by Walter Bernstein from the 1992 stage play of the same name, written by David Feldshuh. It received twelve nominations for the 1997 Primetime Emmy Awards, ultimately winning five, including Outstanding Television Movie and the President’s Award (awarded for programming that best explores social or educational issues).   Join a team of noted San Antonio Black doctors as...

 A Ballerina's Tale is a 2015 documentary film revolving around the career of Misty Copeland,who serves as the narrator of the film as well as its subject. The film premiered on April 19, 2015 at the Tribeca Film Festival. It was released through video on demand on October 13, 2015, prior to opening in a limited release on October 14, 2015, by Sundance Selects. Did you know San Antonio has a premiere Black owned ballet school? Enjoy a delightful discussion after the film about Blacks in ballet.   ADMISSION IS FREE BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. This program was made possible...

Food is a universal love language, and in the Black community, this love runs deep. It comes from a desire to nourish others, spend time together, maintain traditions, and stay within our means. As descendants from Africa, a land of many countries and tribes, we brought our traditions to this land through different ports and different means. One thing is similar, food is a way of building and protecting our culture.  Sunday dinners, family reunions, weekday supper and holidays like Juneteenth provides the backdrop for our community to come together and celebrate the legacy that is embedded in our DNA....

The film chronicles the story behind hundreds of civil rights activists called Freedom Riders  that challenged racial segregation in American interstate transportation during the Civil Rights Movement. The  activists traveled together in small interracial groups and sat wherever they chose on buses and trains to compel  equal access to terminal restaurants and waiting rooms. They brought the ongoing practice of racial segregation  in the southern United States to national attention. Stay after the movie to engage in a rich discussion about the cost of freedom. Mr. MacArthur Cotton, a 1961 Freedom Rider is our guest panelist. MacArthur Cotton was born...

Judas and the Black Messiah is a 2021 American biographical crime drama film  about the betrayal of Fred Hampton (played by Daniel Kaluuya), chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black  Panther Party in late-1960s Chicago, by William O'Neal (played by LaKeith Stanfield), an FBI informant. Jesse  Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Lil Rel Howery, Algee Smith, Dominique  Thorne, and Martin Sheen also star. The film is directed and produced by Shaka King, who wrote the screenplay  with Will Berson, based on a story by the pair and Kenny and Keith Lucas. An enlightening discussion about San Antonio's...