America Beyond the Color Line

A thoughtful, wide-ranging road trip through Black America, equal parts history lesson and intimate conversation.

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Chris Tucker, Samuel L. Jackson

Overview

Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard's chair of Afro-American Studies, travels the length and breadth of the United States to take the temperature of black America at the start of the new century. He explores this rich and diverse landscape, social as well as geographic, and meets the people who are defining black America, from the most famous and influential to those at the grassroots.

How it feels

Earnest, melancholic and warm. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Race, identity, class, politics

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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