AAAD 50: Defining Blackness: Films and Podcasts

Watch thousands of full length documentaries from Films Media Group's Master Academic Collection online. Subject areas include: Humanities & Social Sciences, Science, Business & Economics, and Health. The collections are dynamic. Note: Connect through NCLive.

Many thousands of streaming film and audio files from across many disciplines, including the Arts, Humanities, Sciences, Health Sciences, and more. Most can be viewed/listened to in clips and have transcripts available.

On Wondery’s history series Black History, For Real, hosts Franchesca Ramsey and Conscious Lee go beyond the stories you already know to drop you right in the mix. It’s a no-nonsense, unwhitewashed account of history’s most overlooked moments, with a mix of narrative storytelling and candid conversation. We’ll even spill the occasional historical tea! It’s all facts, no cap.

A collection of some of NPR's best podcast episodes and features from across the Black experience. Some might make you laugh. Some might make you feel inspired. Others might make you uncomfortable. And some might make you feel all of that in the same five-minute span. This is NPR, noir.

As part of The Washington Post's coverage of the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture, people submitted dozens of objects that make up their own lived experiences of black history, creating a "people's museum" of personal objects, family photos and more. The Historically Black podcast brings those objects and their stories to life through interviews, archival sound and music. The Washington Post and APM Reports are proud to collaborate in presenting these rich personal histories, along with hosts Keegan-Michael Key, Roxane Gay, Issa Rae and Another Round hosts Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton.

The Blackbelt Voices podcast propagates the richness of Black Southern culture by telling the stories of Black folks down South. Through first-person narratives and in-depth conversations, hosts Adena J. White, Kara Wilkins, and Katrina Dupins share the experiences of Black Southerners living in, loving, and reconciling with the region we call home.

A curated list of episodes from the BBC's Witness History podcast that focus on Black history across the diaspora.

Dialogues in Afrolatinidad explores history, culture, and contemporary issues in Afro-Latin America and U.S.-Afro-Latinx communities. The podcast features interviews with scholars, writers, educators, artists, and community leaders who share their passion for Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies, the significance of their intellectual, creative, or community engagement, and resources for learning more.

Located in the House Undergraduate Library, the MDC has a plethora of online resources and physical spaces available to students. Students can book a podcast recording space, rent audio/visual equipment, or book a screening room. Visit the lobby service desk on the first floor for all of your Media and Design Center needs!

An extensive LibGuide describing the libraries film and streaming resources.