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Haiti 1 Year Later: A Med Student's Struggle
Haitian-American filmmaker Michele Stephenson traveled to Haiti on behalf of the National Black Programming Consortium to capture the struggles of Haitians a year after the devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake. From more than 60 hours of footage, many stories were crafted for NBPC’s television series AfroPoP and for the Web. In this video, a medical…
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VIDEO: A Vodun Ceremony
Haitian-American filmmaker Michele Stephenson traveled to Haiti on behalf of the National Black Programming Consortium to capture the struggles of Haitians a year after the devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake. From more than 60 hours of footage, many stories were crafted for NBPC’s television series AfroPoP and for the Web. This spiritual ceremony was among…
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Beyond Fame With Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley is a man of many job titles, including talk show host, producer, philanthropist and author. This week, the multi-hyphenate Smiley hosts a discussion in our nation’s capital about how to restore our country to greatness. In this audio interview, he goes beyond fame with The Root’s contributing editor Anji Corley, chatting about how…
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Haiti: Witnesses to Disaster
Haitian-American filmmaker Michele Stephenson traveled to Haiti on behalf of the National Black Programming Consortium to capture the struggles of Haitians a year after the devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake. From more than 60 hours of footage, many stories were crafted for NBPC’s television series AfroPoP and for the Web. This clip, captured for Stephenson’s…
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Vodou and Haiti's Recovery
Haitian-American filmmaker Michele Stephenson traveled to Haiti on behalf of the National Black Programming Consortium to capture the struggles of Haitians a year after the devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake. This clip, from a documentary by Stephenson, is one of several that will run on The Root this week in collaboration with the NBPC. The…
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Andrew Young Jr. Bio
He was one of the key negotiators during some of the most critical moments of the civil rights movement, and he would go on to become the mayor of Atlanta and the United States’ ambassador to the United Nations. Andrew Jackson Young Jr. died DATE TK at the age of TK of TK. He was…
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Haiti 1 Year Later: Artists Resist Despair
Haitian-American filmmaker Michele Stephenson traveled to Haiti on behalf of the National Black Programming Consortium to capture the struggles of Haitians a year after the devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake. This clip, from a documentary by Stephenson, is one of several that will run on The Root this week in collaboration with NBPC. The multimedia…
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