Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks out of Town in America. 2007. Film-makers Marco Williams and Marla Harris. PBS: Independent Lens.

Examination of three cities where African Americans were forced to flee in post-reconstruction America.

 

Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story. 2008. Film-maker Bill Kavanagh. California Newsreel.

Documentary about three families in Yonkers, New York experiencing racial discrimination in housing and schools.

 

Race: The Power of an Illusion. 2003. Episode 3. Produced by Larry Adelman and Jean Cheng. California Newsreel.

Documentary on the history of housing discrimination.

 

Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North. 2008. Film-maker Katrina Browne. POV.

Documentary on the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history.

 

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. 2006. Film-maker Spike Lee. HBO Documentary.

Documentary about the U.S. government’s response to Hurricane Katrina.

 

A Matter of Place. 2013. Kavanagh Productions and Fair Housing Justice Center.

Film examines housing discrimination.

 

Land of Opportunity. 2010. Director Luisa Dantas. New Day Films.

Documentary that examines the reconstruction of New Orleans.

 

America Divided Series: A House Divided. 2016. Executive Producers Norman Lear, Shonda Rhimes, and Common. Epix.

Documentary featuring narratives around inequality in education, housing, healthcare, labor, criminal justice, and the political system.

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