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AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, is back this year with a fresh mix of features, documentaries, narratives, and short films presenting contemporary stories from across the globe. Co-produced by Black Public Media and WORLD Channel, the series reflects the spirit, ingenuity and resilience found among people of the African diaspora.

A double presentation of Neptune Frost and Tsutsue.
A double presentation of Mother Suriname and The Changing Same.
Residents of Kinshasa navigate life after dark, challenged by uneven electricity and violence.
Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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  • AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Season 14
  • AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Season 13
  • AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange: Season 12
  • AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange: Season 11
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  • AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Season 5
A double presentation of Neptune Frost and Tsutsue.
Residents of Kinshasa navigate life after dark, challenged by uneven electricity and violence.
A double presentation of Mother Suriname and The Changing Same.
Filmed in jazz clubs, HARGROVE shines a spotlight on Roy Hargrove's genius and contribution to jazz.
Princeville, NC, once the all Black town of ‘Freedom Hill,’ faces flooding and erosion.
After Danielle Metz’s commutation, she gets a rare chance to regain her life and family.
A woman discovers a place inhabited by the souls of dead people waiting for redemption.
Jo, a witty 9-year-old terminally ill girl, dreams of being a superhero in her village.
Bill Traylor was an American artist with a remarkable and unlikely biography.
This film features a Mozambican man’s commitment to preserving the art of Mapiko dancing.
This film reveals the disrespect jazz luminary Thelonious Monk endured.
Explore the life, career and global impact of international music icon Angélique Kidjo.
The fight for the return of African masterworks to their rightful countries.
A crop of young poets and musicians advocating in support of the revolution in Sudan.
A harrowing tale about the victims of the Six-Day War in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The incredible story of Britain's pioneering million-selling soul and funk band.
This documentary sheds light on women's place in Tunisia's changing society.
Professional Black Girl features a selection of episodes from the popular web series
Finding Sally tells story of a woman who became a communist rebel
This portrait of artist Betye Saar shows she isn't done fighting inequality in her work
DJ Jigüe finds AfroBeats has helped create a new genre called Bakosó
Exploring the life and love story of Gloria Allen, a 73-year-old Black transgender woman.
The stories of the African National Congress youth league and the United Order of Tents.
One woman’s fight to expose the history of a 19th century slave-trading post in Brazil.
Follow an African immigrant woman and the challenges she faces as she pursues her dreams.
A daughter’s quest to learn why her father collaborated with war criminal Charles Taylor.
The stories of Nigerian musician Fela Keti and drummer Tony Allen, and the genre Afrobeat.
An eclectic selection of three shorts: black enuf*, Swimmin' Lesson & Dressed Like Kings.
Follow the against-all-odds 2014 campaign of young, Black Democrat Bakari Sellers in S.C.
Photographs help keep alive memories of loved ones lost during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Col. Honorine leads a police unit to protect minors.
The life and music of South African singer and anti-apartheid activist, Miriam Makeba.
Portrait of trans pioneer Tchinda Andrade just before Carnival in São Vicente, Cape Verde.
A feel good movie turns into a thriller when filmmakers discover slavery in the Sahara.
Young South Africans from shantytowns put the promises of democracy to the test.
A bi-racial filmmaker returns to her father's home tribe on Mount Kilomanjaro.
Extras
Reflecting the spirit, ingenuity and resilience found among people of the African diaspora.
In America, marginalized communities are the target of harmful environmental decisions.
What's the difference between high and low grounds in the South? Race, wealth and floods.
A conversation with FREEDOM HILL's Resita Cox.
A young woman makes plans to give her sister, who is dying, the best days of her life.
Who is Supa Modo? I am! The finished film, and community, pays tribute to Jo.
A conversation with COMMUTED's Nailah Jefferson, Darcy McKinnon and Danielle Metz.
Danielle Metz, a mother of two, tells her story of incarceration and separation.
A conversation with Black Public Media's Leslie Fields-Cruz and Denise Green.
A woman discovers a place inhabited by the souls of dead people waiting for redemption.
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