Black Lives Documentary Series
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Black Lives: Struggle. Still dreaming of racial justice in St. Louis' black neighbourhoods
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Black Lives: Liberty Maze. Inside America’s homeless epidemic
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Black Lives: Hope . Gospel or gangsta rap, same message, different vibes
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Black Lives: Truths. Residential segregation legacy keeps America divided
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Black Lives: Agents of Change. Failing schools versus community education in America
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Black Lives: Illusion. Teenage motherhood, single-parent families, and the child poverty trap
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Black Lives: Addiction. Insiders speak about the murky drug trading world in the US
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Black Lives: Deadlock. Black Lives Matter vs the Ku Klux Klan: Racial tensions spark anger in the USA
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Black Lives: Doom . Choosing between good and bad in black US neighbourhoods
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Black Lives: Trap. Why civil rights aren’t enough to make the American Dream come true
Black Lives: Doom . Choosing between good and bad in black US neighbourhoods
Can skin colour dictate a black person’s future? Some say their skin speaks before their words and blame racial prejudice for having no chance in life. Others prove that regardless of skin colour, your “current situation doesn’t have to be your final destination.”
This episode of Black Lives focuses on the stories of black men from troubled neighbourhoods, who managed to turn their lives around: Shariff Griffin, a barber, learned his craft in jail by cutting hair for cigarettes, but these days he’s earning a living and not planning to return to the old habits that landed him in prison; Crazy Ted, an ex-gang member, chose to start over after miraculously avoiding jail time, and postman Dayne Black, who never even considered breaking the law for a quick buck after witnessing his stepfather steal money for another fix.
Black lives: the Doom episode provides an honest portrayal of life in deprived areas where crime is rife, and asks whether its residents are predestined to exist amid poverty, crime and drugs.