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Professional Experience: A Black Perspective

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Featured short films

Black in the Newsroom – Elizabeth Montgomery lands her dream job as a reporter in a major U.S. newsroom, but ends up fighting a deep-rooted system of harm.

Bootless II: An Origin Story – The story of Dr. Russell Ledet from the rarely talked about perspective of a black man in active duty service and medicine. Dr. Ledet chronicles his journey through attempting to land a residency spot to train pediatrics, adult and child psychiatry.

Becoming Black Lawyers  – When five Black lawyers set out on journeys to receive a professional legal education, they did not realize that they would have to struggle against battles even more challenging than the rigors of learning the law in a hypercompetitive environment. They discover the contradictions of studying in an institution that idealistically represents "justice" for all.

If These Locs Could Talk – This film explores the importance and connections African Americans have with dreadlocks. Everyone has a story to tell, but the commonality we have is the journey of learning more about ourselves through our hair.

Passing the Crown – This documentary focuses on the effort to pass the CROWN (Creating a Respectful Open World for Natural Hair) ACT in Oklahoma. The CROWN ACT is a law to prevent racial-hair discrimination at workplaces and schools. The documentary was filmed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, home of Black Wall Street, and includes hair discrimination against African Americans, Muslims and Native Americans.

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