10 Best Documentaries of 2017
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From families in Philly to protests in Ferguson, sweat shops in Calcutta to head trips in Haight-Ashbury – our picks for the year's best, boldest docs
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A Year Inside the Black Lives Matter Movement
Posted in: Politics NewsHow America's new generation of civil rights activists is mobilizing in the age of Trump
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St. Louis Protests: Everything You Should Know
Posted in: Culture NewsProtests erupted after former police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted for murder in the 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith
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AMC Developing Series Based on Black Lives Matter Book ‘They Can’t Kill Us All’
Posted in: TV News'Washington Post' reporter Wesley Lowery penned the book in 2016; writer LaToya Morgan will adapt it for the screen
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‘Whose Streets?’ Review: Portrait of Ferguson May Be the Doc of the Year
Posted in: Movie ReviewsPowerful you-are-there portrait of how a community raged in the aftermath of tragedy – and reacted with activism – could not be more vital
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Sleater-Kinney, R.E.M. Supergroup Unveil Debut Album, Talk Anti-Trump Shows
Posted in: Music NewsFilthy Friends is Peter Buck and Corin Tucker's new bluesy, guitar-driven rock band
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Death of Freddie Gray: 5 Things You Didn’t Know
Posted in: Culture FeaturesHosts of 'Undisclosed' podcast discuss the death, investigation and trials that shocked Baltimore
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How Black Bodies Liberated the Movies of 2016
Posted in: Movie NewsFrom 'Birth of a Nation' to James Baldwin, 'Lemonade' to 'Moonlight' – this was the year racial repression and representation became a major theme
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Lil Wayne on Black Lives Matter: ‘What Is It?’
Posted in: Music News"I don't feel connected to a damn thing that ain't got nothin' to do with me," rapper says. "If you do, you crazy as shit"
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Inside Hip-Hop’s New Activist Era
Posted in: Music FeaturesAs the Black Lives Matter movement reaches a boiling point, artists face a difficult question: How should they respond?
