In 1932, a group of twenty Harlem Renaissance artists and intellectuals, including Langston Hughes, sailed to Moscow to make a communist propaganda film, only to be forced to confront racial bias that has followed them to the other side of the world.

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It’s been three days since Wade went missing. Alex is worried something might have happened to him but her dad, Bill, is more concerned how they’ll pay rent without him. After visits from a disgruntled drug dealer and a jealous girlfriend, the weekend of sex, drugs, and lies boils to a head with everyone asking, “Where’s Wade?”

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After a lifetime of predictability, Queen Hatsheptsut’s life implodes when the Pharaoh dies, forcing her to tap into her own masculinity in-order-to take over ruling Egypt. Caught in a world of power and performance, Hatshepsut reinvents herself with a drag persona, fully stepping into the title of Pharaoh, causing those closest to her wonder if she’s gone too far.

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It’s Chelsea’s 14th birthday at midnight tonight, but until then, her older sister, Andrea is in charge. The two try to pass time while waiting for the rest of the sleepover guests to arrive. But when it’s nearing midnight and no one has showed, Andrea suspects something else is going on.

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It’s December 5th, 1969, and your favorite civil rights activist is back with another episode of The Commune of Mutual Aid and Education for the People. Today, we have special guest J. Edgar Hoover to talk about FBI sanctioned raids, COINTELPRO, and the use of state violence to suppress the movement. I’ve also heard the director might bring along a special friend who may or may not have just won the presidential election running on a platform Law and Order.

In this Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood parody, we will get a brief glimpse into the politics of late 60’s as told by Angela Davis with small brain teasers, a puppet show and good old fashion slapstick comedy.

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Sally Hemmings and Thomas Jefferson are enjoying an evening in Monticello when Thomas offers Sally “anything your heart desires.” But he hesitates when Sally asks for the only thing she truly wants: her freedom. He’s the most powerful man in the country. She’s barely 3/5ths of a person. Will Sally become a free woman? Does Thomas really love her as much as he says? Can a person who is property consent?

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Queen Ayasha is enjoying her life as the sole ruler of the Sister Isles until an envoy from the Motherland delivers an ultimatum: get married within the year, or lose your crown.

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A gaye band of wenches, witches, and cross-dressing bitches fight their way through colonial America before the impending revolution, dreaming of starting a female-only homestead, until they become implicated in a political plot and are forced to take in a disgraced redcoat, who represents everything they’re fighting against.