Titles added in the last six months
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Elders
ELDERS introduces readers to the poets who laid the groundwork for today's Black poetry renaissance Added March 23, 2026
California Newsreel | 114 minutes
Warriors
The Black Arts Movement swept through the 1960's as the literary arm of the Black liberation movements of those years Added March 23, 2026
California Newsreel | 114 minutes
Seers
The poets who began publishing in the 1970's broaden the scope of African American poetry Added March 23, 2026
California Newsreel | 114 minutes
Initiates
Highlights the younger poets who represent the promise and diversity of Black poetry in the 1990s. Added March 23, 2026
California Newsreel | 27 minutes
Gwendolyn Books Tribute
A tribute to Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks Added March 23, 2026
California Newsreel | 27 minutes
Roots and First Fruits
Discusses the major influences shaping the creative origins, poetic voice and stylistic approach of some of America's most important poets Added March 23, 2026
California Newsreel | 60 minutes
Cross Pollination in the Diaspora
Reflects upon the reciprocal influence between Black American poets and writers from the rest of the African literary Diaspora. Added March 23, 2026
California Newsreel | 60 minutes
Blooming in the Whirlwind
Locates Black poets within their historic moment Added March 23, 2026
California Newsreel | 60 minutes
Cultivating Form, Creating the Black Aesthetic
Seven poets discuss and demonstrate the formal and stylistic characteristics of an evolving Black aesthetic Added March 23, 2026
California Newsreel | 58 minutes
Cultivating a Poetry of Social Change, Resistance and Truth-Telling
Recalls the key role played by poets as architects of the Black Arts Movement Added March 23, 2026
California Newsreel | 84 minutes
