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Julian Brave NoiseCat on His Memoir, Indigenous Peoples' Day and Hegseth's Wounded Knee Decision
Episode 1
In this powerful Part 2 interview from Democracy Now!, award-winning writer, journalist, and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat discusses his debut memoir, We Survived the Night—a profound work that interweaves his family's survival stories with Indigenous oral histories, legends, an...
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Smithsonian's Lonnie Bunch on telling "unvarnished" history & Trump era
Episode 2
In this essential 2020 Democracy Now! interview, Lonnie Bunch, the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, discusses the critical importance of telling America's "unvarnished" history during a pivotal moment in...
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Director Ryan Coogler discusses "Sinners," Delta Blues & his Mississippi roots
Episode 3
In this compelling Democracy Now! interview, acclaimed director Ryan Coogler sits down to discuss his latest hit film "Sinners" and the deep cultural roots that inform his filmmaking. From his breakthrough with "Fruitvale Station" to the groundbreaking success of "Black Panther," Coogler has cons...
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Rhiannon Giddens discusses Pulitzer-winning opera "Omar" about enslaved scholar
Episode 4
In this powerful Democracy Now! interview, acclaimed musician and composer Rhiannon Giddens discusses her Pulitzer Prize-winning opera "Omar," which tells the extraordinary story of Omar ibn Said, an enslaved Muslim scholar whose life challenges conventional narratives about American slavery and ...
