AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange
AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange
AFROPOP: THE ULTIMATE CULTURAL EXCHANGE, the innovative documentary series on contemporary life, art and pop culture in the African Diaspora. Four films introduce powerful stories: African boxers journey across the Atlantic to match their skills against the best in the world; a teenage girl travels to Ghana and an expatriate from Sierra Leone returns to his homeland, each hoping to dispel prevailing myths about the two countries; and, Hurricane Katrina victims find themselves refugees in their own country.
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AfroPop | AfroPoP - Dear Mandela Filmmaker Chat... (#502)
AfroPoP interview with filmmakers Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza. 03:07
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AfroPop | AfroPoP - Dear Mandela (Trailer) | PBS (#502)
Young South Africans from shantytowns put the promises of democracy to the test. 02:08
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Afropop | A Day Without Mines
Full Program: Filmmaker Adisa visits a village in Sierra Leone and commits himself to improving the lives of the youth who end up... 09:29
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All Upcoming Episodes
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Riseup (#303)
Follow some up-and-coming voices in Jamaica's music scene. [56 minutes]
- Mon, June 10, 5:00 PM on IPTV World
- Mon, June 10, 8:00 PM on IPTV World
- Tue, June 11, 1:00 AM on IPTV World
- Tue, June 11, 9:00 AM on IPTV World
- Tue, June 11, 3:00 PM on IPTV World
- Sat, June 15, 4:00 AM on IPTV World
- Sun, June 16, 10:00 PM on IPTV World
- Mon, June 17, 2:00 AM on IPTV World
- Mon, June 17, 10:00 AM on IPTV World
Past Episodes
These episodes of AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- Calypso Rose: The Lioness of the Jungle (#404)
- Burning in the Sun (#402)
- That's My Face (#403)
- Everyday Sunshine (#401)
- Mrs. Goundo's Daughter (#305)
- Uprooted & Sanza Hanza (#304)
- Stolen (#504)
- 125 Franco's Boulevard/Nora (#302)
- Haiti: One Day, One Story/The Other Side of the Water: The Journey of Haitan Ra Ra Band (#301)
- Riseup (#303)
- Dear Mandela (#502)
- A Lot Like You (#501)