White guy learns capoeira, there’s a romance, it’s in NYC

Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

A searing portrait of war and prejudice, ‘Only the Brave’ takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII – the Japanese-American 100th/442nd. In 1941, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, overnight Japanese Americans were put into internment camps for the duration of the war. Determined to prove their loyalty, 1400 Japanese Americans successfully petitioned the government to serve becoming the 100th Infantry Battalion. They were sent to North Africa, Italy and finally France were they performed an impossibly-dangerous rescue of the Texas 36th Division. During their two years of combat these men received an unparalleled 21 Medals of Honor, 9,486 Purple Hearts, 8 Presidential Citations, 53 Distinguished Service Crosses, 588 Silver Stars and 5,200 Bronze stars – making them the most decorated unit of their size in American military history. This is their story.

Capoeira is a Brazilian dance performed to African-based music. In a personal film collaboration between two friends, a part documentary, part docu-drama style explores the way this tropical dance is transformed when it reaches Britain.

A realistic look at the life of a young immigrant man who comes to America with the hope of dancing on Broadway.

A Nigerian man travels to America for adventure and has a life changing encounter with a New Orleans artist.

Tells the story of an African immigrant surviving on the fringes of New York City where music is his passion, life is a hustle and falling in love is his greatest risk.

Martha, a young peripheral law student, and Thiago find each other support to face what it is like to be a young black man and live in a city like Rio de Janeiro. Together, they find support, companionship and love, with all the strength and intensity of an Afrocentric relationship. However, Thiago, gets an exchange scholarship at Sorbonne to deepen his research on decolonization processes in Francophone Africa and stays a year away from Martha. Would this love be able to resist the distance? Is it possible to maintain this companionship even without maintaining contact?

An edgy, hip look at urban teen life in NYC, tracing the relationship between a smart Black kid from Harlem and a rich White kid from Park Avenue.

Documentary about the black roots of capoeira.