Celebrating the Culture: Kwanzaa 2025
In honor of Kwanzaa, a holiday celebrated around the world since the mid-1960s, we’re sharing a collection of titles exploring that explore the guiding pillars that keep this tradition close to home, in our communities, and in our hearts. This collection features titles that provide visionary, artfully crafted, and poetic cinematic representations of the cherished values of Kwanzaa.
POV Shorts: The People Could Fly
Video has Closed Captions
S38 Ep802 | 21m 48s | A poetic look at roller rinks as sanctuaries for Black culture, joy, and resistance. (21m 48s)
Video has Closed Captions
S38 Ep13 | 1h 23m 5s | Poet and activist Staceyann Chin chronicles her journey of healing, forgiveness, and mothering. (1h 23m 5s)
Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions
S35 Ep501 | 24m 2s | An artist’s canvas becomes an embattled space. (24m 2s)
Video has Closed Captions
Special | 14m 41s | A joyful portrait of Mermaid and Milan, chosen sisters and ballroom divas. (14m 41s)
Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Special | 14m 19s | The Race to Pit Row - NASCAR’s first black woman pit crew member. (14m 19s)
Video has Closed Captions
Special | 9m 43s | A meditation on Detroit unveiling the fluid nature of memory in familial legacies. (9m 43s)
Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Special | 15m 7s | Black women create a space for freedom through the Baby Doll Mardi Gras masking tradition. (15m 7s)
Video has Closed Captions
Special | 12m 19s | A portrait of the life and work of Jamaican New Yorker and visual artist Michael Richards. (12m 19s)
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship