Black lives

The hashtag Black Lives Matter united America’s black population outraged by a lack of civil rights and the abuse of power. Who is at the core of the Afro-American resistance? What do African-Americans want? To answer these questions, our film crew travelled to the poorest neighbourhoods of St. Louis and New York, as well as Ferguson, Missouri. The series explores the significant problems of ghetto dwellers – lack of education, drug abuse, teenage pregnancies, lack of housing, and police brutality. However, the communities won’t put up with the way things are. The series tells the story of how African-Americans fight for their rights, strive for success, lifting themselves out of poverty no matter what.