Films with: Farrell, Leslie D.

African American lives

A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.

DVD 4057

Slavery and the making of America

This program examines the history of slavery in the United States and the role it played in shaping the new country's development.

DVD 3683

This far by faith African American spiritual journeys /

"This Far by Faith celebrates the triumph of the African-American religious experience through the last three centuries. From the arrival of the early African slaves through the Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Era, and into the 21st Century, This Far By Faith explores the epic struggle of a people whose faith was continually tested, and how that faith became a force for social change that helped transform America socially, politically, and culturally." -- container.

DVD 2318