Video Library

This is the most southerly of the tribes who live in Ethiopia's Omo Valley. In this harsh world, there are times when members of the Dassanech tribe lose their cattle and goats, and with them their livelihood. The way they deal with this, by switching to an alternative means of support by the shores of Lake Turkana, is an example of how life has to adapt in fundamental ways in the face of some of the most inhospitable conditions in the world. The short piece shows the tribe's view on female circumcision

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Video segment reveal the reasons behind high incarceration rates of black males locked up in Chicago jail. Interview with a 'revolving door' inmate who, rather intelligently, explains what motivates black males to make bad choices. In future issues of emPower, social writer Frank Lucas will take a closer look at this serious issue affecting young Black males.

"Africa: Open For Business" probes into the world of successful African businesses, exposes myths and debunk fears surrounding doing business in Africa. With concise segments following successful African and Africa-based entrepreneurs, decade-long Journalist, Carol Pineauâs’ film shows resilient and creative businesses who meet and exceed international standards everyday.

A first look at an upcoming feature-length documentary film about the legacy of slavery in America. Two David Wilsons from different sides of slavery bound by history, confront each other about race in America today.

A documentary tells the story of Mario and his mom, who is struggle with substance abuse

This is a clip from the documentary called Boys of Baraka. The documentary is about a group of African American children, struggling in school and in the housing projects of Baltimore, who get a chance to go to Kenya for two years to change there lives.

The Alliance for Lupus Research presents the Faces of Lupus. A series of six stories told by people directly affected by this debilitating disease.

In Zimbabwe, the percentage of people who believe their standard of living is getting better has declined from 15% in 2006 to just 4% in 2008. (AP)

This is a clip from the documentary called Boys of Baraka. The documentary is about a group of African American children, struggling in school and in the housing projects of Baltimore, who get a chance to go to Kenya for two years to change there lives.

Report shows how extreme drought has devastated Mandera, Kenya.

Photographer Serena Kefayeh turned her lense on the city of New Orleans, documenting the destruction that remains and the lives left unresolved nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf coast. Source: The Center for American Progress

SistahGirl: Black Women & HIV/AIDS documentary project profiles the lives and experiences of HIV positive Black women from all over the United States who will journey to sub-Saharan Africa to meet other HIV positive women activists. SistahGirl also examines the complex reasons behind the high rate of infection in Black women and what can ultimately be done to slow its spread.

SistahGirl: Black Women & HIV/AIDS documentary project profiles the lives and experiences of HIV positive Black women from all over the United States who will journey to sub-Saharan Africa to meet other HIV positive women activists. SistahGirl also examines the complex reasons behind the high rate of infection in Black women and what can ultimately be done to slow its spread.

The feature discusses the reasons why women of African descent develop more aggressive forms of cancer.

War began in Sierra Leone in 1991. During the eleven years of war, children in Sierra Leone were severely affected. The roles and struggles of young girls during the war in Sierra Leone have not been widely acknowledged. Kadiatu's story highlights one young women's strength and resilience to the horror and atrocities that took place in her home. Kadiatu's story is taken from the documentary series, BUT WE ARE STRONG, which tells the untold stories of five young women who survived Sierra Leone's civil war. Source: Save the Children UK

Police dogs assigned, ballots in the dark, and the State of New Hampshire denies having any information about the K-9 Unit assignment. Then changes their mind when this video hits YouTube, says they are "looking for the records." Sarasota citizen Jeannie Dean provides graphic evidence about the state of your democracy right now.

A victim of domestic violence shares her survival story.

This presentation, produced by the Save Darfur Coalition, is designed to provide a religious and moral context for the atrocities in Darfur informed by the comments of religious leaders in the U.S. and Europe.

A movie of Michael Moore’s tour of colleges in battleground states during the 2004 election, with a goal to encourage 18-29 year olds to vote, and the response it received. Please note this documentary is a one hour and 40 minutes.

A historical account into the destruction of the black district of Greenwood Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921.

The documentary is the breathtaking documentary of Grammy Award-winning musician and Keep a Child Alive (KCA) Co-Founder Alicia Keys' month-long trip to Africa to visit communities affected by HIV and AIDS.

It is a film that explores the issue of gun violence. Five established experts and numerous young people were interviewed for their perspective on this complex and incredibly troubling problem.

20/20 explores the infant mortality rate among black women in Memphis, TN, which is the highest in the U.S

Chip Saltsman stirred controversy when, in his campaign to be the next RNC chairman, he distributed copies of a song called "Barack the Magic Negro." The song originally aired on Rush Limbaugh's talk radio show. MSNBC's Tamron Hall weighed in on the controversy, saying she wouldn't find it funny if someone called her "Tamron Hall the Magic Negro Anchor Lady." (ThinkProgress.org)

This provocative news documentary takes a critical look at media images--how they are instituted, established and controlled. The documentary also examines the relationship between the historical and existing media images of women of color and raises the question of whether they may be suffering from a self-image disorder as a result of trying to attain the standards of beauty that are celebrated in media images.

This film explores the international collision of HIV/AIDS policies while following the journey of two HIV-positive women who enter the contest in Botswana. Filmed across Africa and at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto this explosive ethnographic film shares both sides of an ideology struggle.

emPower publisher talks to people who attended the inauguration on January 20, 2009.

A St. Louis, Mo. school district says as many as 50 students may have been exposed to the virus. Harry Smith talks to Normandy School District Superintendent Stanton Lawrence. (Source CBS News)

This short documentary shows testimonies of how climate change affecting people from around the world. Climate change has been at the forefront of international debate with a focus on the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. The social and humanitarian implications of climate change, however, are only beginning to be brought to public and political attention as a systemic issue of deep concern. The adverse impact of climate change primarily affects the world's poorest and most vulnerable; the very people who contribute the least to climate change suffer the most -- a striking injustice.

India is the next AIDS time bomb waiting to explode. It has the second-highest HIV-positive population in the world after Sub-Sahara Africa, with an official tally of 3.5 million HIV-positive residents and an unofficial count of closer to 5 million.

At the heart of every community, the church in Africa has the potential to be a surrogate family for children orphaned by AIDS. They are willing, but they need back-up and resources from the global church community. Tearfund's mission is to galvanize more than 100,000 congregations across the world to help in situations like these.

This short documentary examines the risk of HIV within marriage and the particular challenges facing married women.

This film outlines how WaterAid is changing people's lives in Tanzania, India and Burkina Faso through the provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. The film highlights the importance of using community participation and low cost, appropriate technologies to ensure the sustainability of WaterAid's projects.

Rwandans have been struggling to put the pieces of their lives together 15 years after the genocide that killed at least one million people, most of them were ethnic Tutsis. The UN set up an International Criminal Tribunal to prosecute those behind the genocide, but it's been heavily criticized for being expensive and ineffective Yvonne Ndege reports from Murama in central Rwanda. (Source: AlJazeeraEnglish)

In the village of Madoga, trained community health workers from Nigeria and Benin Republic work together to reach all the children in the community. They are part of a mass campaign synchronized between eight West African countries that has aimed to reach more than 50 million children with the polio vaccine over the last four days.

How does the simple act of planting trees lead to winning the Nobel Peace Prize? Ask Wangari Maathai of Kenya. In 1977, she suggested rural women plant trees to address problems stemming from a degraded environment. Under her leadership, their tree-planting grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, defend human rights and promote democracy, earning Maathai the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. In this clip of TAKING ROOT: The Vision of Wangari Maathai, see how the Green Belt Movement grew from a basic need for water and firewood, and how Wangari Maathai started it all. (Source: PBS)

In a city where only 55 percent of black and Latino children finish high school, KIPP has a graduation rate of 100 percent.

Over the past year, the College Bound Brotherhood – a project of the Mitchell Kapor Foundation - gave $400,000 in grants to 15 organizations doing college readiness work with young, African American men in the Bay Area – men like David Thomas. (New America Media) This video can also be viewed on emPower's homepage.