Monochrome: Black, White & Blue

1940–2015

S1 • E3

60 min

A look at 75 years of American history, where racism reframed inequality in the guise of a "new world", where a black American became president but young black men were killed by police with little recourse, and where uprisings ensued.

Country

United States

Release date

January 07, 2017

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