UnSettled: Doc on LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Debuts on WORLD Channel
The WORLD Channel series DocWORLD will premiere the film Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America from filmmaker Tom Shepard Sunday, June 28 at 10pm ET/7pm PT.
Following four...
#Blackout Tuesday: The Problem With this Symbolic Protest
As major cities in the United States are in utter and complete chaos over the continued failure to protect or defend the lives of...
Tutwiler: Doc on Pregnancy & Motherhood in Prison Debuts
Tutwiler, a new documentary short directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon (Heroin(e), Recovery Boys) and reported and produced by The Marshall Project’s Alysia Santo,...
COVID -19: Elmo’s Dad George Encourages Overwhelmed Parents
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the lives of people, particularly parents who are often parenting and working simultaneously. Reports of the increased risks of...
Masks: Japanese Method of Making a Face Mask Works
To wear or not to wear? After months of going back and forth over whether people should be wearing face masks to help prevent...
WATCH: Hair Love Wins Best Animated Short Oscar
Matthew Cherry's animated short Hair Love won the 2020 Academy Award for Best Animated short, following in the footsteps of the late basketball star...
E.R. Braithwaite: ‘To Sir With Love’ Author Dies at 104
The New York Times reported E. R. Braithwaite, a Guyanese author, diplomat and former Royal Air Force pilot whose book “To Sir, With Love,”...
Irving Burgie Remembered for Selling 100M+ Records
Irving Burgie, Songwriter who helped bring Calypso to America has died. Burgie wrote the calypso song “Day-O” (“The Banana Boat Song”) which became a huge...
Miss Universe 2019: Miss South Africa Wins Crown
Zozibini Tunzi was crowned Miss Universe Sunday making it the first time Miss America, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe are all...
Podcast: The Burton WireTap™ Episode 1 ( November 14, 2019)
Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Burton WireTap™, The Burton Wire's podcast which discusses topics and issues at the intersection of black culture...
