Freedom Hill is a co-presentation of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange and WORLD’s Local, USA, a series that profiles diverse people and communities throughout the United States.

“For generations, Black people have been on the receiving end of environmental racism,” said AfroPoP series director/producer Denise A. Greene. “Climate change is intensifying this situation, jeopardizing our health, our property and our very lives. Resita’s film brilliantly uplifts the daily struggles facing our people, ensuring that our voices are heard and the plight of our people is centered in the conversation on climate.”

Three other films are presented in season 16 of AfroPoP, which showcases stories and lives from across the African diaspora. Commuted, by Nailah Jefferson, is a documentary exploring a woman’s efforts to rebuild her life after having her triple life prison sentence commuted by President Obama. Two narrative feature films from Kenya were also highlighted this season: Supa Modo by Likarion Wainaina, a magical tale of a village that helps a terminally ill young girl achieve her dream of becoming a superhero; and Mbithi Masya’s Kati Kati, an award-winning, supernatural film following a woman with amnesia on an exploration of life and death.

The films of AfroPoP season 16 can be streamed online on the WORLD YouTube Channel, the Black Public Media YouTube Channel and on the PBS App. Viewers can also check their local listings for broadcast re-airings on their local WORLD and PBS stations.  

For more information about AfroPoP, visit https://worldchannel.org/show/afropop/ or https://blackpublicmedia.org/afropop/.