
Marley Dias founded the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign when she was in elementary school, and at 15 years old, she now hosts her own Netflix show. Dias joins us to discuss "Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices," which features Black celebrities reading children’s books by Black authors.
[REBROADCAST FROM APRIL 19, 2018] Before there was Oprah, there was Ellis Haizlip. From 1968 to 1973, Haizlip hosted the public-television variety show "SOUL!," which celebrated Black arts and politics in a time when broadcast media was almost entirely white. Haizlip's niece, filmmaker Melissa Haizlip, pulls from archival footage and interviews in her new documentary "Mr. SOUL!" to examine the story of her uncle, America's first Black TV host. The film is now screening in virtual cinemas through September 24th.
A new issue of Aperture Magazine celebrates Indigenous photography and lives. Artist Wendy Red Star joins us to discuss guest editing the issue, which she conceived as an inspirational roadmap for young Native artists.
Host Kim Haas joins us to discuss her new PBS show, “Afro-Latino Travels with Kim Haas.”
A new exhibition features the work of artist Luchita Hurtado, who gained recognition in her late 90s after a decades long career of drawing and painting. Hauser & Wirth Partner Graham Steele joins us to discuss her life and legacy in "Luchita Hurtado. Together Forever," up now in Chelsea.
WNYC arts and culture editor Jennifer Vanasco gives suggestions for what to do this weekend with kids, while safely social distancing.