Ava DuVernay

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'Planet Hip Hop': The music will always be the voice of the people, Samy Alim says

As we wrap up “Planet Hip Hop,” our summer series celebrating 50 years of hip-hop music around the world, H. Samy Alim returns to talk with host Marco Werman about the next 50 years. Alim is an anthropology professor and the director of the Hip Hop Initiative at UCLA. 

'Planet Hip Hop': The music will always be the voice of the people, Samy Alim says
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Yes, they came as refugees, but on ‘Queen Sugar’ this family from Vietnam gets to be so much more

Yes, they came as refugees, but on ‘Queen Sugar’ this family from Vietnam gets to be so much more
Oscar noms

Global themes dominate this year's Oscar nominations

Global themes dominate this year's Oscar nominations