Teaching America

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A film still from Teaching America shows a classroom of majority Black students students seated at desks arranged to form an aisle down the center of the room. The students’ attention is focused on a Black woman who stands in this aisle. She wears a black T-shirt that reads: “Central High NAACP” with a graphic of Africa in the center.

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Teaching America explores the battle around the teaching of African American studies from inside the classroom, focusing on the transformative journeys of the Arkansas students, teachers and families who are part of the inaugural classes of students taking AP African American studies nationwide.

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Anurima Bhargava

Director

Anurima leads Anthem of Us, a strategic advisory firm that centers dignity and justice in schools, workplaces, and communities. She produces and advises documentaries, chairs the Doc Society Board, and serves on BGDM’s Capacity Council. She led civil rights enforcement in schools at the Justice Department and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Year 2025
Runtime 23 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Director Anurima Bhargava
Producer Anurima Bhargava
Executive Producer Alisa Payne, Sam Pollard (Message Pictures)
Cinematographer Jerry Henry, Josh Makela
Editor Niq Lewis
Production Design Crystal Stoute
Composer Vince Warren
Sound Design LeDerek John Rocque
Music Vince Warren
Premiere World