LibGuides: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources: Multimedia for Adults

About This Page: Multimedia for Adults

Movies, TV, Podcasts + More for Adults

Includes multimedia related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Please note that while some of this material may be appropriate to share with older children and teens, it has been curated with an adult audience in mind. Questions? Feel free to contact a CVSD Librarian.

Vlogs and Videos

Say it Out Loud (PBS)
A vlog celebrating Black culture, context, and history. Hosts Evelyn from the Internets and Azie Dungey give you a comedic take on identity and pop culture. The show explores the complexity of Black experience and finds joy in the many ways Black folks have influenced American life.
Decoded (MTV)
A weekly series tackling race, pop culture, and other uncomfortable things, in funny and thought-provoking ways.
The ABCs of LGBTQ+
A vlog that provides information about LGBTQ - related topics.
The Path to Ending Systemic Racism in the U.S.
Ted talk, with multiple speakers including Dr. Bernice King.
How to Outsmart Your Unconscious Bias
Ted talk.

Television

Podcasts

Nice White Parents
A new series debuting 7/30 about building a better school system, and what gets in the way of that.
1619
Four hundred years ago, a ship carrying enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. This audio series examines the long shadow of that fateful moment.
Code Switch
Hosted by journalists of color, this podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. The hosts explore how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between.
About Race
A lively multiracial, interracial conversation about the ways we can’t talk, don’t talk, would rather not talk, but intermittently, fitfully, embarrassingly do talk about culture, identity, politics, power, and privilege in our pre-post-yet-still-very-racial America.
Pod Save the People
Organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with analysis from fellow activists Brittany Packnett and Sam Sinyangwe and writer Dr. Clint Smith III.
The Stoop
Hosts Leila Day and Hana Baba start conversations and provide professionally-reported stories about what it means to be black and how we talk about blackness.
Seeing White
Recent events have turned a challenging spotlight on White people, and Whiteness, in the United States. This series explores what it means to be White.

Feature Films

13th
An examination of how racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in America. Currently FREE on youtube.
Just Mercy
A drama based on the life work of civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson. Available via streaming services.
The Hate U Give
Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Available via streaming services.
King in the Wilderness
Chronicles the final chapters of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. Currently FREE on youtube.
10 must-watch documentaries about Black history (PBS)