We are thrilled to bring you the first POV Watch Club After Show. This month we featured the critically-acclaimed 2017 documentary Whose Streets?, a story told from the perspective of the people on the streets of St. Louis (and beyond) following the killing of unarmed teenager, Michael Brown, by the police. Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson, Missouri uprising.

Every month as part of our POV Watch Club, PBS will showcase a POV documentary for you to screen at home. POV is television’s longest-running showcase for independent nonfiction films. Together, we will provide you with free access to a POV documentary highlighting intimate storytelling and contemporary social issues. The last week of the month, we will release an “After Show”—a pre-recorded discussion that highlights how this film can be used in classrooms and dives into relevant social issues in each film. We'll share free lesson plans, reading lists, and discussion guides created with you in mind.

In this month's After Show, you will meet your hosts from the PBS Education team and from POV and witness a hard-hitting, truth-telling conversation between Matthew Kincaid, Founder and CEO of Overcoming Racism, and Elroy “EJ” Johnson, an educator and filmmaker, about the urgency and importance of our February documentary, Whose Streets? The first After Show ends with a familiar and passionate conversation between Courtney Cook and Vivett Dukes, ELA Teacher, activist, and advocate, about ways to bring our free lesson plan and this documentary into your classroom.

This After Show is filled to the brim with conversations about tips and tools for teaching for racial justice, using critical media skills to develop classroom curriculum, and what education for liberation promises and demands in our ever-changing world. We hope you love it as much as we do!

Note: If you haven’t had the chance to watch Whose Streets? yet, we still recommend you tune into After Show to listen to critical conversations about race and racial justice. Whose Streets? is available for free rental in POV’s Community Network. Join Community Network to gain access to POV's award-winning films and digital projects, including Whose Streets?. 

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