Black Lives Matter: A Global Reckoning - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Italy
Alzo Slade takes a deep dive into the treatment of Black Italians, both immigrants and natives to Italy. The country's citizenship laws and treatment of immigrants are explored.
Brazil
Yousra Elbagir investigates systemic racism, police brutality, & religious persecution against the Black Brazilian population, and what anti-racist activists call a Black genocide.
Denmark
The murder of Phillip Mbuji Johansen, a young mixed-race Dane, causes Denmark to confront its complicated view of racism and treatment of Blacks.
Israel
The murder of Ethiopian Israeli teen Solomon Teka by an off-duty police officer sparks outrage. Ethiopian Jews confront issues of identity and racism in the fight for justice.
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