Videos By and About African Americans Living Abroad

The African American Association of Ghana (AAAG) produced this 8-minute video highlighting the variety of African Americans choosing to live in Ghana and some of the work of the AAAG.

This video is about Joseph J. Roane, who was part of delegation Oliver Golden organized to assist the Soviet Union in their cotton production in what is now Uzbekistan.  The group of 16 highly trained agricultural specialists arrived in the USSR in 1931.  Roane and his wife continued to work there until 1937, but Oliver Golden remained in Russia for the rest of his life and is buried in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

This is a 12.5 minute video about women of African descent in Rome.  Black Girls in Rome is a creative series curated by Dr. Tamara Pizzoli. 

ESPN and Spike Lee's Lil' Joints produced this 17-minute on the life of David Robinson; son of world famous Jackie Robinson.  David has lived and worked in Tanzania for almost 40 years and among other things, created a coffee collective to assist local farmers.

This is a 1hour 20-minute video with interviews of eight people on what it's like being Black in Japan.   The producers made two versions of this video: this is the longer, full version with more information, stories, thoughts, and explanations.

This is a 7.5 minute video entitled, "Black Doc: China's Black Diaspora."  The main focus of this video is on Blacks in Shanghai.

This short 3-minute video highlighting five young Black women who live and work in Hong Kong.

When African Americans Came to Paris is a 2-minute "trailer" of the one-hour documentary, Paris Noir, by Joanne Burke in partnership with Walking The Spirit Tours.  You can find more information about the full-length documentary here.

This is a 1 hour 11min documentary on Pete O’Neal who has been in exile for almost 50 years; most of that in Tanzania. Pete and Charlotte O’Neal, both former Black Panthers, have created an amazing community-based organization in Arusha, Tanzania; the United African Alliance Community Center.