The Africas VS. America Podcast
1) Host pick: The Outlaw Ocean exposes a new war on poverty
The Outlaw Ocean, according to our host Matthew Amha, “exemplifies the kind of trenchant, deeply reported, serialized journalism that we don't see enough of; and represents the form at its very highes...Show More
2) Why & how Matthew Amha chose to tell the story of MOVE: On stage at Hot Docs
In this live discussion from the Hot Docs festival, Matthew joins Falen Johnson on stage to speak about the stories journalists choose to tell — and how they tell them. He reflects on the personal cos...Show More
Why & how Matthew Amha chose to tell the story of MOVE: On stage at Hot Docs
14:19 | May 16th, 2023
3) "Love, peace and healing": A conversation with Mike Africa Jr. about telling MOVE's story
In this On Air Fest exclusive, host Matthew Amha sits down with activist and MOVE member Mike Africa Jr. to discuss the making of The Africas VS. America and the ethical challenges of telling a family...Show More
4) Episode 1: Mother’s Day
In the early hours of May 13, 1985, police direct residents of Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia to leave their homes, and not return for 24 hours. It’s Mother’s Day, and authorities have come to reso...Show More
5) Episode 2: The Making of John Africa (GI John)
A quiet and reclusive young man is conscripted to war in Korea and returns having been made anew. Vincent Leaphart becomes the enigmatic John Africa, whose revolutionary vision will prove irresistible...Show More
6) Episode 3: The Toughest Cop in America
By the 1970s, both local and federal law enforcement have perfected a system to subvert and neutralize Black liberation movements across the United States. The civil rights movement has been uprooted,...Show More
7) Episode 4: The Commissioner’s Gambit
Complaints from neighbours about MOVE’s lifestyle lead to increasingly violent clashes with police. One confrontation turns deadly, and by 1978, relations between MOVE and city authorities have reach...Show More
8) Introducing: The Africas VS. America
To those that remember, it’s known simply as the bombing of West Philly. In the spring of 1985, the City of Philadelphia became the first in U.S. history to drop a bomb on a family of American citizen...Show More