From the shifting faultlines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan’s America, Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last 25 years.

With a blistering combination of punk and funk they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and political order of the music industry and the nation. Telling it like it is, the iconic Laurence Fishburne narrates EVERYDAY SUNSHINE, a story about music, history, fear, courage and funking on the one.

An inspirational portrait of a young man who starts a business building solar panels from scratch and selling them to rural customers in Mali who’ve never before lived with electricity.

Astoundingly beautiful and epic in scope, That’s My Face (é minha cara) is a personal documentary offering an entire generation of African Americans a groundbreaking perspective on the maddening diasporic search for a mythic motherland.

In healing his own cultural yearnings, director Thomas Allen Harris journeys beyond the political movements of his day and into a spiritual realm where he finds much more then he expects.

Calypso Rose is an ambassador of Caribbean music, a living legend, a charismatic character, the uncontested diva of Calypso Music. Paris, New York, Trinidad, Tobago, back to Africa, in each place, we learn a little more about the many faces and facets of her life.

It is a film not only about memory, the exchange and discovery of world cultures, but also about the journey of a militant and authentic woman, an Afro-Caribbean soul, an exemplary artist, far from the glitz and glitter, at the dawn of her life.

Fishbone was influenced by punk rock and ended up redefining the scene as they crashed onto it.

Born out of the ashes of the crack epidemic, Fishbone allowed their environment to color the tone of their punk rock and it was music to many ears, and a solid political message to others.

Visit the set of AfroPoP 4.0 with host funny man Wyatt Cenac of the Daily show, see what it takes to bring the AfroPoP episodes together as AfroPoP 4.0 arrives with four new titles from the African Diaspora, from Los Angeles to Mali, exploring the lives and contemporary cultures of modern black life.

The Olutunmbi’s is the eight month endeavor by filmmaker Temitope Olutunmbi to document and explore his relationship with religious faith and family. The piece is a cerebral and poetic take on the journey to come of age. Through a blend of observational, verite and conventional documentary techniques, the film unfolds in a series of overlapping sequences.

This structure allows the film to be read in numerous ways by the viewer. My intention however was to explore my relationship between my family and the spiritual beliefs I was raised with in the best way I could. Therefore the depiction of my family in this film is in no way a complete representation of their life and should not be read as such. Despite any ideological differences expressed in this film, I would like any and all viewers of this film to know the deep respect and love I have for my family.  The film was a necessary journey of reflection and expression of my relationship with my family and has allowed me to grow as a son and an artist.

Join funny man Wyatt Cenac host of season 4.0 of AfroPoP as the documentaries take us to Mali, where a young man tries to build a green solar panel business bringing electricity to villages; Brazil, with filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris exploring his roots and stories of identity; Trinidad & Tobago where the legendary Calypso Rose takes stock of her passion for calypso music; and Los Angeles’ punk rock scene as the inimitable Fishbone comes barreling through with their own brand of chaos and music.

Season host Wyatt Cenac introduces the films featured in this round of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange taking us to Trinidad, Brazil, Mali and Los Angeles!