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"Wigger" is a spellbinding urban drama, which chronicles the life of a young, White, male (Brandon) who totally emulates and immerses himself in African American life and culture. Brandon is an aspiring R&B singer struggling to overcome the confines of a White racist, impoverished family headed by a neo-Nazi father who is absolutely appalled by his son's total identification with Black culture. Additionally, he is oft times reminded of his position of privilege by virtue of being White in a White, racist society despite his adamant efforts to transcend "Whiteness", institutionalized racism, and find a place for himself in a world in which he rejects Whiteness but is not always fully embraced by African American culture. Ultimately, this is the story of a young White, inner-city, male caught up in an emotional, psychological, experiential, and racial "Catch 22" determined to be granted acceptance in the life and culture with which he chooses to identify.

Students, educators, and Omaha, NE community pillars once again embark on a journey into history as Emmy Award-winning director, Omowale Akintunde, makes a second trip to and feature length documentary on the 45th Presidential Inauguration of America's first Black President, Barack Obama. The first trip and filmed documentary entitled, 'An Inaugural Ride to Freedom,' garnered the 2010 Emmy Award for Best Documentary. That heartwarming and, at times, touching documentary provided an eyewitness account of the first inauguration of President Barack Obama through emerging primary stories representative of a broad array of cultural and occupational backgrounds. It was the cinematic documentation of the joy, the laughter, and the tears as 55 passengers boarded a bus and traveled over 2000 miles for the experience of a lifetime. Omowale Akintunde once again documents history in the making as he takes another group of 55 passengers to the second inauguration of Barack Obama on January 21, 2013.

Winner of the 2010 for Best Documentary-Cultural. This heartwarming and at times, touching documentary chronicles the preparation, experience, and aftermath of the University of Nebraska at Omaha's Black Studies Department, students, and community persons as they embark upon the inauguration of President Barack Obama. A mixture of cinema verity and interview, this documentary provides an eyewitness accounting of the event through emerging primary stories representative of a broad array of cultural and occupational backgrounds. It is the cinematic documentation of the joy, the laughter, and the tears as 55 passengers board a bus and travel over 2,000 miles for an experience of a lifetime.

This gritty, urban melodrama details the life of a 23 year-old African American male, "K.D.," and his contentious love/hate relationship with the two most important female figures in his life: "Trina," the mother of his 6 year old child, "Rashan"; and his mother, "Mama," a proud and determined matriarch. The cast is rounded out by his trio of "partners," Nu Nu, Johnny, and Frankie Boy. K.D. is a conflicted manchild at the epicenter of these characters (Mama 'n' Em) who are all struggling to make him fit their image of who he is supposed to be.

It Takes A Village centers on an African American family of a Middle-Age father who has had to raise his two sons all by himself and now that they are all grown up, he worries if he raised them right. The sitcom is a stand out from Black situation comedy and set to push back on what is the "norm". The series will bend stereotypes and focus on serious subject matter dealing with racial identity, religion, and sexuality.