7 movies and documentaries about racism that you should watch now

Jada Pinkett Smith hosted an emotional episode of on Friday, discussing racism in America with her daughter, Willow, her mother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, as well as activists Dr. Angela Davis and Tamika Mallory.The 48-year-old actress started off the episode by noting the significance of Juneteenth on Friday, which marks the true ending of slavery in the United States.

Machine Head have released two new songs that were finished in response to the killings of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery in the US — you can watch the gritty video for ‘Stop The Bleeding’, a collaboration with Killswitch Engage‘s Jesse Leach, below.‘Stop The Bleeding’ is the A-side of the two-song digital release, while ‘Bulletproof’ serves as the B-side.

Amid the civil unrest that has flared in the US cities after the death of George Floyd, Padma Lakshmi opened up about discussing the issue of racism with her 10-year-old daughter Krishna. Ever since Floyd died after police officer Derek Chauvin handcuffed him and kneeled on his neck rendering him unable to breathe, people have been openly protesting against racial injustice in large numbers.

In response to the worldwide demonstrations protesting racial injustice in the wake of George Floyd's death, Netflix has launched a Black Lives Matter collection of films, TV shows and documentaries to help U.S. subscribers better understand the experience of Black Americans.

here.Here are the programmes that Netflix has recommended:This is a film that explores the history of racial inequality in the United States.Created by filmmaker Ava DuVernay, it focuses on how the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.This film follows the killing of Mark Duggan in London in 2011 ignites the worst civil unrest in recent British history.Kalief Browder, 16, spent three years in Rikers Island jail - including two in solitary confinement - awaiting

protests continue to take place across the US and around the world after George Floyd, an African-American man, was killed in Minneapolis on May 25 when a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes and ignored the man’s pleas that he couldn’t breathe.Colston Hall is named after Edward Colston, a prominent 17th Century slave trader who has been a controversial figure in the city of Bristol for many years.

The Killers have shared a live performance of a new version of ‘Land Of The Free’, which includes lyrics about George Floyd — watch their performance below.This revised version of the band’s 2019 stand-alone single comes in the wake of the mass protests across the US and all over the world that have been triggered by the death of Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25.Posting the performance to the band’s Instagram account last night (June 7), Killers frontman Brandon Flowers can

Emma Watson has also made her support of the Black Lives Matter movement very clear after getting backlash for her Blackout Tuesday posts. The Harry Potter actress shared a very powerful message about racism.

Selma Blair has shared her “grief and concern” following the shocking death of George Floyd.

Former Sevilla striker Frederic Kanoute has called on LaLiga to throw its full support behind the battle to eradicate the "virus" of racism.

Emma Watson will not stand for racial injustice, and she made that very clear with her Instagram post on June 3. The actress’s message was inspired by the latest death of a black man, George Floyd, by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, which sparked a widespread conversation about racism in the United States. “I stand with you,” Emma told the black community in her post.

Mark Hamill has praised his Star Wars co-star John Boyega following his emotional speech during anti-racism protests in London.

As the nation reels from the death of George Floyd while in police custody, many Americans struggle to grasp how these crimes against minorities can still occur in the US in 2020.

Activists protesting against the death of George Floyd knelt in the middle of Oxford Road during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Manchester.