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AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, is back this year with a fresh mix of features, documentaries, narratives, and short films presenting contemporary stories from across the globe. Co-produced by Black Public Media and WORLD Channel, the series reflects the spirit, ingenuity and resilience found among people of the African diaspora.

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Freedom Hill

AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange: Season 16 Episode 4 | 47m 23s | CC

Princeville, NC sits atop wet, swampy land along the river. In the 1800s, the land was deemed uninhabitable by white people. After the Civil War, this indifference left it available for freed enslaved Africans. Once called ‘Freedom Hill,’ it was gradually established as an all Black town. But the town has been inundated with flooding...and with each flood, a little more of the small town erodes.

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Funding for AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Funding for Local, USA provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Wyncote Foundation.