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The Africas VS. America
The Africas VS. America
CBC

In 1985, police dropped a bomb in a Philadelphia neighborhood. Their target? A family of Black radicals known as ‘MOVE,’ who found... more

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Episodes

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... more

16 May 2023 · 14 minutes
"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... more

21 Apr 2023 · 48 minutes
Mother’s Day

In the early hours of May 13, 1985, police direct residents of Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia to leave their... more

06 Feb 2023 · 52 minutes
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... more

06 Feb 2023 · 53 minutes
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... more

06 Feb 2023 · 51 minutes
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,... more

06 Feb 2023 · 57 minutes
MOVE on Trial

The MOVE 9 are catapulted into the international spotlight, facing more than 900 years between them for the death of... more

06 Feb 2023 · 58 minutes
Hellfire

In 1983, the City of Philadelphia elects its first Black mayor as successor to Frank Rizzo. Woodrow Wilson Goode inherits... more

06 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Elegy

After a commission finds that city officials and police were negligent in their actions on May 13, 1985, a reeling... more

06 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
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... more

17 Jan 2023 · 3 minutes
The Africas VS. America
Why & how Matthew Amha chose to tell the story of MOVE: On stage at Hot Docs
The Africas VS. America