| February is the time for many different | | | | the past. |
| things--Groundhog Day, the potential dulling of a long | | | | While HBO is no stranger to bringing educational |
| winter, President's Day weekend, and of course, Black | | | | programming to satellite TV, The Black List: Volume 3 |
| History Month, the opportunity for people to pay | | | | is a whole other highly personal level of bringing |
| special attention to contributions made by | | | | people's individual stories to the small screen. Most of |
| African-Americans to the rich tapestry that is the | | | | the people interviewed are household names, such as |
| United States. Accordingly, a number of different | | | | Whoopi Goldberg, Dr. Michael Lomax, and John |
| television channels make an effort to play films | | | | Legend. Famous and acclaimed writers alike do the |
| directed or written by prominent African-American | | | | interviewing, leading to questions far more insightful |
| directors and screenwriters, as well as to run historical | | | | than what usually comes along with |
| documentaries that address the tumultuous past that is | | | | made-for-television documentaries. |
| just as much a part of America as any other element. | | | | More than simply insight into the world as it is |
| While there are ample options for viewers seeking | | | | experienced today by African-Americans, The Black |
| educational programming relating to Black History | | | | List: Volume 3 is also an excellent example of |
| Month to choose from, nowhere on satellite tv are the | | | | educational programming done right. With its focus on |
| options richer than with HBO. For the third year running, | | | | individual stories rather than attempting to fit an entire |
| HBO is debuting another installment of its annual | | | | history into an hour or two-hour block, it offers a unique |
| program, The Black List. In its third volume, this | | | | way of getting regular television viewers to sit down |
| special-edition HBO programming offers a truly | | | | and pay attention to their nation's history, without even |
| incredible breadth of insight from different | | | | realizing that it is what they are doing. It turns satellite |
| African-Americans who come from every imaginable | | | | TV into a valuable learning tool without making it overly |
| background. | | | | evident to the audience that there is learning to be |
| Set up as a deeply personal documentary series, the | | | | done, and that is why it is so successful as a |
| likes of which is usually not see on television | | | | documentary. |
| channel-produced programming, over a dozen different | | | | So while there are a number of different options to |
| prominent African-Americans are asked questions | | | | choose from when deciding how to better experience |
| about everything from their own personal experiences | | | | Black History Month, don't neglect to tune in to HBO at |
| to how their backgrounds have shaped not just their | | | | some point to experience some of the gripping and |
| careers, but how they think about the world. The | | | | compelling interviews that The Black List: Volume 3 |
| documentary offers a truly incredible look into what it is | | | | has to offer. Even if you think you've heard it all |
| like to grow up African-American in America, how | | | | before, these incredibly insightful and personal |
| things may have changed and not changed over time, | | | | interviews will have you thinking--and feeling--otherwise |
| and what it's like to make your way in a world where, | | | | in no time at all. |
| unfortunately, discrimination is not always a figment of | | | | |