She’s Got a Story to Tell! How Rita Coburn is preserving history through documentaries.

I recently watched a documentary that was so good, I reached out to the producer and asked her to be my guest. She said yes!

In this episode of Sisternomics, I sit down with Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Rita Coburn, director of the PBS documentary W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause.

We talk about what drew her to Du Bois, the surprises she uncovered along the way, and why his ideas still resonate more than a century later.

Rita also shares her own journey from journalism to documentary filmmaking, the power of telling Black stories on our own terms, and what she’s learned about pursuing big dreams later in life.

In this episode:

• Why Rita felt compelled to tell Du Bois’s story

• The four-year journey behind the documentary

• What most people misunderstand about Du Bois

• How storytelling shapes history and culture

• Why it’s never too late to pursue your calling

Watch the documentary

on PBS here: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/w-e-b-du-bois-documentary/34807/

on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/I2_GVDDo0N8?si=-y5MaFIsxTlJuA29

Learn more about Rita and her work at her official website.

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