Documentaries By Soledad O'Brien Shown on Indian Television

GRB Entertainment offers alternative programming worldwide and that includes a slate of new titles to debut at MIPCOM offered as English language programming in India.

The package includes CNN documentaries from Soledad O’Brien and her Starfish Media production company.

In Babies Behind Bars, follow the lives of female inmates in a remarkable program allowing them to raise their babies while they serve times.


Black & Blue tells the shocking real-life stories of young black men facing persistent racial profiling and police brutality.

In Black In America and Latino in America, both multi-documentary collections, Soledad O’Brien explores interpretations of race and cultural identity for people living in the United States.

Did Soledad O’Brien "School" CBS host Bob Schieffer?

The headline reads "Soledad O’Brien schools CBS host: Black protesters deserve to ‘survive an interaction with police’" and goes on to describe how Soledad tried to explain to Schieffer that the protests over law enforcement “criminalizing” black communities were about much more than the recent deaths of black men in Missouri and New York.

“Anybody who thinks that what is happening right now [with the protests across the country] is only about Eric Garner, is only about Michael Brown is really missing what is happening in black America,” she pointed out. “African-Americans feel that they are treated differently in the criminal justice system, they are treated differently under the law.”

“There is this aggressive targeting of black people,” O’Brien added. “That doesn’t happen in white communities, and it’s that anger over so many years that is really percolating up now.”

In her recent CNN documentary Black in America: Black and Blue, she found that 90 percent of the 5 million stop-and-frisk stops in New York City never resulted in arrests.

“Those people had done nothing,” she explained. “So 90 percent of the blacks and Latinos that were stopped in stop-and-frisks in New York City didn’t do anything. Imagine what that does psychically to a culture if you ‘fit the description,’ which means you’re black, male, 19 to 25.”

“I think the challenge is that it’s not being applied proportionally,” O’Brien declared. “For example, if you are arresting and stopping people where many of them haven’t done anything, you create a culture in that community — even a high-crime community — where people feel like they are being criminalized, even those — as we saw in our documentary — who haven’t done anything.”

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Black and Blue Premieres Tonight on CNN with Soledad O'Brien

Soledad O’Brien uses the tragic death of Eric Garner, who was choked to death by New York police, as the launching point for a special  TONIGHT at 9 p.m. on CNN.

"Black & Blue” is part of her Black in America series and focuses on whether New York police too often use excessive force when questioning or detaining in black communities.

O’Brien talks to several men who say they have been repeatedly stopped or physically abused.

She also talks to Police Commissioner William Bratton and others about police policies and practices.

Soledad O’Brien interviews New York Police Commissioner William Bratton
in the CNN special ‘Black & Blue.’

Trailer for CNN's 'Black and Blue' with Soledad O'Brien

Black In America - Black & Blue Reported by Soledad O'Brien (Official Trailer)



“Black in America: BLACK & BLUE – Soledad O’Brien Reports” Premieres Tuesday, November 18 at 9 PM ET on CNN

Black in America: Black & Blue on CNN

Soledad O'Brien is making the rounds at CNN today. You can watch her on AT This HOUR at 11:45am ET, CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin at 3:40pm ET, and CNN Tonight.

Tune in tomorrow at 9pm ET for the premiere of Black in America: Black & Blue on CNN