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Asian people in lab coats, helmets, and suits stand in front of backdrop illustrated with lab equipment, technological devices, and financial symbols.

Faces of influential Black Americans dispersed across frame. February calendar page and map of the U, S in background. Caption. To focus on and learn more about black culture.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Black History Month (Spanish)

Color illustration of ancient Aztec people honoring loved ones who have passed away. Caption. The Day of the Dead began over 3,000 years ago.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) (Spanish)

Aerial view. Rows of flaming clay lamps fill frame. Title card reads, "Diyas." Caption. Diwali is named after the clay lamps, or diyas.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Diwali (Spanish)

Digital illustration of Jesus Christ framed by a golden halo and standing in the doorway of a tomb. Caption. Christians believe Jesus Christ came back to life.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Easter (Spanish)

Series of illustrated Biblical scenes from Abraham's life. He is shown walking and working with his son.

Aerial view of crowds lined up for prayer in front of illuminated mosque.

A gold menorah lit with flames superimposed in front of a mud brick wall with a doorway framing the moon.

Digital illustration of 2 calendars open to September and October with 15 circled on both. Title card reads, "Hispanic Heritage Month." Caption. September 15 through October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Hispanic Heritage Month (Spanish)

Series of blue toned illustrations depicting stories of Hindu deities and demons. Caption. It began as an ancient Hindu celebration.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Holi (Spanish)

Zulu man beats drum in foreground while giraffes stand in background. Caption. The Inuit in the Arctic regions, and the Zulu in South Africa.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Indigenous Peoples Day (Spanish)

Title card reads, "Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras." Blurry image of man standing behind a table laden with food in background. Caption. The English translation of Mardi Gras from French.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Mardis Gras (Spanish)

Digital illustration of green topographical map with brown cutouts of the human figure marking various locations. Caption. It honors the indigenous people who lived on the land.

Crowd of people wearing dirndls and lederhosen cheer in foreground. Old map and portrait of nineteenth-century couple in background. Caption. The 40,000 guests had such a good time.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Oktoberfest (Spanish)

Digital illustration of a post and lintel streaked with red. Pyramid structures and moon in background. Caption. So the plague would pass over them.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Passover (Spanish)

Collaged illustration. Queen Esther wears a purple dress and gestures towards King Haman who wears a red robe and gold hat. Caption. And persuaded the king to ignore the decree.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Purim (Spanish)

Shofar superimposed over the image of an ornate synagogue sanctuary with light streaming in. Title card reads, "Shofar." Caption. Is blown 100 times to celebrate the story of creation.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Rosh Hashanah (Spanish)

Digital illustration. Statue of St. Patrick stands atop map of Ireland. Caption. Who converted many people in Ireland to Catholicism.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: St. Patrick's Day (Spanish)

Mottled gold image of a Buddha statue that blends into gold background. Title card reads, "Buddha Purnima. Buddha Day." Caption. Also known as Buddha Purnima, or Buddha day.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Vesak (Spanish)

Family smiles at camera with synagogue sanctuary in background. Caption. They'll go to their synagogues for special prayers.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Yom Kippur (Spanish)

Illustration shows blue and red women with swords in their hands looking up at a white Hindu God that has their head cut off and blood pouring out of their neck like a fountain.

Illustration shows a man with hair in a curled cone shape holding fire in his hand. Behind him are tall trees. Text reads, “Orun. Aye.”

Woman stands outside and holds both her hands up by her face with another person’s hand reaching in between them like they are doing a choreographed dance.

Aerial view of an intersection in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

Man wearing a white face mask holds onto a wooden cane. Caption reads, "he is still my mestre."

Man wearing a black hoodie stands staring at us on the sidewalk in Baltimore. An older man walks behind him.

Two men Capoeira dance as the rest of their dance team watches and claps around them in a school gymnasium.

Woman dances on train tracks in Chicago, Illinois.

Person balances sideways on the back of someone a person wearing a purple hoodie as they dance the Lindy Hop in a Harlem park.

Woman dances on the side of a hill next to a large body of water.

Erika “Big Red” Stowell walking through Detroit, Michigan.

Two people dance as a group of people watches behind them in a gymnasium.

Amit Patel wears a white top and khaki pants as he dances on a stage with a projection of a dock and moonlit water behind him.

Man blows into a tuba. Caption reads, "the devils arrive and take the body."

Black and white images in mid transition.

Black and white image of a man playing the violin and another man next to him playing the accordion.

Man and a woman dance in a gazebo.

Screenshot of an Instagram post of a girl dressed in pink roller skating outside.

Woman looks at us as she dances. Three men dance behind her.

Man wearing a traditional native American pow wow vest and skirt next to dancers with multiple hoops.

View of long, twisting tree branches.

Man in an NYC t-shirt and baseball cap dances in front of the entrance of a building.

Mural on the side of a building with distinct cultures and people present in Oakland, California including Different African American communities, Latino communities, and Asian American communities.

Man dances in front of train tracks and a mural of three paintings of a man dancing during a sunset.

Black and white advertisement for a gay club. Text reads, “The Second Story, A Private Gay Club In the City of Brotherly love is Opening its Doors in Mid-November Call.”

Black and white film strip of a man jumping up with his arms out wide.

Native dancer performs on a stage as an audience of people watch on.

Dancer performs and stares at us with furrowed brows. Two other dancers are behind them, mimicking their movements. There is a wall painted with different murals behind them.

Black and white photo of building rubble on fire.

Woman with a pink scarf stands with her back towards us on a small platform on a hill that overlooks San Francisco, California. Text reads, “Zapatap.”

View of three people’s legs and torsos as they walk down a corridor

Two women wearing flowing white dresses dance as men wearing red shirts play music for them. They perform near a large mossy rock.

Angel Alviar-Langley holds their arms up as they sit on a rock and dance. A younger child and teenager sit on a rock next to them in front of a fountain.

Person with long hair whips their head forward.

Woman ice skates as she holds her leg up in the air and balances on one skate. The ice rink she skates on is outside with a Museum in the distance.

Young girl talks to us in her living room as she holds a tub full of slime in her hands.

Still image from: Reframing the Narrative: Blacks in Ballet

Woman in a black blazer stands next to a large computer monitor. She looks past camera as her hands gesture with thumbs and pointer fingers bent parallel to 1 another to form brackets.

Multi-panel virtual interview shows windows with different speakers forming a gridded background, and one window featuring a woman wearing a red shirt and glasses appears to pop forward in focus.

Woman wearing a white lab coat, sitting in front of optometry equipment and an examination chair, looks at us while speaking.

Closeup of a hand holding a wooden tool while carving lines of Lapita inspired patterns into the rim of a moist clay plate. Red and gold clothing in background. Title bar reads, "Pottery-making Fiji-style. Oasis T, V. 2012."

Still image from: The Backbone