Using photomontage re-creations, interviews, animation, original field footage and recordings, this film examines the forgotten legacy of Melville Herskovits. The controversial Jewish anthropologist's writings in the 40s and 50s challenged widely held assumptions about race and culture by insisting that we look at the world through each other's lives and histories. By Llewellyn Smith and Christine Herbes-Sommers.

Discover other PBS programs honoring and celebrating Black History Month in February 2010.