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New ASPiRE original series coming in June!

Each week the hosts of Exhale bring you an hour of honesty and entertainment…where nothing is held back! 

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Weekdays 1, 1:30, 7 & 7:30pm et

Julia Baker lost her husband in the Vietnam war, but she finds her own way in life as a working-class African American single mother. 

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Weekdays at 11am & 5pm et

A pair of American agents face espionage adventures with skill, humor and some serious questions about their work.

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This Week on ASPiRE

Join renowned hosts as they explore the best in African American entertainment. 

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Misty Copeland, Dancer

Misty Copeland is a ballerina described by many accounts as the first African American female soloist for the American Ballet Theatre.

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Now/Next Video Block

Music videos from today's top performing artists like Beyonce and Usher, along with up and coming next generation artists who will be music's next superstars.

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Get Lifted Video Block

Todays top performing inspirational and Gospel artists like Mary Mary, Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin and more.

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Exhale

Each week, Angela Burt-Murray, Erin Jackson, Issa Rae, Malinda Williams and Rene Syler of the provocative new talk series Exhale, bring you an hour of honesty and entertainment…where nothing is held back! They’ll open up about family, relationships, money, faith and everything that African American women are talking about.

I ASPiRE Profiles

Ken Ford: At The Buckhead Theatre

Brian McKnight: Just Me

The Root 100

Groundbreaking Comedy

ABFF Independent

Groundbreaking Music

Groundbreaking Movies

They Call Me Mr. Tibbs

Sidney Poitier, as Detective Virgil Tibbs, battles another puzzling murder in San Francisco in this exciting sequel with compelling performances from Martin Landau and Barbara McNair and music by Quincy Jones.

School Daze

In The Shadow Of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth Of Black Cinema

Stompin' at the Savoy

The Good Fight: James Farmer Remembers The Civil Rights Movement

The Color Purple

A Century of Black Cinema: Part Two

Carmen Jones

The Jackie Robinson Story

News

Five “Groundbreakers In Film” Bloom on Aspire in May

Atlanta, GA – April 15, 2013 — On five Thursday nights in May, ASPiRE will air a series of “Groundbreakers in Film,” including premieres of Spike Lee’s incandescent first two films; a popular sequel to Sidney Poitier’s In the Heat of the Night, and

Oscar Grant film ‘Fruitvale’ wins jury prize at Sundance Film Festival

(PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The dramatic film “Fruitvale” and the documentary “Blood Brother” won over audiences and Sundance Film Festival judges. Both American films won audience awards and grand jury prizes Saturday at the Sundance Awards. “Fruitvale” is based on the true story of Oscar Grant, who was 22 years old when he was shot and killed in a public transit station in Oakland, California. First-time filmmaker Ryan Coogler wrote and directed the dramatic narrative.

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6:00 AM

Get Lifted!

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Todays top performing inspirational and Gospel artists like Mary Mary, Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin and more.

7:00 AM

Now/Next Music

Featuring new and popular videos by top performing artists as well as videos from the up- and-coming new stars of tomorrow who will influence the music industry.

8:00 AM

Get Lifted!

<Get Lifted!>

Todays top performing inspirational and Gospel artists like Mary Mary, Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin and more.

9:00 AM

Now/Next Music

Featuring new and popular videos by top performing artists as well as videos from the up- and-coming new stars of tomorrow who will influence the music industry.

10:00 AM

Soul Train

En Vogue, Tyler Collins

The first African American music dance show to feature R&B, soul, hip hop, funk, jazz, disco and gospel. Longest-running, first-run, nationally syndicated program in television history.

11:00 AM

I Spy

Tag, You're It

In San Francisco, Kelly and Scotty are on temporary duty at the departments training school. One of the trainees is a mole for the Soviets. After he kills another trainee, he gets permission to stalk Kelly and Scotty. The veteran agents end up accused and are on the run - for real.

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