Earning an 2023 Emmy Nomination for HBO, Akil Gibbons directed and produced the pilot episode of “Level Playing Field” docu-series about cyz and the story of “Midnight Basketball” in American federal politics.

Midnight Basketball revisits President Bill Clinton’s 1994 crime bill to understand how a few lines of funding for a youth sports program became the touchpoint in a racialized national debate over the decision between investing in crime prevention versus punishment.

In this exclusive BET News primetime special, airing just months before one of the most consequential presidential elections in American history, award-winning veteran journalist Ed Gordon sits down with President Biden tells BET NEWS he would only step aside “If I had some medical condition that emerged", in one of his final interviews before dropping out of the race and endorsing Kamala Harris.

The five-part Dallas, 2019 captures the pulse of a city and its people while also portraying a nation in crisis. This docu-series is a 5 episode and 5 hour series exploring the criminal justice system, health system, educational system, city planning, and existentialism in society.

Filmed in pre-pandemic Dallas, Texas, the series follows the lives of public representatives — a Dallas County Court Commissioner, the Dallas City Manager, the DISD Superintendent and Dallas County Sheriff, the Chief Medical Examiner, the Dallas County District Attorney and the Dallas County Director of Health and Human Services, among others — and the varied constituents they represent.

With over 3.4 million views for Vice Media, Akil Gibbons hosts and produces this story on “The Slavery Detective of the South” meeting genealogist Antoinette Harrell, who tracks down cases of modern-day slavery and abusive labor practices. We talk to a man - Arthur Wall - whose family was held on a plantation against their will into the 1960s, and Antoinette explains how she uses decades-old records to uncover how slavery was perpetuated long after the Civil War ended into modern day.

Akil Gibbons directed this CNN series “Forces of Change” for AT&T profiling the inventor of the modern microphone, a black man from the Jim Crow South Dr. James West, who led a Black Scientific Renaissance at Bell Labs - considered the most influential corporate laboratory in the world - helping to launch programs that funded scholarships and led to careers of hundreds of successful Black scientists in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

Today, his daughter Ellington West carries on his legacy as CEO of a medical device and software company working at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence. She cites her father’s work advocating for women of color as a model for how she runs her company and a reason why she continues to push for change.

The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic , a “journalist” and American-Woman, travels the world to learn about the policies, cultural shifts, and badass women that have catapulted other countries ahead of the United States which ranks #49 (out of 144 countries*) when it comes to gender equality. But can Lydic successfully use the lessons she learns in Iceland (#1), Namibia (#13) and Spain (#24) to help turn The Best Country in the World into The Best Country in the World for Women?

“America in Black” is a new original primetime series featured on BET, Paramount+ and CBS News streaming that will elevate the issues, stories, and people impacting Black America through its unique coverage of stories that go beyond the headlines, and the inclusion of interviews and profiles of celebrities.

The upcoming news series will air one-hour episodes featuring award-winning CBS and BET journalists — including Gayle King, Marc Lamont Hill, Ed Gordon, Michelle Miller, Jericka Duncan, Wesley Lowery, Errol Barnett, Danya Bacchus, Skyler Henry and more.

With over a 1.1 million views on VICE's youtube, Akil Gibbons hosted and produced this Atlanta episode of the Google sponsored series Streets By VICE exploring the city’s impact on the civil-rights movement and its present day dominance in hip-hop and pop culture.

Atlanta is one of the most culturally & historically rich cities in the United States. In this episode of Streets by VICE, we'll meet everyone from civil rights leader Juanita Abernathy, to Atlanta street artists, to councilmans, to some of the most influential hip hop producers in the game Zaytoven and Organize Noise, as they educate us about their Atlanta.

In this series for CNN and AT&T called Forces of Change, brilliance doesn’t have a color—it illuminates all things. Yet too often some of the brightest people have been denied opportunity because of systemic racism and structural barriers. In the 1970s, compelled in part by the Civil Rights Movement, AT&T developed a pipeline of technical talent from underrepresented groups that fed into the Bell Labs system. Now referred to as the “Black Scientific Renaissance,” these pioneers made tremendous advances that altered the course of history.

BET Remembers Kobe Bryant was a 3-hour live memorial service from the Staples Center honoring the life of the iconic five-time NBA champion, and Academy Award winning producer, Kobe Bryant and his 13-year old daughter Gianna Bryant who tragically died with 7 others in a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020.

Reaching 1.5 Million views, Akil hosted and produced this Vice documentary about a leaked FBI assessment and it’s operation, “Black Identity Extremists” are a new group of domestic terrorists who pose a serious and violent threat to American law enforcement. The assessment is based on unsubstantiated grouping of unrelated police shootings and has drawn much public scrutiny for its apparent advocacy of racial profiling and similair tactics to COINTELPRO.

As the first film of Mastercard’s “One Billion and Beyond” campaign, the story takes place during the covid-19 lockdown in New York City. Sheila Black founded LiHA, her mobile boutique in a converted delivery truck, in the heart of New York City’s Harlem community. But her business came to a screeching halt in March when the COVID pandemic struck New York City.

Sheila was forced to take her shop off the street — and was unsure what the future would bring. Help came from non-profit Grameen America, a microfinance organization which is investing heavily in women entrepreneurs in 15 U.S. cities, including Harlem.

The original 'Blade Runner' broke barriers in the world of special effects when it premiered in 1982. Now, the creators behind 'Blade Runner 2049' are going even bigger. VICE toured the sequel's set with the folks who brought it to life, speaking with the production designer, producer, and director Denis Villeneuve to see how it all got made.

Watch On the Fly: Adventures at Altitude, an 8-episode docuseries developed and produced by TIME Studios that shares the epic stories of people passionate about flying premiering.

Up in the air, everyday people do extraordinary things. They dare, they help, they inspire, they dream. In every episode of On the Fly, three stories come together to help define the passion, excitement and stakes of general aviation.

After the tragic murder of Grammy Nominated rap artist Nipsey Hussle on March 31, 2019, BET honored his legacy by providing a commercial free live broadcast of his memorial service at the Staples Center with host Marc Lamont Hill and documentary tribute film to his life, music, activism, and world impact.

Nipsey Hussle born Ermias Asghedom was beloved by many for his positive message and influence reaching back to underserved communities - his legacy and life work was explored in this BET special with discussions moderated by Marc Lamont Hill. The funeral service included emotional tributes from Stevie Wonder, Snoop Dogg, Minister Farrakhan, a letter penned by Barack Obama, Nipsey’s family, and many more.

For JT, a young man wanting to make his way into the Silent Murder Crips, joining the gang is about family: getting close to a group of men that care about him, and are willing to back him up if he ever finds himself in trouble. But getting initiated isn't easy. We follow JT through the process of joining the crips, what drew him to the gang, and hear why he's willing to be "squared in"—suffering a brutal beating at the hands of those he calls brothers.

Motivations for joining the gang are varied, but commonly fall within one of the following: Fellowship and Survival - the gang functions as a community and may provide support and protection lacking in the environment. Shot in Brooklyn, New York in 2017 this piece looks and the mentalities and environment that produces gang culture and violence.

Hosted by political analyst Angela Rye with an all-star panel including Corey Booker, Shaun King, Remy Ma, and more discussing what’s at stake in the critical 2018 midterm election. Akil directed and produced the issue based field profiles on women’s rights with Ayanna Pressley the first black woman to be elected into Congress in Massachusetts, Wesley Bell the first black man to be elected as state prosecutor in Ferguson/St. Louis, and Latosha Brown co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund in the Black Belt of Alabama. Watch the Full BET Television Special Here at BET.Com

This prime-time television special hosted by Soledad O’Brien, brings together presidential candidates (Kamala Harris and Corey Booker) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus Karen Bass and Val Demmings) to discuss mass incarceration and reform with students from HBCU’s, black activists, and the formerly incarcerated in D.C.

The one-hour special highlights the stark racial disparities that plague America’s criminal justice system with produced video packages on the school-to-prison pipeline, the for profit cash-bail system, parole & probation, and over 50% recidivism rate for the formerly incarcerated. In America there are currently over 2 million people locked up in jail or prison and more than 4 million under correctional supervision.

VICE sits down with acclaimed actor Michael K. Williams from “The Wire”, “Boardwalk Empire”, and more, for an exclusive look into his new TV series 'Hap and Leonard.' The actor also gives an intimate account of how his life has impacted his work, both on and off screen.

In the first episode of Humans+, Motherboard dives into the world of future prosthetics, and the people working on closing the gap between man and machine. We follow Melissa Loomis, an amputee from Ohio, who had experimental nerve reversal surgery and is going to Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Lab to test out its latest Modular Prosthetic Limb, a cutting-edge bionic arm funded in part by DARPA.

This militia group, called the Georgia III% Security Force, is part of the Three Percenter movement, which is inspired by the unfounded claim that only three percent of colonists fought against the British in the American Revolution. In the backwoods of Georgia, a controversial, right-wing, "anti-terror" militia group gathers once a month to complete field training exercises under the command of Chris Hill—a.k.a Blood Agent.

VICE joins Hill and the Georgia III% Security Force during one of their monthly gatherings to see how they prepare themselves to "defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic" and see what they'll do to protect their guns.

Richard “Pee Wee” Kirkland began playing basketball in the streets of Harlem when he was 9-years-old. By age 13, he split his time between playing ball and committing robberies to help finance a growing drug empire. With law enforcement on his tail, Kirkland found himself behind bars twice between 1971 and 1988. From there, he made a change, becoming a motivational speaker and inspiring young, inner-city athletes to take a different path out than he did.