A series of 16 shorts on how NYC communities of color view their "State of America" and what they're doing to make changes. Topics range from the continued impact of homeland security measures on South Asian and Muslim communities, to police brutality, to slavery era reparations, to the women MC movement and Domestic Workers organizing. Titles: "Among the First to Die", "Dastaar", "Fulton and Franklin", "Just Ralph", "Latino Poets Speakout", "Military Options", "Military Promises", "Rising Up: The Alams", "Saj: A Muslim in America", "She Rhymes Like A Girl", "Untold Legacy", "Voices in the Street", "Work and Respect".