The Express Way with Dulé Hill

Culture Series / 1 Season

The Express Way with Dulé Hill is a premium documentary series that explores the power of the arts. Led by renowned actor, dancer, and singer, Dulé Hill, the series captures diverse artists’ stories from across America, celebrating community, humanity, and the transformative potential of creative expression.

53m 16s / TV-PG

Incarcerated Playwrights Speak Out Against Violence in Chicago

16m 5s

Dulé Hill meets members of the Andre Theatre Collective to learn how their production of a play by incarcerated playwrights aims to break the cycle of violence and mass incarceration of black men in Chicago.

Blending Latin Folk and Bluegrass Music

16m 59s

Dulé Hill arrives in North Carolina to meet Joe Troop, the creator of “Latingrass” music. Joe and Venezuelan refugee, Larry Bellorín, are blending Latin folk with Appalachian bluegrass music to show music has no borders.

Finding Identity as a Black Appalachian Artist

14m 51s

Dulé Hill meets the Grammy-nominated, Appalachian musician, Amythyst Kiah. Amythyst discusses the Black community’s contributions to American traditional music, and how she processed her grief over her mother’s suicide.

Fighting for Syrian Refugees with Soul Music

11m 32s

Bassel Almadani is a Syrian-American musician who is using his platform to bring awareness to the civil war and refugee crisis in his family’s homeland. Off-stage, Bassel teaches refugee children to keep their culture alive through music.

Learning to Dance While Deaf

11m 42s

Shaheem Sanchez is showing the world that the “deaf can dance.” Dulé Hill learns how Shaheem taught himself to dance after going deaf at the age of four, and the dancer’s mission to ensure that deaf people aren’t limited by their disability.

Dulé Hill’s History of Tap Dance

7m 45s

Dulé Hill has been tap dancing since the age of three, and launched his career shortly after when he was cast in the national tour of the Broadway show, The Tap Dance Kid. Dulé explores his love of tap, and the history of this American dance form.

Revitalizing Nightlife in San Francisco’s Chinatown

10m 3s

San Francisco Chinatown’s golden era saw showgirls, Broadway stars and businessmen nightly, but by the 1970s, the entertainment scene had disappeared. Now, a multigenerational alliance has formed to revive its historical vitality.

Reimagining the Mariachi Charro Suit

8m 36s

Dulé Hill meets the founder of Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles to learn more about how the world’s first LGBTQ+ mariachi group is re-imagining the traditional charro suit. From fabric selection, to rainbow details, tailors create unique ensembles.

Fighting for the Right to Speak Spanish

8m 13s

In 1969, the Latino students of Crystal City, TX, staged a school walkout that sparked a revolution and changed history. The story inspired the play “Crystal City 1969” by Latinx theater company, Cara Mía Theatre.

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