A Documentary Film
Interstate
"The path forward for America crushed the dreams of many Americans."
Directed by Oscar Corral & Haleem Muhsin — an ExplicaMedia production
"The path forward for America crushed the dreams of many Americans."
Directed by Oscar Corral & Haleem Muhsin — an ExplicaMedia production
Interstate is a feature documentary examining both the engineering ambition of the U.S. Interstate highway system and its devastating impact on Black communities across America. Through the stories of Overtown (Miami), Rondo (St. Paul), Trémé (New Orleans), West Baltimore, and Montgomery, the film reveals how eminent domain and highway routing decisions from the 1950s–1970s displaced families, erased neighborhoods, and severed generations of Black wealth and community — scars that remain unhealed today.
Oscar Corral has pioneered a unique brand of narrative non-fiction storytelling: entertaining, educational, inspiring. His previous documentaries include Tom Wolfe Gets Back to Blood, the Emmy-award winning Exotic Invaders: Pythons in the Everglades, and Making it in America, all of which have run nationally on PBS, as well as the award-winning Return of the Panther, used in universities around Florida to teach wildlife conservation and on display at Big Cypress National Preserve's visitor center. Besides PBS, Corral's films have run in dozens of theaters nationwide, been reviewed by Vanity Fair, USA Today, NPR, and ABC World News, and licensed by Netflix and Amazon. As a former investigative reporter for the Miami Herald, Newsday, and the Chicago Tribune, Corral brought those skills to his most recent film, The Fellowship of the Springs, an indictment of Florida's regulatory oversight of its freshwater springs. He produces corporate and commercial work through his company, Explica Media.
Haleem Muhsin is a South Florida-based cinematographer and video storyteller whose passion for storytelling has led him to locations around the country, from Los Angeles to Miami. When he's not filming documentaries, he's finding his cinematic groove in music videos and event storytelling. He has worked with Explica Media for more than 10 years and has collaborated with filmmaker Oscar Corral on multiple award-winning projects.
Interstate is currently in discussion with PBS for national broadcast, offering sponsors a rare opportunity to reach a large, engaged public-television audience while supporting an urgent, under-told chapter of American history. Sponsorship supports final post-production and PBS-compliant delivery, and connects your brand to a landmark work of public-interest, historical journalism.
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