LANGSTON brings you the film, gOD-Talk, the culmination project of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture, in association with the Pew Research Center, five-year study of Black Millennials and faith. gOD-Talk explores the lives of seven Black Millennials—Atheist, Buddhist, Christians, Muslim, African Traditional Religion, and Spiritualist—and the challenges and discoveries they have with faith in the 21st century. The film follows CANDICE M. BENBOW (Atlanta) multi-genre theologian, RASHID HUGHES (Upper Marlboro, MD) yoga and mindfulness teacher, TRE’VELL ANDERSON (Los Angeles, CA) journalist, CHAVONNI TAYLOR (Los Angeles, CA) host and producer, DIAMOND STYLZ (Houston, TX) non-profit leader, MAKKAH ALI (Chicago, IL) educator, and MICHAEL WORTHAM (Brooklyn, NY) educator. According to the 2015 “Religious Landscape Survey” and 2021 “Faith Among Black Americans Survey” by the Pew Research Center, American millennials—persons born between the years 1981 and 1996—are less religious than older Americans. While millennials are less likely to ascribe to traditional forms of religious observance, the study maintains that they remain religious, nonetheless. With the rise of the “spiritual but not religious” designation has come the overall decline of participation in mainline religious traditions; and while the decline in Black religious communities has not been as drastic, there are still lingering questions concerning the relevance, mission, and overall purpose of organized religion in the 21st century for Black American Millennials. From issues pertaining to gender and sexuality, abuse and trauma, hip-hop culture and music, gentrification, race and racism, patriarchy, and more, the film explores a rising phenomenon of religious and spiritual shifts among the most religious demographic in the U.S, Black Americans.
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