Michael T. Barry Jr. is a historian, writer, professor, and award-winning documentary filmmaker focusing on modern American cross cultural experiences. Barry has worked on multiple documentary film and videography projects for acclaimed artists and institutions.

He has also screened his own films at historic venues like AS220 and RISD as well as hundreds of film festivals and events across the nation, where they have been named official selections and nominated for dozens of awards, winning Best Short Documentary at the 2019 Rhode Island Black Film Festival and Best Feature Film at the 2016 Nyack Film Festival. 
 
Barry has contributed written pieces to outlets like Truthout, The Activist History Review,  Black Perspectives, The Gainesville Sun, Sport in American History, The Enquirer Gazette, The Blackprint, and The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. He has also contributed photos and commentary to USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, History Channel, Vice, and Reuters.​

​Barry earned his Bachelor's in History and Africana Studies from the College of the Holy Cross and holds Master's Degrees in American History and in World History. He can be contacted @MTBarryJr.  

Awards

"Splash" New Teacher Award, Bishop McNamara Caritas Awards, 2021

Best Short Documentary, U Street Contested, Rhode Island Black Film Festival, 2019

Best Feature Film, The Universal Soldier: Vietnam, Nyack Film Festival, 2016

Carter G. Woodson Award  in Africana Studies Art and Scholarship, 2014

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Teaching

History of the United States: Colonial Times to 1865

History of the United States: 1865 to Present

Human Rights Advocacy: Law and Social Justice

Malcolm X and Human Rights

​History and Film

​Documentary Film Studies

Global Studies

       Africa

       Middle East

       Asia