30 for 30 Shorts - Episode Guide

Episode: 2012-05-15 | Airdate: May 15, 2012

Episode: 2012-09-26 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2012

Episode: 2012-10-25 | Airdate: Oct 25, 2012 (60 min)

Episode: 2012-11-28 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2012 (60 min)

Episode: 2013-01-16 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 2013-02-13 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 2013-02-27 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 2013-03-27 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 2013-04-17 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 2013-05-29 | Airdate: May 29, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 2013-07-24 | Airdate: Jul 24, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 2013-08-14 | Airdate: Aug 14, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 2013-08-28 | Airdate: Aug 28, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 2013-09-25 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 2013-11-06 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 2013-11-20 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 2014-01-31 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 2014-02-12 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 2014-03-12 | Airdate: Mar 12, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 2014-04-23 | Airdate: Apr 23, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 2014-05-21 | Airdate: May 21, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 2014-06-11 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 2014-07-23 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 2014-08-13 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 2014-09-16 | Airdate: Sep 16, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 2014-10-07 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 2014-11-12 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 2014-12-03 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 2015-01-07 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2015 (60 min)

Episode: 2015-01-21 | Airdate: Jan 21, 2015 (60 min)

Episode: 2015-02-25 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2015 (60 min)

Episode: 2015-02-27 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2015 (60 min)

Episode: 2015-03-18 | Airdate: Mar 18, 2015 (60 min)

Episode: 2015-04-01 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2015

Episode: 2015-05-20 | Airdate: May 20, 2015

Episode: 2015-06-03 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2015

Episode: 2015-07-08 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2015

Episode: 2015-07-28 | Airdate: Jul 28, 2015

Episode: 2015-08-19 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2015

Episode: 2015-09-11 | Airdate: Sep 11, 2015

Episode: 2015-09-28 | Airdate: Sep 28, 2015

Episode: 2015-10-07 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2015

Episode: 2015-10-28 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2015

Episode: 2015-11-09 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2015

Episode: 2015-11-11 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2015 (60 min)

Episode: 2015-12-01 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2015 (60 min)

Episode: 2016-02-09 | Airdate: Feb 9, 2016 (60 min)

Episode: 2016-02-16 | Airdate: Feb 16, 2016

Episode: 2016-02-23 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2016

Episode: 2016-03-01 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2016

Episode: 2016-03-08 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2016

Episode: 2016-04-12 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2016

Episode: 2016-04-19 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2016

Episode: 2016-05-03 | Airdate: May 3, 2016

Episode: 2016-05-10 | Airdate: May 10, 2016

Episode: 2016-05-17 | Airdate: May 17, 2016

Episode: 2016-05-24 | Airdate: May 24, 2016

Episode: 2016-05-24 | Airdate: May 24, 2016

Episode: 2016-07-27 | Airdate: Jul 27, 2016

Episode: 2016-08-02 | Airdate: Aug 2, 2016

Episode: 2016-12-03 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2016

Episode: 2017-05-17 | Airdate: May 17, 2017

Episode: 2017-09-12 | Airdate: Sep 12, 2017

Episode: 2017-09-28 | Airdate: Sep 28, 2017

Episode: 2017-12-15 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2017

Episode: 2018-08-03 | Airdate: Aug 3, 2018

Episode: 2018-09-23 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2018

Episode: 2019-03-08 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2019

Episode: 2019-12-22 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2019

Episode: 2021-04-02 | Airdate: Apr 2, 2021

The story of Cuban boxer Teofilo Stevenson, who in 1962 chose to stay in his home country rather than defect, this film examines through the lens of Cuban-American politics how his life and the life of the Cuban people were dramatically altered by the embargo.

Episode: 2021-08-24 | Airdate: Aug 24, 2021

Episode: 2022-09-27 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2022

Documentary about the career and legacy of Louis Sockalexis, the first Native American to play major league baseball.

Episode: 2023-11-12 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2023 (20 min)

There may be no journey more fascinating than the exploration of our roots. There may be nothing more revealing than the discovery of where we come from — our inspiration, our ideas, our culture. In the ESPN short film "Black Girls Play," Stephenson and Brewster chronicle the origins of the hand games that have been played by young Black girls for generations, and their influence on music, dance, and community all across the American creative landscape.

Tracing the beginnings of the games all the way back to the slavery era, the film's collection of illuminating voices — including musicians, music educators and ethnomusicologists — trace a fascinating cultural history that explains the significance of hand games, particularly in the evolution of popular music from jazz all the way to hip hop. The film also explores hand games' influence on style and individualism everywhere from the playground to TikTok videos today. And it also questions why so much of the popular culture to come out of hand games has been dominated by men, when young girls were its original creators.

An enlightening, unexpected, and charming film, Black Girls Play will make you think differently the next time you hear a kid playing a hand game or chanting a playground rhyme — and recognize just how significant an art it has been across the American story.