For nearly two centuries, Berean Baptist Church has stood in Crown Heights, serving as a spiritual home and cultural anchor for generations of Black Brooklynites. Its legacy is now being preserved in a new six-part documentary series The Audacity of Faith: Freedom From Freedom To .

The series traces the 175-year history of the church, widely regarded as Brooklyn’s oldest Black Baptist congregation, and its role in shaping the borough’s religious, educational and civic life. Through archival research, interviews and intimate footage, Brooklyn filmmaker Jahleel Hills shows how a single church became a symbol of resilience in a rapidly changing city.

Hills runs his own production company, Hype Man Hills Productions , and has directed comedy specials for Amazon Prime as well as live

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