Kendall Moore, a University of Rhode Island professor whose powerful films about race, the environment and other issues have raised understanding, discusses her long commitment to social justice and her many award-winning movies, including “Jalen and Joanna: A Lead Paint Story,” about a black mother and her now-grown son who was poisoned by lead paint, and “Sovereign Nation/Sovereign Neighbor,” about the brutal treatment of Native Americans.

This is an audio version of a broadcast of the Story in the Public Square TV and Sirius/XM Satellite radio program, recorded in the studios of Rhode Island PBS and hosted by me, G. Wayne Miller, and Jim Ludes of the Pell Center at Salve Regina University. Story in the Public Square is a partnership of the Pell Center and The Providence Journal. For more, visit providencejournal.com.