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What is Community Cinema?
Community Cinema is a national civic engagement initiative featuring free screenings and curricula for films from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. In 100 cities and online, community members come together to learn, discuss, and get involved in key social issues of our time. Coming in September, see The Graduates/Los Graduados!
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25:43
With rural hospitals closing, meet the people trying to get help in healthcare deserts.
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1:24:52
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation of a Mars mission.
54:41
Three people navigate their lives with determination in the face of Parkinson’s disease.
Earth Month
55:37
A crew of 12 Mexican tree planters travel the United States regrowing America’s forests.
1:24:54
Midwestern families deal with unseen mental health issues affecting farmers in America.
1:24:13
Women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch startup The 19th* to buck a broken news media system.
55:23
A nun with stage IV cancer teaches others that death doesn’t have to be the end.
1:23:30
A public housing community in Miami becomes ground zero for climate gentrification.
1:23:49
In Palm Springs, a Black neighborhood fights to remove a divisive wall of trees.
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1:51:55
The gripping story of families who risk everything escaping North Korea.
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54:42
As the trial concludes, the people of Victoria, Texas, grapple with shocking revelations.
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54:12
The town of Victoria’s support for the Muslim community wanes as rebuilding efforts stall.