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Jack & Yaya

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La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered

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Kid Candidate

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The Death of My Two Fathers

The Death of My Two Fathers

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A Decent Home

A Decent Home

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From Here

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America Reframed

Meltdown in Dixie

Season 9 Episode 11

In the wake of the 2015 Charleston Massacre, a battle erupts in Orangeburg, South Carolina between the Sons of Confederate Veterans and an ice cream shop owner forced to fly the Confederate flag in his parking lot. MELTDOWN IN DIXIE explores the broader role of Confederate symbolism in 21st century America and the lingering racial oppression which these symbols help maintain.

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The remarkable life of a fearless Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist.
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A Lutheran pastor's bid to be his district's first Arab American councilman.
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The Currys welcome five international adoptees with special needs into their large family.
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Two transgender best friends celebrate their thirtieth year of friendship.
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While preparing to stage a musical, Chinatown kids discover their own cultural identities.
Far East Deep South
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A Chinese American family’s search for their roots leads them to the Mississippi Delta.
Bring It Home
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An entire community is upended when Lordstown Ohio's auto plant is idled.
The Falconer
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A falconer endeavors to build a bird sanctuary and provide his community opportunities.
The Blessing
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A Navajo coal miner struggles with his part in the destruction of a sacred mountain.
First Vote
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A look at Chinese American electoral organizing in North Carolina and Ohio.
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A loving portrait of two transgender siblings following the 2016 presidential election.
Tutwiler
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Exploring the Alabama Prison Birth Project at Alabama's women-only Julia Tutwiler Prison.
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