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Far East Deep South

Far East Deep South

Season 9 Episode 8
1:13:21
Black Stories

Sapelo

Season 10 Episode 3
1:31:22
Any Given Day

Any Given Day

Season 10 Episode 7
1:24:30
La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered

La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered

Season 10 Episode 8
52:16
Kid Candidate

Kid Candidate

Season 10 Episode 9
1:08:28
A Decent Home

A Decent Home

Season 11 Episode 3
1:25:44
From Here

From Here

Season 11 Episode 5
1:29:39
Running with My Girls

Running with My Girls

Season 11 Episode 6
1:26:21
No Time to Fail

No Time to Fail

Season 11 Episode 7
1:30:00
By Water

By Water

Season 11 Episode 9
12:59
The Cost of Inheritance

The Cost of Inheritance

Season 12 Episode 1
55:23
Liberated Lives

A Woman on the Outside

Season 12 Episode 2
1:23:50
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America Reframed

The Place That Makes Us

Season 9 Episode 6

A quintessential post-industrial American city is seen through the efforts of a new generation. This film is an inspiring portrait of the people of Youngstown, Ohio who have chosen not to abandon their hometown, but to stay, rebuild and make a life for themselves. THE PLACE THAT MAKES US is a powerful testament of the resilience and dedication it takes to change a community.

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La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered
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52:16
A collective memory of Mt. Pleasant's Salvadoran community and the May 1991 rebellion.
Any Given Day
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1:24:30
A filmmaker and three Chicagoans navigate the complexities of living with mental illness.
Black Stories
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1:31:22
Off the Georgia coast, two brothers grow up in an enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people.
Far East Deep South
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1:13:21
A Chinese American family’s search for their roots leads them to the Mississippi Delta.
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Exploring the Alabama Prison Birth Project at Alabama's women-only Julia Tutwiler Prison.
We Like It Like That
1:15:27
Exploring 1960s music history when Bugaloo defined a new generation of urban Latinos.
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