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Far East Deep South

Far East Deep South

Season 9 Episode 8
1:13:21
Curtain Up!

Curtain Up!

Season 9 Episode 9
1:09:10
Jack & Yaya

Jack & Yaya

Season 9 Episode 12
1:23:45
Hayden & Her Family

Hayden & Her Family

Season 9 Episode 14
56:14
Brooklyn Inshallah

Brooklyn Inshallah

Season 9 Episode 15
52:24
Her Story

Fannie Lou Hamer's America

Season 10 Episode 1
58:41
For the Love of Rutland

For the Love of Rutland

Season 10 Episode 2
1:24:24
Sapelo

Sapelo

Season 10 Episode 3
1:31:22
Asian American Pacific Islander Stories

Geographies of Kinship

Season 10 Episode 5
1:19:46
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
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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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Far East Deep South
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A Chinese American family’s search for their roots leads them to the Mississippi Delta.
First Vote
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A look at Chinese American electoral organizing in North Carolina and Ohio.
Tutwiler
45:22
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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