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Homegrown: Documentary Shorts Collection
One Family, Three Generations of Racial Justice Leaders
Season 1
Episode 4
Follow Rachel Willis, a third-generation resident of Lansing, Michigan, as she advances her family’s legacy of community activism. As she pursues political office, the practical and emotional labor of civic leadership begins to take its toll.
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14:17
An unlikely monument in the Colorado mountains connects an Iraqi filmmaker with his ancestral home.
15:10
Two Black families return to their ancestors’ land in New Mexico to reclaim its stolen history.
15:30
Explore Escambrón Beach as people come together to protect its coastline from overdevelopment.
14:45
Examine the state of public schools in the U.S. Virgin Islands 7 years after devastating storms.
10:27
Indigenous people in Minnesota attempt to revitalize their language through technology.
12:00
The Soomaal House of Art in Minneapolis is the nation’s first Somali-American art center.