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Season 26 Episode 1
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Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen

Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen

Season 26 Episode 2
1:25:41
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 1

Dallas, 2019 | Episode 1

Season 26 Episode 3
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Dallas, 2019 | Episode 2

Dallas, 2019 | Episode 2

Season 26 Episode 4
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Dallas, 2019 | Episode 3

Dallas, 2019 | Episode 3

Season 26 Episode 5
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Dallas, 2019 | Episode 4

Dallas, 2019 | Episode 4

Season 26 Episode 6
54:56
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 5

Dallas, 2019 | Episode 5

Season 26 Episode 7
48:03
Minted

Minted

Season 26 Episode 8
1:16:04
Without Arrows

Without Arrows

Season 26 Episode 9
1:25:25
Changemakers

The Strike

Season 26 Episode 10
1:24:40
The In Between

The In Between

Season 26 Episode 11
1:23:21
Skin of Glass

Skin of Glass

Season 26 Episode 12
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If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis

Season 25 Episode 18

Rural hospitals around America are closing at alarming rates, leaving communities without care. Oscar and Emmy-nominated director Ramin Bahrani visits Appalachia, where American communities are left with limited or no access to healthcare. Explore the rural healthcare crisis in the South through the eyes of those struggling in it and the dedicated doctors trying to reach them.

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Three families are transformed when a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
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Home Court
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The coming-of-age story and rise of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy.
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Father and son bond on an ambitious 350-mile bike ride in this portrait of familial love.
Skin of Glass
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How the turbulent history of her architect father's iconic building reflects Brazil's own struggles.
The In Between
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A filmmaker returns to her hometown on the U.S.-Mexico border to reflect on growing up fronterizo.
Changemakers
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How a small hunger strike against solitary confinement turned into a massive statewide protest.
Without Arrows
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A champion grass dancer returns home after 13 years to reconnect with his Indigenous culture.
Minted
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The rise and fall of the NFT phenomenon that transformed the art world.
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