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POV Shorts: This Sacred Place
Season 35
Episode 506
New worlds unfold in stories of tradition and hometown pride. You Can’t Stop Spirit centers the Baby Doll Mardi Gras masking tradition: a group of self-liberated Black women who created an alternative social space where they are encouraged to be free. In Coming Home, Palestinian-American dancers use traditional Dabka to connect with their homeland.
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Photographer James Balog brings the 15-year Extreme Ice Survey project to a close.
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