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StoryCorps Shorts: Then and Now
Sisters Janaki Symon and Melissa Wilbur grew up in New York and settled across the country from each other as adults. The StoryCorps MobileBooth was in town when Melissa was visiting her sister, and Janaki invited her to sit down and talk about their relationship.
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1:14:01
A hypnotically cinematic love letter that untangles a family’s painful unspoken past.

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Ahmed must find a way to get his son’s remains back home to Morocco so he can say goodbye.

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Two stories of quilted heirlooms and generational nostalgia.

24:50
Two stories of women who trailblaze and persist.

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A portrait of the experiences unique to displaced queer people fleeing violence at home.

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Families traverse tradition and memory in marking new phases of life.

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1:22:54
Two South African friends born intersex change what we think about being male or female.

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52:52
A debt-laden grad turns Tokyo Uber Eats biker, confronting the gig economy's harsh truths.

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1:23:02
Inuit activist Aaju Peter embarks on a personal journey for Indigenous people's rights.

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1:22:09
An intimate observation of the war in Ukraine unfolds inside of a volunteer aid van.

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1:22:55
Revolutionary at 21. Lawmaker at 23. Most Wanted at 26. Nathan Law's fight for freedom.

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1:22:53
A deaf Kurdish boy's transformative journey to communicate through learning sign language.