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REEL SOUTH
A Decade of Reel South
For all the wonders of the South — the food, the music, the people, the land — the collective heritage of the region is complicated, to say the least. But the ability to witness and understand that complexity and foster empathy is more important than ever. Which is why REEL SOUTH exists.
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In 1971, one of the worst industrial tragedies in U.S. history shook rural Georgia.
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Two Korean-American adoptees meet their birth mothers for the first time.
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An Alabama inmate fights to keep a jailhouse romance alive while advocating for parole.
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An ode to the poetry and power of the American South’s diverse landscape and its stewards.
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Hear the gospel of 83-year-old Mother Perry and her legendary music group The Branchettes.
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Louis Armstrong was an icon, but for Sharon, he was the father she could never reveal.
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One man standing in the way of a petrochemical plant expansion refuses to give up.
