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UNUM Short: Baseball

UNUM Short: Baseball

Season 2022 Episode 6
4:06
UNUM Short: Elections in Times of Crisis

UNUM Short: Elections in Times of Crisis

Season 2022 Episode 7
6:50
UNUM Short: Ali and Robinson

UNUM Short: Ali and Robinson

Season 2022 Episode 8
4:15
UNUM Short: A Strike that Changed America

UNUM Short: A Strike that Changed America

Season 2022 Episode 11
8:37
UNUM Short: The Vindman Twins on Liberty

UNUM Short: The Vindman Twins on Liberty

Season 2022 Episode 12
6:32
UNUM Chat: A Walk on the Brooklyn Bridge

UNUM Chat: A Walk on the Brooklyn Bridge

Season 2023 Episode 1
10:19
UNUM Chat: The American Buffalo

UNUM Chat: The American Buffalo

Season 2023 Episode 2
30:57
UNUM Chat: Ken Burns and Margaret Renkl

UNUM Chat: Ken Burns and Margaret Renkl

Season 2024 Episode 2
44:02
UNUM Chat: Ken Burns and Drew Faust

UNUM Chat: Ken Burns and Drew Faust

Season 2024 Episode 3
38:19
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UNUM Short: The Mythology of Monuments

Season 2022 Episode 5

During a 1985 interview, Ken Burns asked James Baldwin what the Statue of Liberty meant to him. In this UNUM Short, released amid debate over the removal of confederate monuments, Baldwin's powerful words resonate as we consider why, and for whom, our monuments have been built.