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La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered

La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered

Season 10 Episode 8
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Kid Candidate

Kid Candidate

Season 10 Episode 9
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The Death of My Two Fathers

The Death of My Two Fathers

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A Decent Home

A Decent Home

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From Here

From Here

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Running with My Girls

Running with My Girls

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No Time to Fail

No Time to Fail

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By Water

By Water

Season 11 Episode 9
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The Cost of Inheritance

The Cost of Inheritance

Season 12 Episode 1
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A Woman on the Outside

A Woman on the Outside

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What These Walls Won't Hold

What These Walls Won't Hold

Season 12 Episode 3
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Liberated Lives

Hundreds of Thousands

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America Reframed

Any Given Day

Season 10 Episode 7

Filmmaker Margaret Byrne follows three formerly incarcerated Chicagoans as they manage their respective mental illnesses while searching for stability in their families, friendships, jobs and housing. While documenting the challenges that are faced at the intersections of a punitive carceral system, poverty and substance use, Byrne reckons with her own history of mental illness.

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In Search of Bengali Harlem
1:22:25
A Harlem playwright unearths the extraordinary pasts of his Bangladeshi immigrant parents.
Liberated Lives
20:01
A family acts to rectify a systemic wrong after a mentally ill loved one's incarceration.
What These Walls Won't Hold
43:36
A filmmaker chronicles his journey beyond walls after being incarcerated at San Quentin.
A Woman on the Outside
1:23:50
A story of Kristal Bush's fight against the impact of mass incarceration in Philadelphia.
The Cost of Inheritance
55:23
Exploring reparations to illuminate the scope and rationale of this complex debate.
By Water
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12:59
A journey into a brother's memories transform into a tool for reconciliation and healing.
No Time to Fail
1:30:00
Local election officials work around the clock to secure the vote and uphold US democracy.
Running with My Girls
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Five female activists run for local office in a grassroots effort to take back their city.
From Here
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1:29:39
Artists and activists fight to redefine belonging on both sides of the Atlantic.
A Decent Home
1:25:44
How are the lives of mobile home park residents impacted by class and economic injustice?
The Death of My Two Fathers
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Sol Guy watches his late father’s tapes -- and confronts the choices of his father’s life.
Kid Candidate
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A 24-year-old artist & musician in Amarillo, TX makes an unorthodox run for city council.
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