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Best of Enemies
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The debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley during the 1968 political conventions.
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Meet the Patels
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Actor Ravi Patel, whose traditional Hindu parents are eager for him to find a mate, enters the semi-arranged marriage system in America.
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Best and Most Beautiful Things
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The story of a quirky young woman's pursuit of love and freedom. Michelle Smith is legally blind and on the autism spectrum; and, after graduating from Perkins School for the Blind near .. show full overview
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Containment; Excerpt From Uranium Drive-in
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Governments around the world struggle to protect future generations from nuclear waste; excerpt from "Uranium Drive-In."
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What Was Ours
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A Shoshone veteran, a teenage powwow princess, and an Arapaho journalist discover their purpose on the Wind River Indian Reservation as they seek lost artifacts.
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The Witness
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Bill Genovese investigates the 1964 murder of his sister Kitty, who was stabbed to death in Queens while 38 bystanders did nothing—at least, that's how the story was reported by the New .. show full overview
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Birth of a Movement
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In 1915, the film "The Birth of a Nation" by D.W. Griffith sparks outcry from African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter, leading to a still-ongoing race war.
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Accidental Courtesy
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Black musician Daryl Davis meets and befriends Ku Klux Klan members hoping to forge racial conciliation.
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Tower
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Survivors of the 1966 mass shooting at the University of Texas frame the events of the day and offer perspectives on its impact.
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The Bad Kids
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At Black Rock Continuation High School in the Mojave Desert of California, the principal and teachers make it their mission to educate students who have fallen so far behind that they will be unable to graduate from a traditional high school.
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Ovarian Psycos
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The story of the Ovarian Psycos Cycle Brigade, a group of young Latinas from East Los Angeles who are confronting injustice, building community and redefining identity.
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Newtown
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An examination of the aftermath of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., in which 20 children and six adults were killed. Included: remarks from parents, siblings, teachers, doctors and first responders.
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Seed: The Untold Story
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Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds -- worshiped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. This documentary follows passionate seed keepers who are protecting a .. show full overview
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The Last Laugh
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Whether the Holocaust should be off-limits to comedy. Included: a profile of Auschwitz survivor Renee Firestone; remarks from comedians; footage of cabarets from the concentration camps; .. show full overview
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National Bird
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National Bird is the first in-depth investigation of the U.S. drone war with unique access to two courageous women, a drone-target analyst and a retired intelligence officer, who connect .. show full overview
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The Prison in Twelve Landscapes
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More people are imprisoned in the United States at this present moment than in any other time or place in history, yet prisons themselves have never felt further away or more out of .. show full overview
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Forever Pure
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The story of famed Israeli soccer club Beitar Jerusalem F.C. after it acquired two Muslim players, which led to a racist backlash and a lot of soul-searching from their new teammates.
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They Call Us Monsters
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They Call Us Monsters takes viewers behind the walls of the Compound, the facility where Los Angeles houses its most violent juvenile criminals. To their advocates, they're kids. To the system, they're adults. To their victims, they're monsters.
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Farmer/Veteran
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A combat veteran starts a farm to help cultivate a healthier life outside the Army. While the sense of duty he once felt as a soldier returns, his crippling PTSD remains as he and his wife nervously anticipate the birth of their first child.
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Real Boy
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Real Boy is an intimate story of a family in transition. As 19-year-old Bennett Wallace navigates early sobriety, late adolescence, and the evolution of his gender identity, his mother .. show full overview

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