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6x1
The Political Dr. Seuss
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Explores a little-known side of Dr. Seuss and some interesting inspirations behind his works.
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Polka Time
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Each July for more than 30 years, polka lovers from around the United States have descended on the tiny rural town of Gibbon, Minnesota, for the Gibbon Polka Fest. Meet numerous "polka .. show full overview
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Afghanistan Unveiled
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Filmed by the first-ever team of women video journalists trained in Afghanistan, this uncompromising film reveals the effects on Afghan women of the Taliban's repressive rule and of the .. show full overview
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Los Angeles Now
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Look beyond Hollywood to create a fresh candid portrait of America's second largest city.
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The Day My God Died
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Young girls whose lives were shattered by the child sex trade describe the day they were abducted from their villages as "the day my god died." By weaving footage from the brothels of .. show full overview
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Girl Wrestler
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Follows teenager Tara Neal as she deals with fierce policy debates while facing boys on the mat.
6x7
Fine. / Doki-Doki
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Fine.: When factory worker Ed is confronted by a co-worker's pressing question over lunch, he begins to question his own decisions and his current life as a husband, father and .. show full overview
6x8
Short, Not Sweet
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Five shorts ranging from funny to creepy to downright scary prove that just because they're short, they don't have to be sweet. "Title" Director "The Fine Line Between Cute and .. show full overview
6x9
A Hard Straight
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A gang member, a hustler and a small-time dealer. They served their sentences and they're on parole. Now they're about to discover that walking out the prison gates is just the .. show full overview
6x10
A Touch of Greatness
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Stunning footage and interviews showcase the lives transformed by maverick teacher Albert Cullum.
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Power Trip
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Amid pervasive blackouts and corruption, an American energy company purchases a formerly state-run electricity company in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Cultures clash, tempers .. show full overview
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February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four
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A sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in North Carolina in 1960 was a pivotal civil rights event.
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On a Roll: Disability and the American Dream
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Greg Smith and his family bare all in this unflinching portrait of a 65-pound man striving for the American dream. Fueled by discrimination, Smith created "On a Roll" talk radio from his .. show full overview
6x14
Thunder in Guyana
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When the filmmaker's cousin was elected Guyana's president seven years ago, Janet Rosenberg Jagan -- considered one of the founders of Guyana along with her husband, Cheddi Jagan -- .. show full overview
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Sisters of '77
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On an historic weekend in November 1977, 20,000 women and men attended the first federally funded National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, where they caucused, argued and finally .. show full overview
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Sunset Story
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Eighty-one-year-old Irja and her 95-year-old best friend Lucille are the only lucid residents at a senior citizens' home for political progressives. This program delves into their world, .. show full overview
6x17
Let the Church Say Amen
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Easter in Washington, DC, means children hunting for eggs on the White House lawn. But blocks away is one of America's poorest neighborhoods, where a storefront church serves as a beacon .. show full overview
6x20
A Lion's Trail
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An illiterate Zulu musician wrote Africa's most famous song, "Mbube" -inspiration for the pop classic "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - and received pennies for his efforts. Traveling into the .. show full overview
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Keeping Time: The Life, Music and Photographs of Milt Hinton
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Legendary jazz bassist Milt Hinton (1910-2000) was also a skilled photographer and storyteller. This insider's view of jazz and life in 20th-century America is told by Hinton and fellow .. show full overview
6x21
End of the Century: The Ramones / Joe Strummer Rocks Again!
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In 1974, a new sound hit New York City's underground music scene: a band of misfits called The Ramones. This film follows this quartet of unlikely rock stars, known as the progenitors of .. show full overview
6x22
The Last Letter / Zyklon Portrait and the Walnut Tree
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A Jewish woman in a Ukrainian city seized by the Germans in 1941 writes her son a final letter.
6x23
Imelda: Power, Myth, Illusion
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How has Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines, managed to court, coddle, use and abuse power for nearly four decades? News clips, propaganda films, home movies, verite .. show full overview
6x24
Vietnam: The Next Generation
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An in-depth look at modern-day Vietnam, where communism and capitalism are going head-to-head.
6x25
Red Hook Justice
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In 2000, an experimental court opened in Brooklyn's Red Hook, a neighborhood plagued by a cycle of unemployment, poverty and crime. Instead of jail time, offenders are sentenced to job .. show full overview
6x26
Double Dare / Piki and Poko: Taking The Dare!
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As Hollywood stuntwomen for "Wonder Woman" and "Xena: Warrior Princess," Jeannie Epper and Zoe Bell have been set on fire, thrown off buildings, dragged by wild horses and hit by cars. .. show full overview
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Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story
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Narrated by Cheech Marin and scored by Ry Cooder, this film shows how a community was betrayed by greed, political hypocrisy and good intentions gone astray. Don Normark's haunting .. show full overview
6x28
Brother to Brother
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A young artist befriends an elderly gay stranger who co-founded the revolutionary journal Fire!

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