America ReFramed

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4x1
Old South
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Danielle Beverly's Old South takes place in one of the oldest, predominantly black neighborhoods in Georgia. A group of young men, representative of Southern traditions and members of .. show full overview
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American Arab
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In American Arab, Iraqi-American Director Usama Alshaibi asks “Why is being an Arab suddenly the opposite of being a decent man?” Throughout the documentary, Alshaibi explores what it’s .. show full overview
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The Mosque in Morgantown
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After a surprise pregnancy and abandonment by the man she thought would be her husband, and the murder of friend and colleague Daniel Pearl, journalist Asra Nomani returned to her .. show full overview
4x4
Adama
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In David Felix Sutcliffe’s first film (co-director of the acclaimed documentary (T)error), he uses intimate vérité footage to report on a teenage Muslim girl suspected of being a .. show full overview
4x5
Revolution '67
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On July 12, 1967, a rumor spread through Newark, New Jersey’s black neighborhoods that taxi driver John Smith had been fatally beaten by police, sparking what became known as “The Newark .. show full overview
4x6
Baddddd Sonia Sanchez
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BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez is a portrait of the artist, revealing Sanchez’s uncompromising life. Deemed "a lion in literature's forest" by poet Maya Angelou, Sanchez is a winner of major .. show full overview
4x7
Divide in Concord
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In Concord, Massachusetts residents hold fast to their town’s legendary status; it is the site of the initial conflict which led to the American Revolution. Concord was also home to .. show full overview
4x8
Romeo, romeo
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All Lexy has ever wanted is to have a baby. After marrying the woman of her dreams, Lexy and wife Jessica set out to start a family. The loving couple discusses the possible pregnancy, .. show full overview
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Dog Days
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An out-of-work industrial engineer stakes his life savings in a venture to re-energize the hot dog-cart business in Washington, D.C. Among the challenges he faces: hostile city regulations; and an entrenched local monopoly.
4x10
Children of the Arctic
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For Samuel, Josiah, Flora, Ace and Maaya, growing up is more complicated than it was for their ancestors on the isolated tundra of Barrow, Alaska (originally named “Ukpiagvik” or “where .. show full overview
4x11
Reversing the Mississippi
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In Missouri, social innovator Marcin Jakubowski's Global Village Construction Set provides free blueprints to fabricate everything needed for a self-sustaining village. In New Orleans, .. show full overview
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City of Trees
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Since 1990, the nonprofit Washington Parks & People has tried to reduce poverty and violence in Washington, D.C. neighborhoods by improving parks. At the height of the recession, the .. show full overview
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The Grace Lee Project
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Growing up in Missouri, award-­winning Korean American filmmaker Grace Lee was the only “Grace Lee” she knew. Upon moving to New York and then California, she discovered quite the .. show full overview
4x15
Operation Popcorn
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During the Vietnam War, the C.I.A. recruited Laotian Hmong to fight the communists. It is estimated that 30,000 Hmong died assisting the U.S. The first wave of Hmong refugees who .. show full overview
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My Life in China
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Director Kenneth Eng's father would often tell him and his brother the story of how he walked for seven days and six nights before swimming for four hours to escape poverty and .. show full overview
4x13
In an Ideal World
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Over seven years, with unprecedented access, In An Ideal World followed three men in California’s infamous Soledad prison — John Piccirillo, a white separatist murderer, Sam Lewis, a .. show full overview
4x17
The Last Season
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Each September, the town of Chemult, Oregon is flooded with mushroom hunters. Many are immigrants from Laos, Cambodia and Thailand who entered the U.S. as refugees in the 1980s. Here, .. show full overview
4x18
College Week
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A rarely represented insider's perspective, COLLEGE WEEK documents the impact of teacher and parent involvement on student success at Spencer Elementary Technology Academy. Despite the .. show full overview
4x19
Hand That Feeds
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At a popular bakery café in Manhattan, patrons get served with a smile 24 hours a day. Behind the scenes, some of the undocumented immigrant workers earn far below the minimum wage. .. show full overview
4x20
Buried Above Ground
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Filmed over six years, BURIED ABOVE GROUND follows three Americans fighting to overcome the paralyzing grip of PTSD. Intimate moments illustrate how the road to recovery takes many .. show full overview
4x21
Class of '27
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In rural America, children face the prospect of a compromised future. Class of '27 focuses on early childhood education in struggling communities, highlighting the efforts of people .. show full overview
4x22
In the Game
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“In life you deal with what’s dealt your way. When you get knocked down, just get up right away. Never give up.” "In the Game" follows a girls’ soccer team in an inner-city Chicago high .. show full overview
4x23
We Like It Like That
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Created by largely Puerto Rican, Cuban and African American youths living alongside each other in the 1960s, Boogaloo served as an authentic and vibrant cultural expression. "We Like It .. show full overview
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Kivalina
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Today, the Inupiaq Eskimo must navigate an uncertain future 80 miles above the Arctic Circle on a fragile barrier island disappearing due to climate change. "Kivalina" is a quiet but .. show full overview
4x25
By Blood
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Chronicling the ongoing conflict over the issue of tribal rights between the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the Cherokee Freedmen, descendants of African American slaves. "By Blood" .. show full overview