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Dallas, 2019 | Episode 1
January 03, 2025
Tornados. Drive-by shootings. Environmental racism, The stark North-South Dallas economic divide. Dallas residents and city workers like City Manager T.C. Broadnax respond to the causal effects of natural and human-caused disasters while navigating a city in crisis.
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Season 26
Who is Michael Jang?
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An elusive photographer uses street art tactics to share his previously unknown work with the...
And So It Begins
S26E18
See how the Philippines' tense race for president in 2022 became the nation's fight for its...
Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer's
S26E17
Three families are transformed when a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Free For All: The Public Library
S26E16
How public libraries shaped a nation and remain a beloved sanctuary for Americans today.
WE WANT THE FUNK!
S26E15
The syncopated story of funk music, from its roots to the explosion of '70s urban funk and...
Home Court
S26E14
The coming-of-age story and rise of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy.
Bike Vessel
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Father and son bond on an ambitious 350-mile bike ride in this portrait of familial love.
Skin of Glass
S26E12
How the turbulent history of her architect father's iconic building reflects Brazil's own struggles....
The In Between
S26E11
A filmmaker returns to her hometown on the U.S.-Mexico border to reflect on growing up fronterizo....
The Strike
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How a small hunger strike against solitary confinement turned into a massive statewide protest....
Without Arrows
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A champion grass dancer returns home after 13 years to reconnect with his Indigenous culture....
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 2
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A graduating high school student, superintendent, and county sheriff all strive for a better...
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 3
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Three diverse spirits with longstanding Texas roots struggle with their place in the world....
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 4
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A D.A. tries to reform a broken system; a judge upholds laws adversely affecting her own community....
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 5
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The final episode of Dallas, 2019 poses the question: What does it mean to be alive?
Who Can Become American? | The History of White People in America, Episode 6
December 18, 2024
Catchy, musical short chronicles the 175-year-long arbitrary system of race in America.
Ready For Your Headliner? | United States of Comedy, Ep 5
December 10, 2024
Iranian American comic Sohrab Forouzesh gets his big break: headlining Chicago's legendary...
Season 25
The Tuba Thieves
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The central mystery of this unconventional documentary is the nature of sound itself.
Space: The Longest Goodbye
S25E16
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation of a Mars mission.
One With the Whale
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For Native Alaskans living on a tiny Bering Sea island, if you don’t hunt, you die.
Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s
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Three people navigate their lives with determination in the face of Parkinson’s disease....
A Thousand Pines
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A crew of 12 Mexican tree planters travel the United States regrowing America’s forests....
Greener Pastures
S25E12
Midwestern families deal with unseen mental health issues affecting farmers in America.
Breaking The News
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Women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch startup The 19th* to buck a broken news media system.
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
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A nun with stage IV cancer teaches others that death doesn’t have to be the end.
Trailer | Razing Liberty Square
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Miami's Liberty City public housing projects become ground zero for climate gentrification...
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