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No Straight Lines
January 23, 2023
When Alison Bechdel received a coveted MacArthur Award for her best-selling graphic memoir Fun Home, it heralded the acceptance of LGBTQ+ comics in American culture. From DIY underground comix scene to mainstream acceptance, meet five smart and funny queer comics artists whose uncensored commentary left no topic untouched and explored art as a tool for social change.
TV Schedule
2023 Season
Sansón and Me
September 19, 2023
Filmmaker captures immigrant's life in prison through family reenactments.
Sam Now
May 8, 2023
What happens when a filmmaker helps his half brother search for his missing mother?
Matter of Mind: My ALS
May 1, 2023
Three people with ALS confront complex choices in this intimate exploration.
Hidden Letters
March 27, 2023
Modern women in China keep alive the tradition of Nüshu, a secret written language.
Storming Caesars Palace
March 20, 2023
How Vegas activist Ruby Duncan's grassroots movement of moms fought for guaranteed income....
Underground
March 2, 2023
Survivors of subway harassment share their stories in hopes of changing the stigma.
Love in the Time of Fentanyl
February 13, 2023
A supervised drug injection site gives hope to a community ravaged by fentanyl deaths.
Outta the Muck
February 6, 2023
The people of Pahokee rise “outta the muck” to celebrate family history and football.
The Picture Taker
January 30, 2023
Meet Ernest Withers, iconic African American civil rights photographer—and FBI informant....
The Big Payback
January 16, 2023
The passage of the first-ever reparations bill for Black Americans stirs up a debate.
Children of Las Brisas
January 2, 2023
A Venezuelan youth orchestra tests the power of music amidst poverty and politics.
More Epsiodes
Move Me
November 7, 2022
A dancer paralyzed with a spinal cord injury adapts to life with a disability.
TikTok, Boom.
October 24, 2022
Gen Z influencers and experts help dissect influential social media platform TikTok.
Hazing
September 12, 2022
Hazing reveals the tradition of underground rituals that are abusive and sometimes deadly....
Folk Frontera
May 25, 2022
Two fronteriza women live in two cultures at the same time along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Scenes From The Glittering World
May 16, 2022
Indigenous teens going to a remote school on Navajo Nation reservation plan their futures....
AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness
April 25, 2022
Researchers take a mind-blowing journey to investigate the mysteries of consciousness.
Owned: A Tale of Two Americas
February 7, 2022
Exposé on how American housing policy has been manipulated in discriminatory ways.
Home From School: The Children Of Carlisle
November 23, 2021
Native Americans recover the remains of children who died at an Indian boarding school.
Ferguson Rises
November 8, 2021
Michael Brown Sr. seeks justice after a white police officer kills his son in Ferguson.
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