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Outta the Muck
February 06, 2023
Wade into the rich soil of Pahokee, Florida, a town on the banks of Lake Okeechobee. Beyond its football legacy, including sending over a dozen players to the NFL (like Anquan Boldin, Fred Taylor, and Rickey Jackson), the fiercely self-determined community tells their stories of Black achievement and resilience in the face of tragic storms and personal trauma.
TV Schedule
2023 Season
Trailer | Free Chol Soo Lee
April 24, 2023
Rollercoaster story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of murder.
Trailer | 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.
The Picture Taker
January 30, 2023
Meet Ernest Withers, iconic African American civil rights photographer—and FBI informant....
No Straight Lines
January 23, 2023
Five queer comic book artists journey from the underground comix scene to the mainstream.
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.
When I'm Her
June 21, 2021
A former ballet prodigy finds refuge in his alter ego, a Russian ballet instructor.
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