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S25E17
The Tuba Thieves
May 20, 2024
What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O’Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore these questions. Through several d/Deaf people telling stories in a unique game of telephone, the central mystery of The Tuba Thieves isn’t about theft of instruments; it’s about the nature of sound itself.
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Season 27
The Tallest Dwarf | Trailer
S27E8
Follow filmmaker Julie Forrest Wyman as she searches for her place in the little people community....
Keep Quiet and Forgive | Trailer
S27E7
One woman exposes abuse within Amish communities and helps survivors find the strength to speak...
The Inquisitor | Trailer
S27E6
Barbara Jordan’s voice shook the nation. Discover her story in The Inquisitor.
The Librarians
S27E5
Librarians across the U.S. examine how restrictions on library content are shaping communities....
Vivien's Wild Ride
S27E4
When her eyesight begins to fade, a film editor reimagines belonging and what it truly means...
Life After
S27E3
A filmmaker investigates assisted dying through the lens of disabled voices missing from the...
Ratified
S27E2
A bipartisan coalition continues a century-long fight to add gender equality into the Constitution....
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
S27E1
Phil Sharp’s RNA discovery reshaped science, medicine, and the global biotech industry.
Season 26
Who is Michael Jang?
S26E19
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
S26E13
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
S26E10
How a small hunger strike against solitary confinement turned into a massive statewide protest....
Without Arrows
S26E9
A champion grass dancer returns home after 13 years to reconnect with his Indigenous culture....
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 2
S26E4
A graduating high school student, superintendent, and county sheriff all strive for a better...
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 1
S26E3
Episode 1 of Dallas, 2019 shows workers navigating a city in crisis after a tornado.
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 3
S26E5
Three diverse spirits with longstanding Texas roots struggle with their place in the world....
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 4
S26E6
A D.A. tries to reform a broken system; a judge upholds laws adversely affecting her own community....
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 5
S26E7
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.
Season 25
Space: The Longest Goodbye
S25E16
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation of a Mars mission.
One With the Whale
S25E15
For Native Alaskans living on a tiny Bering Sea island, if you don’t hunt, you die.
Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s
S25E14
Three people navigate their lives with determination in the face of Parkinson’s disease....
A Thousand Pines
S25E13
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
S25E11
Women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch startup The 19th* to buck a broken news media system.
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
S25E10
A nun with stage IV cancer teaches others that death doesn’t have to be the end.
Trailer | Razing Liberty Square
S25E9
Miami's Liberty City public housing projects become ground zero for climate gentrification...
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