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Full Episodes
Softie
October 12, 2020
Softie follows Boniface Softie Mwangi, a political activist running for office in Kenya.
The Infiltrators
October 5, 2020
Young immigrants get detained by Border Patrol - on purpose - to help stop deportations.
Our Time Machine
September 28, 2020
When an artist realizes that his father has Alzheimers, he creates Papas Time Machine.
In My Blood It Runs
September 21, 2020
A feature documentary about Aboriginal boy Dujuan growing up in Alice Springs, Australia.
Love Child
September 14, 2020
A political love story about Leila, her secret love Sahand and their escape from Iran
Portraits and Dreams
September 7, 2020
Former students reflect on visionary photos they made in the 1970s and their present lives...
About Love
August 10, 2020
About Love examines the many affections across three generations of the Phadke family.
Chez Jolie Coiffure
August 3, 2020
Meet Sabine, the charismatic Cameroonian proprietor of an underground hair salon.
Advocate
July 27, 2020
Meet Lea Tsemel, a Jewish lawyer who defends Palestinians accused of resisting occupation....
The Rescue List
March 23, 2020
Former child slaves in Ghana help their rescuer find others trapped in enslavement.
Clips and Previews
Trailer | Softie
October 12, 2020
Softie follows Boniface Softie Mwangi, a political activist running for office in Kenya.
Trailer | The Infiltrators
October 5, 2020
Young immigrants get detained by Border Patrol - on purpose - to help stop deportations.
Trailer | Our Time Machine
September 28, 2020
When an artist realizes that his father has Alzheimers, he creates Papas Time Machine.
Trailer | In My Blood It Runs
September 21, 2020
A feature documentary about Aboriginal boy Dujuan growing up in Alice Springs, Australia.
Trailer | Love Child
August 31, 2020
A political love story about Leila, her secret love Sahand and their escape from Iran.
Trailer | About Love
August 10, 2020
About Love examines the many affections across three generations of the Phadke family.
Trailer | Chez Jolie Coiffure
August 3, 2020
Meet Sabine, the charismatic Cameroonian proprietor of an underground hair salon.
Advocate | Trailer
July 27, 2020
Meet Lea Tsemel, a Jewish lawyer who defends Palestinians accused of resisting occupation....
We Are The Radical Monarchs | Trailer
July 20, 2020
Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of girls of color at the front lines of social justice....
Trailer | And She Could Be Next
June 29, 2020
A defiant movement led by women of color fights to transform politics from the ground up.
Trailer | Midnight Traveler
December 30, 2019
An Afghan director is forced to flee home with his wife and daughters.
Trailer | Blowin' Up
October 21, 2019
A team of heroines work to change the way women arrested for prostitution are prosecuted.
Trailer | The Feeling of Being Watched
October 14, 2019
A journalist investigates rumors of surveillance in her Arab-American neighborhood.
Trailer | América
October 7, 2019
Three brothers confront adult reality when they care for their 93-year-old grandmother.
Trailer | The Silence of Others
September 30, 2019
Victims of Spain's dictatorship fight a state-imposed amnesia of crimes against humanity.
Trailer | Grit
September 9, 2019
An East Java village seeks reparations from the corporation that buried their town in mud....
Trailer | Farmsteaders
September 2, 2019
The Nolans return home to save their familys farm from industrial agriculture extinction.
The Return | POV | PBS
August 26, 2019
In 2012, California amended its "Three Strikes" law one of the harshest criminal sentencing...
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