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Trailer | Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust
July 18, 2022
Three communities intersect, sharing histories of forced removal – Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at the Manzanar WWII concentration camp, Native Americans who were forced from these lands, and ranchers turned environmentalists, who were bought out by the LA Department of Water and Power. How do they come together in the present moment to defend their land and water from Los Angeles?
TV Schedule
2024 Season
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S36E3616
Aspiring social worker faces the uncertainty of life as a blind, undocumented immigrant.
Brief Tender Light
S36E3615
At MIT, an alum follows four African students striving to become change agents for home.
2023 Season
How to Have an American Baby
S36E3614
An intimate look behind the closed doors of the Chinese birth tourism industry in the US.
Wisdom Gone Wild
S36E3613
In this reflection on aging and transformation, a woman with dementia reinvents herself.
Fire Through Dry Grass
S36E3612
An unlikely group of nursing home residents launch a movement during the pandemic.
Aurora's Sunrise
S36E3611
A teenage girl escapes a genocide and makes a meteoric rise to Hollywood stardom.
Murders That Matter
S36E3610
A Black Muslim mother vows to save all the other Black sons, on both sides of the gun.
Uýra – The Rising Forest
S36E3609
Uýra is a trans-indigenous artist on a journey of self-discovery in the Amazon forest.
Bulls and Saints
S36E3608
After 20 years in the United States, an undocumented family decides to return home.
While We Watched
S36E3607
In a world of fake news, journalist Ravish Kumar stands his ground. Will his show survive?...
Children of the Mist
S36E3606
A Hmong girl living in rural Northern Vietnam is caught between tradition and change.
Freshwater
July 25, 2023
A meditation on Detroit unveiling the fluid nature of memory in familial legacies.
Eat Your Catfish
S36E3605
An intimate view of a woman with ALS and a family pushed to its breaking point.
A House Made of Splinters
S36E3604
By the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine, social workers create a sanctuary for kids in limbo....
Liquor Store Dreams
S36E3603
Immigrant dreams and generational divides collide against LA's complex racial landscape.
A Story of Bones
S36E3602
A burial site containing thousands of once enslaved Africans is discovered on St. Helena.
You Can't Stop Spirit
February 13, 2023
Black women create a space for freedom through the Baby Doll Mardi Gras masking tradition....
Freedom Swimmer
February 13, 2023
A perilous swim from China to Hong Kong parallels a new generation's quest for freedom.
Are You Down?
February 13, 2023
A portrait of the life and work of Jamaican New Yorker and visual artist Michael Richards....
All Riders
February 13, 2023
A close look at disabled New Yorkers fighting for accessibility on the MTA.
StoryCorps Shorts
StoryCorps Shorts: Then and Now
April 10, 2024
Janaki and her big sister Melissa talk about how they really feel about each other.
StoryCorps Shorts: The Family Equation
February 15, 2024
Lynn Weaver and his daughter talk about his father who worked as a janitor and chauffeur.
StoryCorps Shorts: Rules of the Road
October 5, 2023
A father recalls how a driving lesson gone wrong turned into a legendary family story.
StoryCorps Shorts: Dreamer's Gift
September 28, 2023
Dreamer sits down with his friend Paul to discuss the transformative power of a haircut.
StoryCorps Shorts: Family Harmony
September 21, 2023
Gilbert Zermeño shares how his musical journey began on a bad note, but ended in harmony....
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