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Freedom Hill | Environmental Racism

In cities and town across America, communities of color and people living in poorer neighborhoods have been the target of environmental racism. The unfair decisions and practices by local, state and federal governments, companies and organizations undermine the health and well-being of people as in the case of the historic Black town of Princeville, North Carolina.

Freedom Hill | Environmental Racism

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    Mother Suriname and The Changing Same

    S17 E1 - 1h 25m

    Mother Suriname is an evocative portrayal of Suriname's history woven through one woman’s reflections on her life. And in The Changing Same, poet L. Lamar Wilson runs a marathon to lift a town’s veil of racial terror in Marianna, Florida.

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    Freedom Hill

    S16 E4 - 47m 23s

    Princeville, NC sits atop wet, swampy land along the river. In the 1800s, the land was deemed uninhabitable by white people. After the Civil War, this indifference left it available for freed enslaved Africans. Once called ‘Freedom Hill,’ it was gradually established as an all Black town. But the town has been inundated with flooding...and with each flood, a little more of the small town erodes.

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    Mama Gloria

    S13 E1301 - 56m 5s

    This is the life story of Gloria Allen, a 73-year-old Black transgender woman from Chicago. Mama Gloria explores Gloria's journey - from her realization that she was a girl to her gender reassignment surgery and career as the proprietor of a charm school for young trans people. The film highlights the unconditional love Gloria received from her family and the love she gives to her chosen children.

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