Episodes
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Kid Candidate
S10 E9 - 1h 8m
A viral joke video catapults Hayden Pedigo – a 24-year-old artist and musician in Amarillo, TX – into the spotlight and prompts him to make a surprise bid for city council. With his goal of upending the status quo and ousting corrupt incumbent politicians, KID CANDIDATE follows Pedigo’s unorthodox campaign while unpacking issues of race, income inequality and gentrification in small-town America.
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La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered
S10 E8 - 52m 16s
On May 5th, 1991, people took to the streets of Washington D.C.’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood to protest the police shooting of a young Salvadoran man, Daniel Gomez. Through testimony, song, poetry, and street theater, LA MANPLESA: An Uprising Remembered weaves together the collective memory of one of D.C.’s first barrios and dives into the roots of the '91 rebellion.
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Any Given Day
S10 E7 - 1h 24m
Filmmaker Margaret Byrne follows three formerly incarcerated Chicagoans as they manage their respective mental illnesses while searching for stability in their families, friendships, jobs and housing. While documenting the challenges that are faced at the intersections of a punitive carceral system, poverty and substance use, Byrne reckons with her own history of mental illness.
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Sapelo
S10 E3 - 1h 31m
On Sapelo island, two young brothers, JerMarkest and Jonathan, are coming of age in the last remaining enclave of the Saltwater Geechee. As Sapelo’s storyteller and elder matriarch, their adoptive mother, Cornelia Walker Bailey, works to preserve what remains of her African-American community in the face of encroachment by property developers.
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For the Love of Rutland
S10 E2 - 1h 24m
An attempt to bring Syrian refugees to invigorate the economically struggling and predominantly white town of Rutland, VT unleashes deep partisan rancor. Despite a lifetime of feeling invalidated and shamed for her poverty and addiction, long-time Rutland resident, Stacie, emerges as an unexpected and resilient leader in a town divided by class, cultural values and political leanings.
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Fannie Lou Hamer's America
S10 E1 - 58m 41s
Fannie Lou Hamer's America is a portrait of a civil rights activist and the injustices in America that made her work essential. Through public speeches, personal interviews, and powerful songs of the fearless Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist, Fannie Lou Hamer's America explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders.
Extras + Features
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Kid Candidate | Why I'm Running for City Council
S10 E9 - 52s
Amarillo city council candidate Hayden Pedigo explains why it's important to run for political office as a young person in a city with young people while his wife, L'Hannah, tells it like it is when it comes to her support of him.
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Kid Candidate | Trailer
S10 E9 - 1m 23s
A viral joke video catapults Hayden Pedigo – a 24-year-old artist and musician in Amarillo, TX – into the spotlight and prompts him to make a surprise bid for city council. With his goal of upending the status quo and ousting corrupt incumbent politicians, KID CANDIDATE follows Pedigo’s unorthodox campaign while unpacking issues of race, income inequality and gentrification in small-town America.
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Kid Candidate | Making a Difference
S10 E9 - 1m 6s
Family and friends of Hayden Pedigo talk about how the Amarillo city council candidate wants to make a difference for the citizens of the Texas city. Each one of them is inspired by Pedigo's mission, actions and words, especially as a fellow young resident.
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Kid Candidate | Listening to the People
S10 E9 - 1m 5s
City council candidate Hayden Pedigo is invited to a South Sudanese church to meet, listen and speak to their congregation. What he learns when listening to members of the community may surprise him the most in his run as a fellow Amarillo resident.
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Kid Candidate | Progress is My Platform
S10 E9 - 1m 17s
Hayden Pedigo shares his coming of age story to the present day. The young candidate talks to the voting public about the political platform of progress that he is running on which he believes is what the city needs.
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Kid Candidate | Born, Raised and Voting for Amarillo
S10 E9 - 41s
Born and raised a resident of Amarillo, Hayden Pedigo understands the desire to move away from this small Texas city for a bigger city. But for him, he has only one intention: to stay and inspire other creative young individuals like himself to live in Amarillo and go vote.
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Kid Candidate | Preview
S10 E9 - 30s
A viral joke video catapults Hayden Pedigo – a 24-year-old artist and musician in Amarillo, TX – into the spotlight and prompts him to make a surprise bid for city council. With his goal of upending the status quo and ousting corrupt incumbent politicians, KID CANDIDATE follows Pedigo’s unorthodox campaign while unpacking issues of race, income inequality and gentrification in small-town America.
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La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered | Gentrification
S10 E8 - 3m 27s
Members of the Mount Pleasant community like visual artists Ronald Chacón and Sami Miranda voice their unpleasant, and sometimes violent, experiences with the police. This followed a new wave of gentrification that created considerable tension between BIPOC and white neighbors.
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La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered | Preview
S10 E8 - 30s
On May 5th, 1991, people took to the streets of Washington D.C.’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood to protest the police shooting of a young Salvadoran man, Daniel Gomez. Through testimony, song, poetry, and street theater, LA MANPLESA: An Uprising Remembered weaves together the collective memory of one of D.C.’s first barrios and dives into the roots of the '91 rebellion.
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La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered | A Change in Community
S10 E8 - 1m 6s
The 1991 uprising in Washington, D.C.'s Mount Pleasant was "the beginning of the conversation" for the Latino/a community. Often feeling unseen and unheard, the residents had endured policing and police brutality before the shooting of young Salvadoran Daniel Gomez.
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Beyond the Lens with Ellie Walton | Interview
S10 E8 - 4m 42s
Ellie Walton talks about the rarely heard of events that unfolded in Washington, D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood in May 1991 and how they inspired her to share the stories of the community's Memory Keepers in her documentary, La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered. The filmmaker also discusses the impact those days had on her as a child and as a storyteller today.
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La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered | WE EXIST
S10 E8 - 1m 18s
Lilo Gonzalez, a singer-songwriter & educator, and Roland Roebuck, an Afro Puerto Rican activist, talk openly about the uprising - from representation to policing of the Brown and Black community - in Washington, D.C.'s neighborhood of Mount Pleasant.
Schedule
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America ReFramed
The Woman on the Outside
Thursday
Mar 28
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Kristal Bush reunites with other Philadelphia families divided by incarceration, but faces her greatest challenge when her father and brother come home after decades behind bars. -
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America ReFramed
The Woman on the Outside
Friday
Mar 29
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Kristal Bush reunites with other Philadelphia families divided by incarceration, but faces her greatest challenge when her father and brother come home after decades behind bars. -
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America ReFramed
The Woman on the Outside
Friday
Mar 29
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Kristal Bush reunites with other Philadelphia families divided by incarceration, but faces her greatest challenge when her father and brother come home after decades behind bars. -
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America ReFramed
The Woman on the Outside
Saturday
Mar 30
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Kristal Bush reunites with other Philadelphia families divided by incarceration, but faces her greatest challenge when her father and brother come home after decades behind bars. -
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America ReFramed
The Woman on the Outside
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Kristal Bush reunites with other Philadelphia families divided by incarceration, but faces her greatest challenge when her father and brother come home after decades behind bars. -
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America ReFramed
The Woman on the Outside
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Kristal Bush reunites with other Philadelphia families divided by incarceration, but faces her greatest challenge when her father and brother come home after decades behind bars. -
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America ReFramed
The Woman on the Outside
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Kristal Bush reunites with other Philadelphia families divided by incarceration, but faces her greatest challenge when her father and brother come home after decades behind bars. -
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America ReFramed
What These Walls Won't Hold
Thursday
Apr 11
1 Hour
Filmmaker Adamu Chan documents his path through incarceration at San Quentin State Prison during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak. -
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America ReFramed
What These Walls Won't Hold
Friday
Apr 12
1 Hour
Filmmaker Adamu Chan documents his path through incarceration at San Quentin State Prison during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak. -
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America ReFramed
What These Walls Won't Hold
Friday
Apr 12
1 Hour
Filmmaker Adamu Chan documents his path through incarceration at San Quentin State Prison during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak. -
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America ReFramed
What These Walls Won't Hold
Friday
Apr 12
1 Hour
Filmmaker Adamu Chan documents his path through incarceration at San Quentin State Prison during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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