Indie Films

America ReFramed

America ReFramed brings to life compelling stories, personal voices and experiences that illuminate the contours of our ever-changing country. Since 2012, the series has premiered 170 films - more than half helmed by female makers and a third credited to BIPOC makers - centering stories of the LGBTQ community, people with disabilities, the formerly incarcerated, veterans, immigrants and more.

The Cost of Inheritance

55m 23s

THE COST OF INHERITANCE, an America ReFramed special, explores the complex issue of reparations in the U.S. using a thoughtful approach to history, historical injustices, systemic inequities, and critical dialogue on racial conciliation. Through personal narratives, community inquiries, and scholarly insights, it aims to inspire understanding of the scope and rationale of the reparations debate.

Episodes

  • Kid Candidate: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Any Given Day: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Sapelo: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • For the Love of Rutland: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Fannie Lou Hamer's America: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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

  • Kid Candidate | Why I'm Running for City Council: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Kid Candidate | Trailer: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Kid Candidate | Making a Difference: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Kid Candidate | Listening to the People: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Kid Candidate | Progress is My Platform: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Kid Candidate | Born, Raised and Voting for Amarillo: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Kid Candidate | Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered | Gentrification: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered | Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered | A Change in Community: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Beyond the Lens with Ellie Walton | Interview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered | WE EXIST: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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: TVSS: Iconic

    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.
  • Image
    America ReFramed: TVSS: Iconic

    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.
  • Image
    America ReFramed: TVSS: Iconic

    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.
  • Image
    America ReFramed: TVSS: Iconic

    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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