MPT Presents

HEALED: Music, Medicine and Life with MS

At the height of his music career, virtuoso Jim Klages noticed a tingling in his arm, nearly dropping his cornet. The diagnosis: multiple sclerosis. Through vérité and archival footage, animation, interviews and a compelling score, Healed takes us into one artist’s world of infirmity, hope and determination, and illuminates the resilience of the creative spirit. Featuring Wynton Marsalis.

HEALED: Music, Medicine and Life with MS

56m 40s

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    Undivide Us

    57m 59s

    America is at a crossroads where politicians, traditional media, and social media fan the flames of toxic partisanship that have led many Americans to question whether they can trust their fellow citizens. Through the intimate lens of six focus groups across three American cities, "Undivide Us" explores the twisted landscape of toxic polarization.

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    The Hoy Boys

    1h 12m

    Working class twin brothers Tom and Frank Hoy hustled up copyboy jobs in 1953 and eventually become White House News Photographers for two major DC newspapers. Frank shot pictures for The Washington Post, and Tom did the same for The Evening Star. Their story is the story of American journalism when it mattered most.

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    Searching for Shaniqua

    55m 32s

    "Searching for Shaniqua" examines the impact that unique, cultural and so-called “ghetto” names have on people’s lives. Working from the question, “What’s in a name?, six African-American women who have all faced stereotyping because of their names, tell their personal stories.

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