StoryCorps Shorts: Then and Now
Sisters Janaki Symon and Melissa Wilbur grew up in New York and settled across the country from each other as adults. The StoryCorps MobileBooth was in town when Melissa was visiting her sister, and Janaki invited her to sit down and talk about their relationship.
Episodes
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The Mole Agent
S33 E13 - 1h 22m
When 83-year-old Sergio is sent as an undercover spy to a Chile retirement home to track suspected elder abuse, he learns a deeper lesson on human connection. Through the lens of the hidden camera in his decoy glasses, viewers watch as Sergio struggles to balance his assignment with becoming increasingly involved in the lives of several residents.
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POV Shorts: Uniquely Euro
S33 E305 - 24m 5s
Two quirky stories as distinctive as the countries from which they hail, Ukraine and Austria.
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POV Shorts: Comic Culture
S33 E306 - 24m 36s
Slices of life from opposite sides of the world--where the everyday veers into comedy.
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POV Shorts: In The Absence
S33 E303 - 25m 20s
A South Korean community is torn apart by a ferry disaster which claimed the lives of hundreds of children. When government incompetence is revealed as the main cause, the victims’ families seek justice.
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POV Shorts: The Spectrum of Divide
S33 E302 - 25m 5s
Two perspectives on how shared beliefs connect and divide.
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Our Time Machine
S33 E10 - 1h 17m
When artist Maleonn realizes that his father suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, he creates “Papa’s Time Machine,” a magical, autobiographical stage performance featuring life-size mechanical puppets. Through the production of this play, the two men confront their mortality before time runs out and memories are lost forever.
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Love Child
S33 E8 - 1h 22m
With adultery being punishable by death in Iran, a young couple make the fateful decision to flee the country with their son. Love Child follows the new family on their life-threatening journey to seek asylum in Turkey, and witnesses a mother’s heart breaking fight to keep her family together and secure a future for her son.
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POV Shorts: Cherish
S33 E301 - 25m 15s
Three stories reflecting the many faces of love through memory, community and family.
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And She Could Be Next (Ep. 2)
S33 E2 - 1h 22m
And She Could Be Next follows a defiant movement of women of color as they transform politics from the ground up. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm elections, the series features organizers and candidates (including Rashida Tlaib and Stacey Abrams) as they fight for a truly reflective government, asking whether democracy can be preserved—and made stronger—by those most marginalized.
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And She Could Be Next (Ep. 1)
S33 E1 - 1h 54m
And She Could Be Next follows a defiant movement of women of color as they transform politics from the ground up. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm elections, the series features organizers and candidates (including Rashida Tlaib and Stacey Abrams) as they fight for a truly reflective government, asking whether democracy can be preserved—and made stronger—by those most marginalized.
Extras + Features
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Lesson Plan Clip 1 | Portraits and Dreams
S33 E7 - 1m 25s
The clip highlights the work of two young photographers in particular: Denise and Russell Akemon, then 4th graders.
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Lesson Plan Clip 4 | Portraits and Dreams
S33 E7 - 6m 5s
Johnny describes the dangers of coal mining. We see a series of Johnny’s family portraits and hear him reflect about the challenges of his fatherless childhood, his childhood play, and his current success as a father and heavy equipment operator.
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Lesson Plan Clip 2 | Portraits and Dreams
S33 E7 - 1m 29s
Denise’s series of dream photographs are set in a neighboring graveyard and feature her younger twin brothers, one of whom is on a quest to kill his vampire other.
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Lesson Plan Clip 6 | Portraits and Dreams
S33 E7 - 31s
As the community portraits are shown, a brief audio recording from young Gary explaining his ideas about community plays.
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Trailer | Portraits and Dreams
S33 E7 - 2m 7s
Portraits and Dreams revisits photographs created by Kentucky schoolchildren in the 1970s and the place where the photos were made. The film is about the students, their work as visionary photographers and the lives they have led since then, as well as the linkage of personal memory to the passage of time.
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Lesson Plan Clip 3 | Portraits and Dreams
S33 E7 - 3m 13s
Sue looks through the published collection of portraits and reminisces about the project and how she sees it now in relation to her work as teacher.
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Trailer | Love Child
S33 E8 - 1m 57s
With adultery being punishable by death in Iran, a young couple make the fateful decision to flee the country with their son. Love Child follows the new family on their life-threatening journey to seek asylum in Turkey, and witnesses a mother’s heart breaking fight to keep her family together and secure a future for her son.
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Trailer | About Love
S33 E6 - 3m 3s
Three generations of the Phadke family live together in their home in Mumbai. When the youngest daughter turns the camera towards her family, the personal becomes political as power structures within the family become visible, and eventually unravel. Cruel and comic in equal measure, the film examines the vagaries of affection across generations, tied together by something stranger than love.
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Lesson Plan Clip 3 | About Love
S33 E6 - 8m 13s
We see three generations representing different possibilities for women’s lives. Maneesha shares the story she is writing.
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Lesson Plan Clip 1 | About Love
S33 E6 - 7m 35s
Maneesha is tasked with solving a silly problem and then criticized by her husband.
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Lesson Plan Clip 2 | About Love
S33 E6 - 2m 19s
Maneesha describes how she carves out time for herself, despite all the distractions of family.
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Lesson Plan Clip 4 | Chez Jolie Coiffure
S33 E5 - 5m 45s
Sabine sees a commotion outside her salon and learns that the police are raiding the market looking for undocumented immigrants.
Schedule
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Liquor Store Dreams
Saturday
May 4
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconcile their dreams with those of their immigrant parents as they confront the racial landscape of Los Angeles. -
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American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
Tuesday
May 7
1 Hour 30 Minutes
The life of Grace Lee Boggs, a 98-year-old Chinese-American philosopher, writer and activist. -
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About Love
Monday
May 13
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Power structures within the three generations of the Phadke family begin to unravel when the youngest daughter starts to record their personal lives. -
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Children of the Mist
Tuesday
May 14
1 Hour 30 Minutes
A 13-year-old Hmong girl is caught between tradition and modernity in rural northwest Vietnam. -
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Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust
Wednesday
May 15
1 Hour
Native American, Japanese American and rancher communities form an alliance to defend their land and water from Los Angeles.
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