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REEL SOUTH

The people, culture, landscape and history of the South both captivate and bewilder. In the cherished tradition of Southern storytelling, Reel South reveals the South's proud yet complicated heritage, as told by a diversity of voices and perspectives.

RUBIO

7m 26s

RUBIO is a San Antonio-based Chicano artist. When he was caught in a drive-by shooting, the near-death experience inspired his ongoing use of art as a means of sharing folklore, remembering friends, and celebrating the lives of the Westside community.

Episodes

  • Madame Pipi: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Madame Pipi

    S7 E5 - 26m 16s

    Madame Pipi follows the lives of Haitian bathroom attendants working in Miami’s hottest nightclubs. Often invisible, underpaid, and underappreciated, their stories showcase a custodial world built on the backs of women of color, in a city known for debauchery, diversity, and exceptionalism.

  • Florida Woman: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Florida Woman

    S7 E4 - 21m 55s

    When the media gets wind of Mary Thorn’s alligator story, she’s characterized as just another crazy “Florida Man.” Florida Woman peels back the curtain on the media’s portrayal of a nurturing woman –– an ex-pro wrestler turned animal lover, who challenges the state in order to save her pet alligator. Mary and her gator Rambo reveal the humanity and complexity behind the viral headlines.

  • Little Satchmo: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Little Satchmo

    S7 E1 - 55m 46s

    Little Satchmo is an intimate exploration of the iconic Louis Armstrong's life and legacy through his relationship with the daughter that the public never knew existed. Based on a revealing memoir written by Armstrong's silent daughter, the film seeks to correct a historical narrative relying on caricature for too long.

  • Quaranteened: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Quaranteened

    S7 E3 - 56m 6s

    Quaranteened follows the lives of four sisters from a blended family in Durham, North Carolina, as they cope with the anxiety of their disrupted lives and stolen dreams with humor, self-reflection, and just enough mayhem to pass the time. Filmed by their filmmaker dad as the days begin to blur one into the other, these girls languish, suspended in time, like so many of us still.

  • Bury Me at Taylor Hollow: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Bury Me at Taylor Hollow

    S7 E2 - 56m 35s

    After spending 15 years working in the conventional funeral industry, a passionate mortician is paving uncharted territory to help create the first natural burial ground of its kind in Tennessee. Bury Me at Taylor Hollow recounts his personal journey from mortuary traditionalist to global-thinking environmentalist, as he seeks a better place for his community to lay to rest.

Extras + Features

Schedule

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    REEL SOUTH

    Justice Is a Beginning

    Thursday
    Apr 4

    1 Hour

    Two stories from the South's penitentiary systems focus on an investigation into youth suicide and systemic neglect ("8 Days at Ware") and a man's rehabilitation that starts with his marriage ("Love Without Parole").
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    REEL SOUTH

    Justice Is a Beginning

    Friday
    Apr 5

    1 Hour

    Two stories from the South's penitentiary systems focus on an investigation into youth suicide and systemic neglect ("8 Days at Ware") and a man's rehabilitation that starts with his marriage ("Love Without Parole").
  • Image
    Reel South: TVSS: Banner-L1

    REEL SOUTH

    Justice Is a Beginning

    Friday
    Apr 5

    1 Hour

    Two stories from the South's penitentiary systems focus on an investigation into youth suicide and systemic neglect ("8 Days at Ware") and a man's rehabilitation that starts with his marriage ("Love Without Parole").
  • Image
    Reel South: TVSS: Banner-L1

    REEL SOUTH

    Bury Me at Taylor Hollow

    Thursday
    Apr 11

    1 Hour

    The personal journey of a mortician who helps create the first natural burial ground of its kind in Tennessee.
  • Image
    Reel South: TVSS: Banner-L1

    REEL SOUTH

    Bury Me at Taylor Hollow

    Friday
    Apr 12

    1 Hour

    The personal journey of a mortician who helps create the first natural burial ground of its kind in Tennessee.
  • Image
    Reel South: TVSS: Banner-L1

    REEL SOUTH

    Bury Me at Taylor Hollow

    Friday
    Apr 12

    1 Hour

    The personal journey of a mortician who helps create the first natural burial ground of its kind in Tennessee.

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