Episodes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Madame Pipi| How do you talk about money?
S7 E5 - 1m 19s
The Haitian expats working in Miami clubs struggle to navigate the perceptions of those back home who think “making it” in America is a simple task.
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Florida Woman| You’re Not Taking My Gator
S7 E4 - 1m 5s
How do you tell a nuanced story about a woman breaking the law? You listen to the facts. Mary’s gator needed special care and she explains why.
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Florida Woman| Who’s the Real Apex Predator?
S7 E4 - 1m 2s
Mary spent entire life growing up handling alligators, and yet the only real fear she has is men.
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Quaranteened| Deep Reflections with a Teen in Quarantine
S7 E3 - 1m 13s
A filmmaker asks his daughter to reflect on the upending of her daily life at the onset of the pandemic in 2020.
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Quaranteened| Siblings Locked at Home!
S7 E3 - 1m 25s
These four siblings are locked at home in early 2020 and even the smallest of infractions can turn into a serious debacle.
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Bury Me at Taylor Hollow| Talking Death at the Kitchen Table
S7 E2 - 1m 3s
John Christian believes that we are doing a disservice by not talking about death.
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Bury Me at Taylor Hollow | A Childhood Burying Grasshoppers
S7 E2 - 1m 45s
John Christian recalls his childhood burying grasshoppers and what it means to give back to the earth today as a former mortician.
Schedule
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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"). -
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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"). -
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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. -
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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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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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