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Silent Beauty

A woman’s journey to heal from childhood sexual abuse and confront generational trauma.

Sam Now

What happens when a filmmaker helps his half brother search for his missing mother?

Matter of Mind: My ALS

Three people with ALS confront complex choices in this intimate exploration.

Free Chol Soo Lee

Rollercoaster story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of murder.

Hidden Letters

Modern women in China keep alive the tradition of Nüshu, a secret written language.

Storming Caesars Palace

How Vegas activist Ruby Duncan's grassroots movement of moms fought for guaranteed income.

Love in the Time of Fentanyl

A supervised drug injection site gives hope to a community ravaged by fentanyl deaths.

Outta the Muck

The people of Pahokee rise “outta the muck” to celebrate family history and football.

The Picture Taker

Meet Ernest Withers, iconic African American civil rights photographer—and FBI informant.

No Straight Lines

Five queer comic book artists journey from the underground comix scene to the mainstream.

The Big Payback

The passage of the first-ever reparations bill for Black Americans stirs up a debate.

Children of Las Brisas

A Venezuelan youth orchestra tests the power of music amidst poverty and politics.

Move Me

A dancer paralyzed with a spinal cord injury adapts to life with a disability.

TikTok, Boom.

Gen Z influencers and experts help dissect influential social media platform TikTok.

Hazing

Hazing reveals the tradition of underground rituals that are abusive and sometimes deadly.

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