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American Sons

American Sons

Meet a brotherhood of Marines struggling to overcome trauma from their deployment to Afghanistan.

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  • 1Independent Lens
  • 2POV
  • 3Indie Alaska
  • 4PBS Short Film Festival
  • 5VOCES: American Sons
  • 6Mini Docs
  • 7Made in Texas
  • 8Maine Public Film Series
  • 9Film School Shorts
  • 10The Story In Us
Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question

FRONTLINE

Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question

An investigation of Iran’s nuclear program in the aftermath of the U.S. and Israeli strikes.
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POV: Unique Stories from Indie Filmmakers
Independent Lens: Bold Stories, Real Impact
George V.

REEL SOUTH

George V.

A retired Ukrainian finds art in 1970s Miami. Years later, a friend helps bring him fame.
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  • Finding Your Roots
  • Great Migrations: A People on The Move
  • Gospel
  • GOSPEL Live! Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  • Making Black America
  • The Black Church
  • RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
  • Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
  • Africa's Great Civilizations
  • The American Revolution
  • The Roosevelts
  • The Civil War
  • Hemingway
  • Jazz
  • Country Music
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • The U.S. and the Holocaust
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • The Vietnam War
  • The American Buffalo
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness
  • Prohibition
  • The West
  • Muhammad Ali
  • The Statue of Liberty
  • The Congress
  • Mark Twain
  • The National Parks
  • Jackie Robinson
  • Horatio's Drive
  • The Tenth Inning
  • Huey Long
  • Central Park Five
  • Lewis & Clark
  • The Dust Bowl
  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
  • The Address
  • Thomas Hart Benton
  • Brooklyn Bridge
  • Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
  • Frank Lloyd Wright
  • The Shakers
  • The War
Bombshell

American Experience

Bombshell

Bombshell explores how the US manipulated the narrative about the toll of the WWII atomic bombings.
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American Masters: Icons of Art & Culture
  • King of Them All: The Story of King Records
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • The Black Church
  • American Masters
  • Subcultured
  • Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
  • Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen
  • Country Music
  • Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution
  • Gospel
  • Becoming Frida Kahlo
  • Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
  • Southern Storytellers
  • Chautauqua at 150: Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise
  • Art Happens Here with John Lithgow
  • Civilizations
  • Jazz
  • Hemingway
  • Emery Blagdon and His Healing Machine
  • The Bigger Picture
  • Dante: Inferno to Paradise
  • Fanny: The Right to Rock
  • James McNeill Whistler and the Case for Beauty
  • John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
  • Charlie Russell's Old West
  • Jack Has A Plan
  • We Knew What We Had: The Greatest Jazz Story Never Told
  • The Last Mambo
  • Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
Film School Shorts
A Decent Home

America ReFramed

A Decent Home

How are the lives of mobile home park residents impacted by class and economic injustice?
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VOCES: Latino Stories Through Documentary
REEL SOUTH: Stories of the American South
Chicano Theatre: The Act of Resistance

The Story In Us

Chicano Theatre: The Act of Resistance

A vibrant portrait of Chicano theatre – its roots, resistance, and lasting cultural legacy.
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  • Great Migrations: A People on The Move
  • Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect
  • Making Black America
  • The Underground Railroad: The Paths & Places of Refuge
  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
  • John Lewis - Get in the Way
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha: A Legacy of Service
  • Becoming Frederick Douglass
  • VOCES
  • Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
  • Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
  • RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
  • Muhammad Ali
  • Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
  • George H. White: Searching for Freedom
  • Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
  • It is No Secret: The Life and Inspiration of Reverend Clay Evans
  • Slavery by Another Name
  • The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights
  • Jackie Robinson
  • Building Atlanta: The Story of Herman J. Russell
  • By Parties Unknown
  • Becoming bell hooks
  • George Washington Carver: An Uncommon Life
  • The Black Church
  • Paradox: Echoes of Reform & the Minneapolis Police
  • DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis
  • Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom
  • Religion, Racism & Reconciliation
  • Shuttlesworth
  • Connie | The Powers and Possibilities of Community Engagement
  • I AM SHE: The Matriarch of America
  • Portrayal & Perception: African American Men & Boys
  • Raised/Razed
  • Freedom Walkers for Milwaukee
  • Jim Crow of the North Stories
  • Passing the Baton
  • The Stone of Hope: Moving the Dream Forward
  • Talking Black in America – Social Justice
  • Telling Our Own Story
  • Tell Me the Story
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