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The journey of discovery truly begins. In El Salvador, retired marine Randy Stufflebeam and liberal artist Alex Seel witness the immediate aftermath of a gangland shooting. It’s that level of violence that drove "their" migrant Maira Zelaya to the US. In Guatemala, Washington state farmer Gary Larsen and Arkansas Republican staffer Alison Melder work the same mountainous coffee plantation that Omar Lopez, the 13-yearold boy whose story they track,...
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Gathered at the Pima County Morgue, in Arizona and tasked by the medical examiner Dr. Greg Hess, six American volunteers set out to retrace the footsteps of three migrants who died while crossing the border from Mexico. The six American’s embark on an arduous and often heart-breaking journey to Guatemala, El Salvador and Chiapas, southern Mexico, but only after they first explore illegal immigration on the US side of the border. They join a local...
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This timely program examines the contributions of Hispanic Americans: as newsmakers, in the movies, hitting home runs, and inventing new cures for diseases. They truly are from here and there and everywhere in between. Learn how baseball legend Roberto Clemente, astronaut Ellen Ochoa, journalist Geraldo Rivera, movie star Jennifer Lopez, musician Carlos Santana, as well as many others have all made their marks as Hispanics in America.
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This timely program examines the contributions of Hispanic Americans: as newsmakers, in the movies, hitting home runs, and inventing new cures for diseases. They truly are from here and there and everywhere in between. Learn how baseball legend Roberto Clemente, astronaut Ellen Ochoa, journalist Geraldo Rivera, movie star Jennifer Lopez, musician Carlos Santana, as well as many others have all made their marks as Hispanics in America.
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Che Guevara died in southern Bolivia 40 years ago while trying to ignite the sparks of revolution throughout South America. His death at the hands of Bolivian Rangers, trained and financed by the US Government, marked the beginning of the cocaine era in Bolivia. Pressed by the masses who gave him a massive mandate, the first indigenous president, ex-coca leaf farmer Evo Morales has nationalized the oil industry and passed laws on agrarian reform....
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One dream. Two brothers. One continent. Two brothers follow their dream of surfing the American Pacific, showing the continent as a whole through its different cultures, villages, food, people, animals and landscapes while camping and surfing on their way back home to Argentina. After 403 days, 13 countries and nearly 20,000 miles camping and surfing along the American continent, from LA to southern Chile, they returned home.
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This short film tells the story of Mohammed Alsaleh, a young Syrian refugee granted asylum in Canada in 2014. After fleeing torture and imprisonment by the Assad regime, he is rebuilding his life. Mohammed counsels newly-arrived Syrian refugee families with the same Vancouver-based NGO that aided him during his own resettlement process. Like Mohammed, these families have left loved ones behind and are struggling to adapt to a new land, finding resilience...
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Caracas is the most urbanized city in the most urbanized country in the most urbanized region of the world. Nine-three percent of the population of the country live in urban areas. The city has a population of 2.1 million and 5.1 million depending on where the boundary is drawn. The boundary keeps shifting outwards and upwards. And the city continues to draw people in not just from within Venezuela and neighboring countries but also from The Caribbean...
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In gang controlled Arriaga, Southern Mexico, the six have an emotional reunion before climbing onto a train known as "La Bestia," or "The Beast." Every day, this cargo train is used by hundreds of migrants to make their way north. As the six discover, it is a perilous way to travel north. They learn about gangs hacking migrants in half for refusing to pay bribes or ransoms, they hear about the thousands who have died falling from the train and come...
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For more than 50 years, Americans have debated the policy of affirmative action. Defenders argue that it promotes diversity in education and the workplace, provides opportunity for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, and helps account for generations of discrimination against certain historically oppressed or marginalized groups. Critics, however, argue that it promotes "reverse" discrimination based on race or ethnicity, treats Americans...
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In the 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr. was the premier spokesman for the Black community, articulating the struggle for freedom and equality. Dr. King carried on the tradition of another eloquent voice for Black progress and equality, Frederick Douglass. This program from Tony Brown's Journal relives the Black struggle to achieve the American dream, in pictures and dramatic reenactments, and in the words or context of Frederick Douglass.
17) Afraid of Dark
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Why is everyone so afraid of black men? In her new documentary, “Afraid of Dark”, filmmaker Mya B. attempts to answer this question. In examining two of the most prevalent stereotypes about the black man as the brute and as the Mandingo we are led on a journey to understanding how the fear of these stereotypes have contributed to the rates of violence and incarceration against black men. We see how racism uses black on black crime and other unfortunate...
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The 1998 National Book Award winner in the nonfiction category was Edward Ball for his book Slaves in the Family. It's about the lives of his slave-owning ancestors on their rice plantations near Charleston, South Carolina. The book also tells the story of some of the thousands of slaves the Ball family once owned.
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In the 40 years since the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., how far have African-Americans advanced in American society? This film touches on the socioeconomic status of blacks in America and the election of Barack Obama while exploring the question "Does racism still exist?"