By Water
BY WATER follows an unlikely hero's journey into his memories, which transform into a vehicle for reconciliation and healing. Based on a true story, the film was written and inspired by Iyabo Kwayana’s experience with her brother. Upon receiving an unexpected voicemail from him after his disappearance, Kwayana heeded her brother’s message and created this film as a way to “complete” his story.
Episodes
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By Water
S11 E9 - 12m 59s
BY WATER follows an unlikely hero's journey into his memories, which transform into a vehicle for reconciliation and healing. Based on a true story, the film was written and inspired by Iyabo Kwayana’s experience with her brother. Upon receiving an unexpected voicemail from him after his disappearance, Kwayana heeded her brother’s message and created this film as a way to “complete” his story.
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No Time to Fail
S11 E7 - 1h 30m
Rhode Island's local election administrators and poll workers work around the clock to secure the vote for their community during the 2020 election -- midst an onslaught of attacks from a sitting President and the deadly threat of a global pandemic. Once invisible to the general public, NO TIME TO FAIL spotlights election administrators as the ground zero of American democracy.
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Running with My Girls
S11 E6 - 1h 26m
Tired of watching local government ignore their communities’ interests, five diverse female activists run for municipal office in Denver - one of the U.S.’s fastest gentrifying cities. A story about an engaged community outrunning the deep pockets of the political establishment, RUNNING WITH MY GIRLS demonstrates that building a new kind of political power is not just aspirational but possible.
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From Here
S11 E5 - 1h 29m
“Where are you really from?” Inspired by a young generation’s creative response to this loaded question, FROM HERE follows artists and activists from immigrant families coming of age in an era of rising xenophobia and political turmoil. Set in New York and Berlin, the film shows them create families, fight for citizenship, make art and forge identities, while redefining what it means to belong.
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A Decent Home
S11 E3 - 1h 25m
When housing on the lowest rung of the American dream is being devoured by the wealthiest of the wealthy, whose dream are we serving? A DECENT HOME, directed by Sara Terry, addresses urgent issues of class and economic (im)mobility through the lives of mobile home park residents who can’t afford housing anywhere else.
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The Death of My Two Fathers
S11 E2 - 1h 19m
After 20 years, Sol Guy finally watches his late father’s tapes and embarks on a personal journey of healing and reconciliation. At once a conversation between past and present and a letter to Sol’s children, THE DEATH OF MY TWO FATHERS reveals the complexities of identity, the persistence of racial trauma, the challenges of fatherhood -- and the liberation that exists in facing our own mortality.
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Big Chief, Black Hawk
S11 E1 - 51m 3s
Big Chief Tee is a high school senior and the youngest Mardi Gras Indian Big Chief in New Orleans. During COVID-19, he and the Black Hawk Hunters navigate the impacts of gentrification and systemic racism on their annual masking tradition. Through haute couture, movement, and words, BIG CHIEF, BLACK HAWK celebrates the beauty and resilience of “the culture” even in the face of crisis and change.
Extras + Features
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The Cost of Inheritance | Preview
S12 E1 - 30s
THE COST OF INHERITANCE, an America ReFramed special, explores the complex issue of reparations in the U.S. using a thoughtful approach to history, historical injustices, systemic inequities, and critical dialogue on racial conciliation. Through personal narratives, community inquiries, and scholarly insights, it aims to inspire understanding of the scope and rationale of the reparations debate.
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The Cost of Inheritance | Trailer
S12 E1 - 1m
THE COST OF INHERITANCE, an America ReFramed special, explores the complex issue of reparations in the U.S. using a thoughtful approach to history, historical injustices, systemic inequities, and critical dialogue on racial conciliation. Through personal narratives, community inquiries, and scholarly insights, it aims to inspire understanding of the scope and rationale of the reparations debate.
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In Search of Bengali Harlem | Trailer
S12 E2 - 2m 4s
As a teen, Alaudin Ullah was swept up by the energy of hip-hop and rebelled against his Bangladeshi roots. Now a playwright contending with post-9/11 Hollywood’s Islamophobia, he sets out to tell his parents’ stories. IN SEARCH OF BENGALI HARLEM tracks his quest from mid-20th-century Harlem to Bangladesh, unveiling intertwined histories of South Asian Muslims, African Americans, and Puerto Ricans.
Schedule
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America ReFramed
For the Love of Rutland
Thursday
Jan 11
1 Hour 30 Minutes
An attempt to bring Syrian refugees into Rutland, Vt., unleashes deep partisan rancor; a Rutland, Va., resident emerges as an unexpected leader in a town divided by class, cultural values and divisive politics. -
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America ReFramed
For the Love of Rutland
Friday
Jan 12
1 Hour 30 Minutes
An attempt to bring Syrian refugees into Rutland, Vt., unleashes deep partisan rancor; a Rutland, Va., resident emerges as an unexpected leader in a town divided by class, cultural values and divisive politics. -
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America ReFramed
For the Love of Rutland
Friday
Jan 12
1 Hour 30 Minutes
An attempt to bring Syrian refugees into Rutland, Vt., unleashes deep partisan rancor; a Rutland, Va., resident emerges as an unexpected leader in a town divided by class, cultural values and divisive politics. -
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America ReFramed
For the Love of Rutland
Friday
Jan 12
1 Hour 30 Minutes
An attempt to bring Syrian refugees into Rutland, Vt., unleashes deep partisan rancor; a Rutland, Va., resident emerges as an unexpected leader in a town divided by class, cultural values and divisive politics. -
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America ReFramed
For the Love of Rutland
Saturday
Jan 13
1 Hour 30 Minutes
An attempt to bring Syrian refugees into Rutland, Vt., unleashes deep partisan rancor; a Rutland, Va., resident emerges as an unexpected leader in a town divided by class, cultural values and divisive politics. -
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America ReFramed
For the Love of Rutland
Sunday
Jan 14
1 Hour 30 Minutes
An attempt to bring Syrian refugees into Rutland, Vt., unleashes deep partisan rancor; a Rutland, Va., resident emerges as an unexpected leader in a town divided by class, cultural values and divisive politics. -
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America ReFramed
For the Love of Rutland
Sunday
Jan 14
1 Hour 30 Minutes
An attempt to bring Syrian refugees into Rutland, Vt., unleashes deep partisan rancor; a Rutland, Va., resident emerges as an unexpected leader in a town divided by class, cultural values and divisive politics. -
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America ReFramed
For the Love of Rutland
Sunday
Jan 14
1 Hour 30 Minutes
An attempt to bring Syrian refugees into Rutland, Vt., unleashes deep partisan rancor; a Rutland, Va., resident emerges as an unexpected leader in a town divided by class, cultural values and divisive politics.
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