I'm the Girl – the Story of a Photograph
In 1951, a little girl became mesmerized by a Christmas display window in downtown Louisville. A photo of her has remained iconic for over seventy years. To this day, the identity of this wide-eyed child remains unconfirmed, except among the dozens of women who claim to be her. 'I'm the Girl' investigates the power of a single image, what it means to be seen, and the magic of the Holiday season.
Episodes
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Jared Dawson is the Church of Lavonia Elberton
S8 E805 - 14m 26s
After Jared Dawson’s family forced him out of his childhood home because of their staunch religious convictions, he discovered his alter ego as a radical drag performer. As “Lavonia Elberton,” Jared navigates a new sense of belonging and family within the LGBTQIA+ community of Atlanta.
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Wiley's Last Resort
S8 E805 - 17m 18s
With coal mining destroying the mountains that he loves, Jim Webb establishes Wiley’s Last Resort, a place for local activists, musicians, artists, and dreamers to celebrate Appalachian culture and help fight back against strip mining.
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Ten by Ten
S8 E804 - 30m 26s
After living in Asia for over a decade and longing for a taste of home, Jessica opens a Tennessee-style diner out of her home in Jeju, South Korea. But after appearing on one of the country’s most popular television programs, she and her husband Dongseop must adjust to the shock of newfound TV fame, the crowds of curious new customers it brings, and the growing uncertainty of a global pandemic.
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The Space Between You & Me
S8 E804 - 24m 4s
A Korean-American filmmaker from Alabama explores the complexities of international adoption through the stories of her birth mother and another adoptee in New York. ‘The Space Between You and Me’ is an effort to reclaim a stolen identity while searching for belonging between the worlds of the Jewish South, the Korean-American diaspora, and a fraught legacy of Korean adoption programs.
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Love Without Parole
S8 E803 - 27m 9s
In a notorious Alabama prison, Michael falls deeply in love and matrimony follows. But when serving a life sentence, without parole, keeping his relationship alive proves too difficult. When Michael is miraculously released after 36 years, can he find a way to rehabilitate his marriage, too?
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8 Days at Ware
S8 E803 - 27m 32s
Suicides at a juvenile detention center in Louisiana raise troubling questions about the facility and the agencies tasked with overseeing it. Thirteen-year-old Solan Peterson had only been at Ware Youth Center for eight days when he took his life while in isolation. ‘8 Days at Ware’ examines Solan’s last days – exposing the system that failed him and a legacy of abuse going back decades.
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Stay Here Awhile
S8 E802 - 56m 15s
A Tennessee folklorist, a fifth-generation Carolina farmer, a Mississippi river guide, and a former professional football player journey through loss and healing in this poetic ode to the power of landscape. A film shot during the COVID-19 Pandemic, ‘Stay Here Awhile’ invites us to linger in the space we find at the end of things.
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Quilted Education
S8 E805 - 9m 51s
In a time when books are banned and discussions around race are curtailed, Karen Hinton Robinson takes on the responsibility of teaching Black history beyond the institution. In this mother-daughter interview, the historian and skilled quilter explains how her craft is used to supplement education by creating quilts that document the important figures of Black history, missing in Texas schools.
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Disrupted Borders
S8 E805 - 19m 5s
This is a coming-of-age story about two best friends living on the US-Mexico border in a scarred landscape of racial tensions, family wounds, and lack of opportunities as they embark on their extraordinary journeys in 3D innovation and artistic creativity to heal themselves, their families, and their community.
Extras + Features
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Meet the Candidate Frankie Gonzalez-Wolfe
S8 E806 - 2m 31s
Frankie Gonzalez-Wolfe shares her love of politics and San Antonio as she runs for city council in her hometown.
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Frankie Visits the Texas Capitol
S8 E806 - 2m 56s
Trans Lobby Day is here for the state of Texas and Frankie Gonzalez-Wolfe, a trans woman running for San Antonio city council, shares what she as a trans woman took from her experience there as a politician.
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A Run for More | Official Trailer
S8 E806 - 30s
Growing up, Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe learned to be a fighter but never imagined having a chance to make history as the first openly elected transgender official in Texas. Unfolding amidst an onslaught of legal attacks against the trans community, ‘A Run for More’ immerses viewers in Frankie’s journey as she finds her voice, questions her relationship with the community, and tries to win an election.
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The Space Between You & Me | Official Trailer
S8 E804 - 1m 5s
A Korean-American filmmaker from Alabama explores the complexities of international adoption through the stories of her birth mother and another adoptee in New York. ‘The Space Between You and Me’ is an effort to reclaim a stolen identity while searching for belonging between the worlds of the Jewish South, the Korean-American diaspora, and a fraught legacy of Korean adoption programs.
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Ten by Ten | Official Trailer
S8 E804 - 1m 5s
After living in Asia for over a decade and longing for a taste of home, Jessica opens a Tennessee-style diner out of her home in Jeju, South Korea. But after appearing on one of the country’s most popular television programs, she and her husband Dongseop must adjust to the shock of newfound TV fame, the crowds of curious new customers it brings, and the growing uncertainty of a global pandemic.
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8 Days at Ware | Official Trailer
S8 E803 - 45s
Suicides at a juvenile detention center in Louisiana raise troubling questions about the facility and the agencies tasked with overseeing it. Thirteen-year-old Solan Peterson had only been at Ware Youth Center for eight days when he took his life while in isolation. ‘8 Days at Ware’ examines Solan’s last days – exposing the system that failed him and a legacy of abuse going back decades.
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Former Ware detention facility employee speaks out
S8 E803 - 2m 41s
Former Ware supervisor Eleanor Morgan and former detainee Gabryell Hardy speak out about the conditions other juvenile detainees were put under during their respective times at Ware Youth Center.
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Love Without Parole | Official Trailer
S8 E803 - 45s
In a notorious Alabama prison, Michael falls deeply in love and matrimony follows. But when serving a life sentence, without parole, keeping his relationship alive proves too difficult. When Michael is miraculously released after 36 years, can he find a way to rehabilitate his marriage, too?
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Facing Life Without Parole, Michael Meets a New Love
S8 E803 - 2m 2s
Kathlyn and Micheal share their story of how they met, as pen pals, while Micheal was facing a life sentence without parole.
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Stay Here Awhile | Official Preview
S8 E802 - 30s
A Tennessee folklorist, a fifth-generation Carolina farmer, a Mississippi river guide, and a former professional football player journey through loss and healing in this poetic ode to the power of landscape. A film shot during the COVID-19 Pandemic, ‘Stay Here Awhile’ invites us to linger in the space we find at the end of things.
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Tenneessee folklorist produces the sounds of the South
S8 E802 - 2m 43s
Sounds of the south can be heard when this Tennessee folklorist plays the banjo and discusses what he calls the “simplistic joy” that the instrument is capable of producing.
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Writer Latria Graham Reads an Emotional Farewell
S8 E802 - 2m 38s
“A Dream Uprooted” is an article written by Latria Graham about the struggle of losing her family farm. Here, she tells the story and reflects on this loss and her connection to the land she will no longer call hers.
Schedule
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Muni
Thursday
Jan 4
30 Minutes
A jovial love letter to the game of golf, told by Black golfers in Asheville, N.C. -
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Madame Pipi
Thursday
Jan 4
30 Minutes
Following the lives of Haitian bathroom attendants working in Miami nightclubs. -
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Muni
Friday
Jan 5
30 Minutes
A jovial love letter to the game of golf, told by Black golfers in Asheville, N.C. -
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Muni
Friday
Jan 5
30 Minutes
A jovial love letter to the game of golf, told by Black golfers in Asheville, N.C. -
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REEL SOUTH
Madame Pipi
Friday
Jan 5
30 Minutes
Following the lives of Haitian bathroom attendants working in Miami nightclubs. -
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South by South Korea
Wednesday
Jan 10
1 Hour
Two films showcase the historical and contemporary currents connecting the American South and the Korean peninsula. -
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South by South Korea
Thursday
Jan 11
1 Hour
Two films showcase the historical and contemporary currents connecting the American South and the Korean peninsula. -
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REEL SOUTH
South by South Korea
Thursday
Jan 11
1 Hour
Two films showcase the historical and contemporary currents connecting the American South and the Korean peninsula. -
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REEL SOUTH
Madame Pipi
Sunday
Jan 14
30 Minutes
Following the lives of Haitian bathroom attendants working in Miami nightclubs. -
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Madame Pipi
Monday
Jan 15
30 Minutes
Following the lives of Haitian bathroom attendants working in Miami nightclubs. -
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REEL SOUTH
Madame Pipi
Monday
Jan 15
30 Minutes
Following the lives of Haitian bathroom attendants working in Miami nightclubs.
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