Interwoven stories cover life in the city of Dallas, Texas.
L.A.'s Christina Catherine Martinez is a bewitching hybrid of standup, clown and performance artist.
After 13 years, a Lakota man returns to his reservation to reconnect with his family and culture.
Digital artists gaining global fame after embracing NFTs face a reckoning as it crashes around them.
Legendary Atlanta comic Ian Aber takes the stage with jokes about growing up queer in the South.
Called "too much" her whole life, Austin's Lea'h Sampson now embraces her true self in her standup.
Haitian-born, Brooklyn-based comic Tanael Joachim mines comedy from being a fish out of water.
A veteran uses hand-carved battlefield crosses to reconnect with families of fallen, fellow Marines.
A veteran uses hand-carved battlefield crosses to reconnect with families of fallen, fellow Marines.
The powerful story of an enslaved woman who sued and won her family's freedom in 1832.
How America's first Chinese woman was exhibited and exploited as a circus oddity in 1830s New York.
A wild hog hunt in the Ozarks leads to an unexpectedly vulnerable dialogue.
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Unravel the complexities of the Electoral College through four 2020 presidential electors.
Unravel the complexities of the Electoral College through four 2020 presidential electors.
An Ozarks wild hog hunt leads to a vulnerable reunion for an Iranian American and childhood friend.
Oil painter Samir Khurshid's work reflects his tumultuous Iraq childhood and refugee life.
How did the extreme Antarctic winter affected the Belgica's crew?
How can future astronauts best prepare themselves to face these challenges?
The central mystery of this unconventional documentary is the nature of sound itself.
How do you keep humans sane and relatively content in isolation?
The grueling journey to Mars.
For Native Alaskans living on a tiny Bering Sea island, if you don't hunt, you die.
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The role and meaning of sound is explored in an unconventional documentary experience.
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation of a Mars mission.
A young woman makes plans to give her sister, who is dying, the best days of her life.
Three people navigate their lives with determination in the face of Parkinson's disease.
Danielle Metz, a mother of two, tells her story of incarceration and separation.
A daughter opens up about growing up very young without her mother who was incarcerated.
A conversation with Black Public Media's Leslie Fields-Cruz and Denise Green.
Kenneth Polite, Jr. shares why he supported President Obama's clemency of Danielle Metz.
Danielle Metz speaks at a Free Her campaign, calling for clemency of incarcerated women.
Jo, a witty 9-year-old terminally ill girl, dreams of being a superhero in her village.
If you had one superpower, what would it be?
A conversation with KATI KATI's Mbithi Masya.
A woman discovers a place inhabited by the souls of dead people waiting for redemption.
After death, where do you go? The afterlife. But it's complicated especially in Kati Kati.
A conversation with COMMUTED's Nailah Jefferson, Darcy McKinnon and Danielle Metz.
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation of a Mars mission.
A crew of 12 Mexican tree planters travel the United States regrowing America's forests.
Midwestern families deal with unseen mental health issues affecting farmers in America.
An Alaska Native family faces backlash from environmentalists due to whale hunting.
What are the challenges facing local journalists?
Meet the Mexican guest workers who leave their families to plant trees across America.
Documentary and narrative films about the global Black experience.
After Danielle Metz's commutation, she gets a rare chance to regain her life and family.
After Danielle Metz's commutation, she gets a rare chance to regain her life and family.
Jo, a witty 9-year-old terminally ill girl, dreams of being a superhero in her village.