S1.E5 ∙ Back and Forth

A Broken System chronicles how the death penalty system affects those behind the scenes. An exonerated prisoner, an executioner, a mother who's daughter was murdered, and a man who watched his own brother die in the execution chamber tell their stories about how they have come to oppose the capital punishment system in America.

American DREAMers follows the journey of group of five undocumented youth and an ally who risk their freedom by publicly coming out as undocumented and walking 3,000 miles across America's heartland to organize for immigrant rights.

Before the silence shows life of dying people in a hospice. Seven people share their personal story, hopes, believes and religious thoughts. Every person deals with their fears and vision on the approaching death. Through their eyes we learn to think in a different way about hospices and experience how to make the last moments count. During these last months, it appears that life has more to offer to them, than they expected.

Once a hero, Firefighter Alphonse Sicignano is now fighting to survive. Like many who worked at Ground Zero, Al faces mental and physical ailments. But when he tests positive for cocaine while on duty, his whole world crashes down around him. Engulfed in a lawsuit with New York City and struggling with alcohol and substance abuse, Al is on the brink of losing his career, his wife and his two daughters. As the story evolves from 2001 to the present, his wife Suzanne is left picking up the pieces. His two daughters, Allie, just like her father and Chloe who never back down, will determine whether the father they love can bear 'The Weight of Surviving'

A group of teenagers board a bus for West Virginia, leaving the streets of Washington, DC to participate in an ambitious peace education program. For the first time in their lives Mark, Asha, Martha, and Corey play in mountain streams, sing under the stars, and confront the entrenched abuse, violence and neglect cycles of their past. But as they return to DC, each young person faces an unforgiving series of hurdles and roadblocks that challenge their efforts to build a better life. Through breathtaking visuals from street corners to mountaintops, Fly By Light is an intimate exploration of the chaotic, confusing, and emotional journey to rewrite a young person's future.