S1.E5 ∙ The Michigan Life

A tale of recovery and redemption that paints a portrait of life after heroin addiction in the Bronx.

This is the story of a lyrical singer and an Afghan refugee. With songs and introspection, hope and disappointment.

In the San Pedro male prison of La Paz, Bolivia, 1500 prisoners coexist in a space originally designed for only 300 nuns. Inside, it is like a small city, with businesses and services abound. The prisoners make their living inside the enclosure as they would outside. There is a strong self-organization that plans every-body's lives. As if it weren't enough, there are hundreds of women, wives of the inmates, and almost 300 children, who chose to share their captivity. They are non-convicted beings that accepted living behind bars with the only purpose of preserving a united family. The documentary shows the life of a family inside the jail of La Paz.

As a teenager, Andre Robert Lee's full scholarship to attend a prestigious Philadelphia prep school was supposed to be his way up and out out of the ghetto, but this elite education came at a high personal cost. Join him as he revisits the events of his adolescence while also spending time with current-day prep school students to see how much has changed inside the ivory tower and find out who really pays the consequences for yesterday's accelerated desegregation and today's racial naivete.

The story follows rise and fall of Lost Vagueness, Glastonbury's vintage-themed entertainment area; started as niche, grew to media sensation but collapsed under commercial pressures, inspiring offshoot area Shangri-La.