2021

S1.E1 ∙ Missing Magic

Mon, Jun 21, 2021

As uprisings spread across the country, a young poet in Birmingham, Alabama becomes involved in local protests against decades of police brutality. As he tries to reconcile the city's modern image as a diverse and welcoming metropolis with its violent and complex civil rights history, he suddenly becomes a part of the story when he's arrested at a demonstration.

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S1.E2 ∙ We Stay in the House

Wed, Jul 28, 2021

In March 2020, New Orleans experienced a surge in COVID- 19 cases, weeks after Mardi Gras, one the country's first super-spreader events. Almost a year later, the pandemic rages on with record numbers of cases. Combining verité film and self-shot video diaries, this documentary follows a group of New Orleans mothers struggling to care for their families and themselves, providing an intimate portrait of mothering during a time of crisis.

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S1.E3 ∙ Udaan (Soar)

Wed, Jul 28, 2021

Udaan is a coming-of-age portrait of a first-generation Pakistani student who must navigate the transition to college as she and her family wrestle with contemporary Southern culture and how to maintain their own traditions in small town Arkansas.

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S1.E4 ∙ This Body

Wed, Jul 28, 2021

Sydney Hall is challenged to reconcile a history of perpetual medical abuses with her desire to save lives in her community by participating in the COVID-19 vaccine trials. Sydney's community of friends, relatives, and medical professionals reflect on the contemporary backdrop of governmental distrust and the cultural memory of medical abuses at a moment when Black Americans are faced with the option to take the experimental vaccine.

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S1.E5 ∙ Now Let Us Sing

Wed, Jul 28, 2021

An interfaith, interracial choir in Durham, NC is forced to take a new direction during the pandemic. Members of the group, which uses African American sacred music as a vehicle to create safe spaces for racial healing and community building, must grapple with the emotional roller coaster of trying to sing as one unit while living miles apart.

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