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Seeking Asian Female
Seeking Asian Female
Air date: 05-06-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365001610/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Two strangers — an elderly American man and a young Chinese woman — pursue a marriage brokered by the internet, but they get more than they bargained for when she moves across the Pacific to start a new life with him in America, in this intimate and quirky, personal documentary about modern love. /episodes/get/8607 /episode/8607 Independent Lens: Seeking Asian Female /episode-player/8607
The Undocumented
The Undocumented
Air date: 04-29-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365003064/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Border Patrol agents, Native Americans, smugglers, ranchers, retirees and Samaritans form a constellation of people engaged with the Arizona/Mexico border on a daily basis—policing it, working it or simply feeling its consequences. But at the center of it all is the migrant. This film tells the... /episodes/get/8664 /episode/8664 Independent Lens: The Undocumented /episode-player/8664
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Air date: 04-16-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2331042879/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, Wonder Women! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society's... /episodes/get/8523 /episode/8523 Independent Lens: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines /episode-player/8523
The House I Live In
The House I Live In
Air date: 04-09-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2341636421/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false In "The House I Live In," director Eugene Jarecki ("Why We Fight") gives a historical overview of America's War on Drugs and weaves unforgettable personal stories with groundbreaking commentary from a "who's who" of the leading proponents and opponents in this tragic and unending crisis. /episodes/get/8375 /episode/8375 Independent Lens: The House I Live In /episode-player/8375
As I Am
As I Am
Air date: 04-09-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2363325253/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Filmmaker Alan Spearman collaborates with Chris Dean to present a meditation on life in South Memphis. With narration by a young man who lost his father to gang violence, this powerful collection of images provides a poetic counterpoint to the usually faceless War on Drugs. /episodes/get/8484 /episode/8484 Independent Lens: As I Am /episode-player/8484
Guess Who?: The Mayor and The Judge
Guess Who?: The Mayor and The Judge
Air date: 03-15-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2340845582/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Guess Who? is a series of short videos in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (www.seejane.org) and the Independent Television Service (ITVS). The videos seek to challenge children’s beliefs about gender stereotypes by showing men and women in non-traditional jobs. /episodes/get/8198 /episode/8198 Independent Lens: Guess Who?: The Mayor and The Judge /episode-player/8198
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Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story - Available through March
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story - Available through March
March is Women's History Month and to celebrate we're bringing you 10 films as part of the Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival. Watch Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story, that follows the sad and startling story of Cyntoia Brown, who is serving a life sentence for a murder she committed at age of...
Air date: 03/01/2011
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1822666163/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false March is Women's History Month and to celebrate we're bringing you 10 films as part of the Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival. Watch Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story, that follows the sad and startling story of Cyntoia Brown, who is serving a life sentence for a murder she committed at age of... /episodes/get/1497 /episode/1497 Independent Lens: Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story - Available through March /episode-player/1497
Wham! Bam! Islam!
Wham! Bam! Islam!
When a Kuwaiti psychologist launches a comic series based on the 99 virtues of Allah, he runs up against suspicion from Muslims and the harsh realities of the global marketplace.
Air date: 10/13/2011
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2151623292/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false When a Kuwaiti psychologist launches a comic series based on the 99 virtues of Allah, he runs up against suspicion from Muslims and the harsh realities of the global marketplace. /episodes/get/1509 /episode/1509 Independent Lens: Wham! Bam! Islam! /episode-player/1509
We Still Live Here - As Nutayunean - Available through March
We Still Live Here - As Nutayunean - Available through March
March is Women's History Month and to celebrate we're bringing you 10 films as part of #SheDocs, the Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival. Watch We Still Live Here - As Nutayunean, about the Wampanoag nation of southeastern Massachusetts reviving their native tongue, a language that was...
Air date: 11/10/2011
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2168433568/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false March is Women's History Month and to celebrate we're bringing you 10 films as part of #SheDocs, the Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival. Watch We Still Live Here - As Nutayunean, about the Wampanoag nation of southeastern Massachusetts reviving their native tongue, a language that was... /episodes/get/1508 /episode/1508 Independent Lens: We Still Live Here - As Nutayunean - Available through March /episode-player/1508
Troop 1500 - A Women and Girls Lead Online Festival...
Troop 1500 - A Women and Girls Lead Online Festival...
March is Women's History Month and to celebrate we're bringing you 10 films as part of the Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival. Their mothers may be convicted thieves, murderers, and drug dealers, but the Girl Scouts of Troop 1500 want to be doctors, social workers, and marine biologists....
Air date: 12/08/2011
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2174675847/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false March is Women's History Month and to celebrate we're bringing you 10 films as part of the Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival. Their mothers may be convicted thieves, murderers, and drug dealers, but the Girl Scouts of Troop 1500 want to be doctors, social workers, and marine biologists.... /episodes/get/1507 /episode/1507 Independent Lens: Troop 1500 - A Women and Girls Lead Online Festival... /episode-player/1507
Children of Haiti
Children of Haiti
In the midst of Haiti's lush mountains and historical relics is an epidemic of over 500,000 orphan children who wander the streets. Known as the "soulless" and forgotten by their own people, they do what they must to survive each day. Follow three teenage boys who share a common dream of education...
Air date: 01/02/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2177525642/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false In the midst of Haiti's lush mountains and historical relics is an epidemic of over 500,000 orphan children who wander the streets. Known as the "soulless" and forgotten by their own people, they do what they must to survive each day. Follow three teenage boys who share a common dream of education... /episodes/get/1484 /episode/1484 Independent Lens: Children of Haiti /episode-player/1484
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