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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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Episode 5: Have You Heard From Johannesburg
Episode 5: Have You Heard From Johannesburg
The apartheid regime in Pretoria crumbles under pressure from a united popular uprising inside its borders, and crushing international pressure to reform. Nelson Mandela is freed from prison and in 1990 is elected president of a democratic South Africa.
Air date: 01/26/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2190223731/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The apartheid regime in Pretoria crumbles under pressure from a united popular uprising inside its borders, and crushing international pressure to reform. Nelson Mandela is freed from prison and in 1990 is elected president of a democratic South Africa. /episodes/get/1488 /episode/1488 Independent Lens: Episode 5: Have You Heard From Johannesburg /episode-player/1488
Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock - Available...
Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock - Available...
Daisy Bates was a complex, unconventional, and largely forgotten heroine of the civil rights movement who led the charge to desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.
Air date: 02/02/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2192480918/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Daisy Bates was a complex, unconventional, and largely forgotten heroine of the civil rights movement who led the charge to desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. /episodes/get/1485 /episode/1485 Independent Lens: Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock - Available... /episode-player/1485
More Than a Month
More Than a Month
Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman sets off on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. His thoughtful, humorous journey explores the complexity and contradictions of relegating an entire group's history to one month in a so-called 'post-racial' America.
Air date: 02/16/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2197967045/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman sets off on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. His thoughtful, humorous journey explores the complexity and contradictions of relegating an entire group's history to one month in a so-called 'post-racial' America. /episodes/get/1498 /episode/1498 Independent Lens: More Than a Month /episode-player/1498
Pushing the Elephant - A Women and Girls Lead Online...
Pushing the Elephant - A Women and Girls Lead Online...
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 Pushing the Elephant, a story of forgiveness, hope, and the joy of family life that captures one woman's mission for peace in her country beset by genocidal...
Air date: 03/01/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2203647883/?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 Pushing the Elephant, a story of forgiveness, hope, and the joy of family life that captures one woman's mission for peace in her country beset by genocidal... /episodes/get/1501 /episode/1501 Independent Lens: Pushing the Elephant - A Women and Girls Lead Online... /episode-player/1501
Sentencing the Victim - A Women and Girls Lead Online...
Sentencing the Victim - A Women and Girls Lead Online...
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 Sentencing the Victim, about a South Carolina woman who, after a vicious gang-rape, is transformed into a committed and eloquent activist challenging laws she...
Air date: 03/01/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2203455580/?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 Sentencing the Victim, about a South Carolina woman who, after a vicious gang-rape, is transformed into a committed and eloquent activist challenging laws she... /episodes/get/1502 /episode/1502 Independent Lens: Sentencing the Victim - A Women and Girls Lead Online... /episode-player/1502
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