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Beyond Utopia
January 09, 2024
They grew up believing their land was paradise. Now, they risk everything in escaping it. In an unforgettable documentary, follow families on a treacherous journey to defect from their homeland of North Korea, as the threat of severe punishment and possible execution looms over their passage, revealing a world many have never seen.
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Season 26
Trailer | Home Court
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The coming-of-age story and rise of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy.
Bike Vessel
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Father and son bond on an ambitious 350-mile bike ride in this portrait of familial love.
Skin of Glass
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How the turbulent history of her architect father's iconic building reflects Brazil's own struggles....
The In Between
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A filmmaker returns to her hometown on the U.S.-Mexico border to reflect on growing up fronterizo....
The Strike
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How a small hunger strike against solitary confinement turned into a massive statewide protest....
Without Arrows
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A champion grass dancer returns home after 13 years to reconnect with his Indigenous culture....
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 4
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A D.A. tries to reform a broken system; a judge upholds laws adversely affecting her own community....
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 1
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Episode 1 of Dallas, 2019 shows workers navigating a city in crisis after a tornado.
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 2
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A graduating high school student, superintendent, and county sheriff all strive for a better...
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 3
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Three diverse spirits with longstanding Texas roots struggle with their place in the world....
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 5
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The final episode of Dallas, 2019 poses the question: What does it mean to be alive?
Who Can Become American? | The History of White People in America, Episode 6
December 18, 2024
Catchy, musical short chronicles the 175-year-long arbitrary system of race in America.
Ready For Your Headliner? | United States of Comedy, Ep 5
December 10, 2024
Iranian American comic Sohrab Forouzesh gets his big break: headlining Chicago's legendary...
The Art of Clown | United States of Comedy, Ep 4
December 3, 2024
L.A.'s Christina Catherine Martinez is a bewitching hybrid of standup, clown and performance...
America’s Gay Christian Sweetheart | United States of Comedy, Ep 3
November 26, 2024
Legendary Atlanta comic Ian Aber takes the stage with jokes about growing up queer in the South....
Be Too Much | United States of Comedy, Ep 2
November 19, 2024
Called "too much" her whole life, Austin's Lea’h Sampson now embraces her true self in her...
The Making of a Griot | United States of Comedy, Ep 1
November 12, 2024
Haitian-born, Brooklyn-based comic Tanael Joachim mines comedy from being a fish out of water....
Season 25
The Tuba Thieves
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The central mystery of this unconventional documentary is the nature of sound itself.
Space: The Longest Goodbye
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NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation of a Mars mission.
One With the Whale
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For Native Alaskans living on a tiny Bering Sea island, if you don’t hunt, you die.
Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s
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Three people navigate their lives with determination in the face of Parkinson’s disease....
A Thousand Pines
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A crew of 12 Mexican tree planters travel the United States regrowing America’s forests....
Greener Pastures
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Midwestern families deal with unseen mental health issues affecting farmers in America.
Breaking The News
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Women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch startup The 19th* to buck a broken news media system.
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
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A nun with stage IV cancer teaches others that death doesn’t have to be the end.
Trailer | Razing Liberty Square
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Miami's Liberty City public housing projects become ground zero for climate gentrification...
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