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Summary Celebrate independent films with this Emmy award-winning PBS series. Each week spotlights new documentaries, dramas, shorts and other cinematic artistry by different filmmaking visionaries.

Directed By: Yu Gu

  • PBS
  • Jan 4, 2021
  • PBS
  • Jan 4, 2021
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S22 • Episode 5
A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem
Air Date: Jan 4, 2021
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Summary Celebrate independent films with this Emmy award-winning PBS series. Each week spotlights new documentaries, dramas, shorts and other cinematic artistry by different filmmaking visionaries.

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Episode 1 • Oct 19, 2020
Feels Good Man
San Francisco artist Matt Furie's Pepe the Frog, created as a character in his indie comic "Boy's Club," becomes a symbol of the alt-right movement.
Episode 2 • Oct 26, 2020
Represent
Three women take on local political networks in a bid to reshape politics leading up to the 2018 midterm elections in the Midwest.
Episode 3 • Nov 16, 2020
Jonathan Scott's Power Trip
Jonathan Scott explores the production of energy across the U.S., speaking with senators, coal miners, solar panel installers and more about the country's energy system.
Episode 4 • Nov 23, 2020
Belly of the Beast
Intimate accounts from formerly incarcerated people provide insight into modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice in California prisons.
Episode 5 • Jan 4, 2021
A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem
Three cheerleaders take on the National Football League (NFL), demanding equity, fair labour practises and a raise.
Episode 6 • Jan 11, 2021
A Day in the Life of America
Director Jared Leto sends more than 90 film crews to all 50 states to capture life in America over a 24-hour period.
Episode 7 • Feb 1, 2021
9 to 5: The Story of a Movement
When Dolly Parton sang "9 to 5," she was singing about a real movement that started with a group of secretaries in the early 1970s. Their goals were simple-better pay, more advancement opportunities and an end to sexual harassment.
Episode 8 • Feb 8, 2021
Women in Blue
With the national conversation around police reform still resonating, Women in Blue shines a spotlight on women within the Minneapolis Police Department to reform it from the inside by fighting for gender equity.
Episode 9 • Feb 22, 2021 • 1 h 23 m
Mr. SOUL!
Mr. SOUL. explores the first nationally broadcast all-Black variety show on public TV.
Episode 10 • Mar 22, 2021
Coded Bias
MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's Algorithmic Justice League highlights racial bias in facial recognition algorithms.
Episode 11 • Mar 29, 2021
Til Kingdom Come; The Debate
Kentucky pastors known as the Binghams, along with their evangelical congregants, donate sacrificially to Israel's foremost philanthropic organization.
Episode 12 • Apr 12, 2021
Down a Dark Stairwell
Two communities navigate an uneven criminal justice system after an unarmed Black man is killed by a Chinese American police officer at a Brooklyn housing project.
Episode 13 • May 24, 2021
The Donut King
The life story of Christy's Donuts founder Ted Ngoy, who built a multimillion-dollar company in the U.S. after fleeing Cambodia.
Episode 14 • Jun 21, 2021
Two Gods
A Muslim casket maker in East Orange, N.J., teaches two young men how to embrace life as they learn about the Islamic burial tradition.
Episode 15 • Jun 28, 2021
The People vs. Agent Orange
The People vs. Agent Orange closely follows two activists as they take on the chemical industry, and demand accountability for the pernicious legacy caused by the use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War.
Episode 101 • Apr 20, 2021
PHILLY D.A.
Episode 102 • Apr 27, 2021
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Episode 103 • May 4, 2021
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Episode 104 • May 11, 2021
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Episode 105 • May 18, 2021
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Episode 106 • May 25, 2021
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Episode 107 • Jun 1, 2021
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