America ReFramed

Brings to life compelling stories illuminating the contours of our ever-changing country.

Episodes

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    Como Vivimos (How We Live)

    S12 Ep6 |
    California farmworker housing rules force seasonal moves, upending Latinx students' education.
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    The Last Season

    S4 Ep17 |
    Two veterans, and now mushroom hunters, heal the wounds of war in an unlikely friendship.
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    My Life in China

    S4 Ep16 |
    Retracing the perilous steps a father chanced in search of a better for his family.
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    Operation Popcorn

    S4 Ep15 |
    Shedding light on relationships between individuals and the American surveillance state.
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    The Grace Lee Project

    S4 Ep14 |
    A quest to uncover how the name “Grace” became ubiquitous among Asian Americans.
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    In An Ideal World

    S4 Ep13 |
    IN AN IDEAL WORLD follows three men in CA's Soledad prison as it is forced to integrate.
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    City of Trees

    S4 Ep12 |
    A story about the struggle to achieve change during the worst recession in a generation.
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    Reversing the Mississippi

    S4 Ep11 |
    If a teacher limited by resources & a social innovator meet, could they make real change?
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    Children of the Arctic

    S4 Ep10 |
    A year-in-the-life portrait of Native youth coming of age at the Arctic edge of America.

Specials

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    Liberated Lives

    Filmmakers talk about their documentaries and the process of telling these stories.

About America ReFramed

America ReFramed brings to life compelling stories, personal voices and experiences that illuminate the contours of our ever-changing country. Since 2012, the series has premiered 170 films - more than half helmed by female makers and a third credited to BIPOC makers - centering stories of the LGBTQ community, people with disabilities, the formerly incarcerated, veterans, immigrants and more.

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