Episodes
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Black Godfather of Scuba
S10 Ep1003 |Dr. Albert “Doc” Jones leads the charge to preserve history through scuba diving.
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Bury Me at Taylor Hollow
S7 Ep2 |Just outside Nashville, a mortician creates the state’s first, natural burial ground. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Disrupted Borders
S8 Ep805 |A coming-of-age story about two best friends living on the US-Mexico border. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Jasper Mall
S6 Ep7 |A dying shopping mall embodies Americana values and culture in a changing South. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Rap Squad
S6 Ep6 |Arkansas high school writers and performers seek healing and justice for their community. - Embedded Video LinkImage
The Passing On
S6 Ep5 |The legacy of Black funeral homes in San Antonio, Texas hinges on one renowned embalmer. - Embedded Video LinkImage
That's Wild
S6 Ep4 |Atlanta teens face the thrills, joy, and struggles of navigating the wilds of Colorado. - Embedded Video LinkImage
You Asked for the Facts
S6 Ep3 |Robert Kennedy defies a Mississippi state-wide campus speaker-ban in 1966. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Flat Town
S6 Ep2 |A rural Louisiana high school football game unites a historically segregated town.
Specials
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Free Play
A mother’s perseverance leads to the creation of Middle Tennessee’s largest inclusive playground.
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Knocking Down the Fences
The story of AJ Andrews, the first woman to win a Rawlings Gold Glove. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Some Million Miles
An intimate portrait of addiction and recovery atop Sand Mountain in rural Alabama. - Embedded Video LinkImage
As In Death
A 9-1-1 operator is spurred to act by the wrongful death of a child years ago in Durham. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Uniontown
Activists in rural Alabama band together to take on big industry and passive politicians. - Embedded Video LinkImage
The Derby
A portrait of workers and revelers at the fastest 2 minutes in sports, the Kentucky Derby. - Embedded Video LinkImage
SIGNS
A short film exploring the vandalism of signs in Mississippi marking Emmett Till’s death. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Cotton Plant
A teetotalling Arkansas mayor hopes medical marijuana will save his dying town. - Embedded Video LinkImage
The Basin
Reckless development forces crawfishermen to speak out to save their way of life.
About REEL SOUTH
REEL SOUTH is a PBS documentary series that showcases authentic stories which unearth the spirit of the South today. The series explores layers of Southern life across themes of social justice, cultural experience, environmental challenges, and more. REEL SOUTH aims to leverage our region’s rich storytelling tradition as a catalyst for positive change — in the American South and beyond.
