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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Muni
S6 Ep1 |The struggle and joys of Black golfers who integrated a municipal course in Asheville, NC. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Mossville: When Great Trees Fall
S5 Ep10 |One man standing in the way of a petrochemical plant expansion refuses to give up. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Attaché
S5 Ep9 |The most successful High School Show Choir in history from a small, Southern town. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Seadrift
S5 Ep7 |A fatal shooting in Texas ignites a maelstrom of hostilities against Vietnamese refugees. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Outspoken
S5 Ep5 |LGBTQ West Virginians assert the power and longevity of a small town queer community. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Sustained Outrage
S5 Ep4 |A Pulitzer Prize-winning local newspaper in West Virginia fights for survival. - Embedded Video LinkImage
All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk
S5 Ep3 |The unprecedented story of the 2017 New Orleans runoff to elect first female mayor. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Unmarked
S5 Ep2 |Efforts are underway to save Virginia's long abandoned African American grave sites.
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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The Country Priest
The impending border wall threatens a chapel and a local priest in Mission, Texas. - Embedded Video LinkImage
A Penny For Your Thoughts
The animated diary behind the 1972 assassination attempt of George Wallace. - Embedded Video LinkImage
A Chip off the Old Rock
Reverence for a rock can turn a college town into a hard place. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Cowgirl Up
A cowgirl strives to be the first African-American woman in the National Finals Rodeo. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Station 15
Troubled by storms, a New Orleans highschooler investigates her city's infrastructure. - Embedded Video LinkImage
The Woman Who Was in Love With Seashells & Other Stories
North Carolina's coastal residents choose a life against the current in order to stay.
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.
