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The Powerbroker The Powerbroker
Whitney M. Young, Jr. was one of the most celebrated-and controversial-leaders of the civil rights era. The Powerbroker follows his journey from segregated Kentucky to head of the National Urban League. Unique among black leaders, he took the fight directly to the powerful white elite, gaining...
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2325571478/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Whitney M. Young, Jr. was one of the most celebrated-and controversial-leaders of the civil rights era. The Powerbroker follows his journey from segregated Kentucky to head of the National Urban League. Unique among black leaders, he took the fight directly to the powerful white elite, gaining... /episodes/get/6755 /episode/6755 Independent Lens: The Powerbroker /episode-player/6755
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The Revolutionary Optimists
The Revolutionary Optimists
Children in the slums of Calcutta are starting a revolution. Called to action by visionary former attorney Amlan Ganguly, the 'Daredevils' have already made radical health and sanitation improvements in one of the city's poorest slums-- awakening a neglected populace to the real possibility of...
Air date: 06/18/2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365006100/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Children in the slums of Calcutta are starting a revolution. Called to action by visionary former attorney Amlan Ganguly, the 'Daredevils' have already made radical health and sanitation improvements in one of the city's poorest slums-- awakening a neglected populace to the real possibility of... /episodes/get/9495 /episode/9495 Independent Lens: The Revolutionary Optimists /episode-player/9495
Two Spirits
Two Spirits
Fred Martinez was one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at 16. This documentary film explores the life and death of a boy who was also a girl, and the essentially spiritual nature of gender.
Air date: 06/10/2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1989512827/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Fred Martinez was one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at 16. This documentary film explores the life and death of a boy who was also a girl, and the essentially spiritual nature of gender. /episodes/get/9388 /episode/9388 Independent Lens: Two Spirits /episode-player/9388
Detropia
Detropia
Can the Motor City rise from its ashes? There is a growing feeling that as Detroit goes, so goes the nation. This film tells the dramatic story of a city and its most innovative people who refuse to leave the building, even as the flames are rising.
Air date: 05/28/2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365006090/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Can the Motor City rise from its ashes? There is a growing feeling that as Detroit goes, so goes the nation. This film tells the dramatic story of a city and its most innovative people who refuse to leave the building, even as the flames are rising. /episodes/get/9337 /episode/9337 Independent Lens: Detropia /episode-player/9337
The Undocumented
The Undocumented
Border Patrol agents, Native Americans, smugglers, ranchers, retirees and Samaritans form a constellation of people engaged with the Arizona/Mexico border on a daily basis?policing it, working it or simply feeling its consequences. But at the center of it all is the migrant. This film tells the...
Air date: 04/29/2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365003064/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Border Patrol agents, Native Americans, smugglers, ranchers, retirees and Samaritans form a constellation of people engaged with the Arizona/Mexico border on a daily basis?policing it, working it or simply feeling its consequences. But at the center of it all is the migrant. This film tells the... /episodes/get/8664 /episode/8664 Independent Lens: The Undocumented /episode-player/8664
Seeking Asian Female
Seeking Asian Female
Two strangers ? an elderly American man and a young Chinese woman ? pursue a marriage brokered by the internet, but they get more than they bargained for when she moves across the Pacific to start a new life with him in America, in this intimate and quirky, personal documentary about modern love.
Air date: 05/06/2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365001610/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Two strangers ? an elderly American man and a young Chinese woman ? pursue a marriage brokered by the internet, but they get more than they bargained for when she moves across the Pacific to start a new life with him in America, in this intimate and quirky, personal documentary about modern love. /episodes/get/8607 /episode/8607 Independent Lens: Seeking Asian Female /episode-player/8607