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Bob's Tour: Understanding What We See

Washington University graduate Jun Bae profiles Bob Hansman, a beloved architecture professor at the school. In its portrait of a white man with a black son, the film provides an intimate look at...

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Among Wolves

Twenty years after the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to struggle with little help from those in power. In one small mountain town, however, an unorthodox leader has emerged, determined to help...

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Agents of Change

As the civil-rights, Black Power, and anti-Vietnam War movements made national headlines in the late 1960s, another, less-known struggle for inclusion was taking place on college campuses. Exemplified...

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Copwatch

In Ferguson, Michael Brown died after being shot by police. In New York, Eric Garner died after a chokehold by police. In Baltimore, Freddie Gray died being transported by police. The names of these...

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City of Trees

When unemployment exceeds 25 percent in D.C.'s Ward 8 in 2010, the nonprofit Washington Parks & People receives a $2.7 million stimulus grant from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act to...

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Can You Dig This

South Los Angeles: What comes to mind is gangs, drugs, liquor stores, abandoned buildings, and vacant lots. The last thing that you would expect to find is a beautiful garden sprouting up through the...

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The Blood Is at the Doorstep

Offering a painfully realistic glimpse inside a movement born out of tragedy, “The Blood Is at the Doorstep” provides a behind-the-scenes look at one of America’s most pressing social issues. A roofer...

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And Then They Came for Us

After the Trump administration called for a Muslim registry and tried to enact an immigration ban against people from Muslim-majority countries, Trump surrogate Carl Higbie cited the unconstitutional...

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Among the Believers

Intimate and shocking, "Among the Believers" offers rare insights into the ideological battles shaping Pakistan and the Muslim world. Charismatic cleric Abdul Aziz Ghazi, an ISIS supporter and Taliban...

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An Act of Love

The Rev. Frank Schaefer was a United Methodist minister in a small Pennsylvania town until he was put on trial by the church for officiating the same-sex wedding of his eldest son. Schaefer was given a...

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8 Borders, 8 Days

“8 Borders, 8 Days” chronicles one woman’s personal revolution in the context of one of the greatest human-rights crises of our time. Sham, a Syrian single mother, serves as moving proof of the...

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3 ½ Minutes, Ten Bullets

"3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets" tells the story of two lives intersecting, forever altering both. On Black Friday 2012, two cars parked next to each other at a Florida gas station, and a white middle-aged...

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The Color of Medicine: The Story of Homer G. Phillips Hospital

“The Color of Medicine” traces the rise and fall of St. Louis’ premier black hospital, Homer G. Phillips, which at one point in time trained the largest number of black doctors and nurses in the world....

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Capturing the Flag

“Capturing the Flag” chronicles the efforts of three old friends — Laverne Berry, Steven Miller, and Claire Wright — who in the fall of 2016 travel from New York to North Carolina to do...

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An American Tragedy

In 1989, 17-year-old Kelli Hall was kidnapped, raped, and murdered in St. Charles by Jeffrey Ferguson and an accomplice. Ferguson was eventually caught and convicted, receiving a death sentence; he was...

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