With Peter Bradley
When filmmaker Alex Rappoport met Peter Bradley in 2020, the abstract artist hadn't had a major show in over four decades - yet he still painted every day in relative obscurity. The pair recorded Bradley's life story and artistic process, both deeply inspired by modern Jazz music, over the course of changing seasons. In this intimate portrait, Bradley’s is the sole voice and figure on screen.
Episodes
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FIRSTHAND: Segregation
S8 E3 - 24m 33s
In Chicago, segregation has a profound impact. From disparities in housing, education and healthcare to economic inequality, FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION illustrates the high cost of division, not just in dollars, but in lives lost and unrealized potential. Through stories, witness the power of individuals to effect positive change as residents strive for a more integrated and equitable community.
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In the Bubble with Jaime
S8 E2 - 39m 23s
In South Carolina, African American candidate Jaime Harrison faces incumbent Lindsey Graham for U.S. Senate. As COVID-19 disrupts, Harrison confronts not only the pandemic but deep-rooted racial prejudice. But, in a state with a significant African American population, his campaign against Graham becomes a symbol of hope in a time of crisis, intertwining politics, and race and health challenges.
Extras + Features
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With Peter Bradley | Preview
S8 E18 - 30s
When filmmaker Alex Rappoport met Peter Bradley in 2020, the abstract artist hadn't had a major show in over four decades - yet he still painted every day in relative obscurity. The pair recorded Bradley's life story and artistic process, both deeply inspired by modern Jazz music, over the course of changing seasons. In this intimate portrait, Bradley’s is the sole voice and figure on screen.
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With Peter Bradley | Trailer
S8 E18 - 1m 15s
When filmmaker Alex Rappoport met Peter Bradley in 2020, the abstract artist hadn't had a major show in over four decades - yet he still painted every day in relative obscurity. The pair recorded Bradley's life story and artistic process, both deeply inspired by modern Jazz music, over the course of changing seasons. In this intimate portrait, Bradley’s is the sole voice and figure on screen.
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UNVEILED: Joyce Tenneson and the Heroine's Journey | Preview
S8 E17 - 30s
As a groundbreaking female photographer pursues her artistic vision, she struggles to navigate diverging roles as mother and artist. UNVEILED explores Tenneson’s life as she fights to express her voice while suffering the fallout of a 45-year-old secret. In watching the film, audiences must contemplate the compromises that are inevitably made in seeking to live a full creative life.
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UNVEILED: Joyce Tenneson and the Heroine's Journey | Trailer
S8 E17 - 1m 4s
As a groundbreaking female photographer pursues her artistic vision, she struggles to navigate diverging roles as mother and artist. UNVEILED explores Tenneson’s life as she fights to express her voice while suffering the fallout of a 45-year-old secret. In watching the film, audiences must contemplate the compromises that are inevitably made in seeking to live a full creative life.
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Firelighters: Fire is Medicine | Trailer
S8 E16 - 1m 21s
For centuries, most landscapes in North America were shaped by fire between lightning strikes and Indigenous burns. Indigenous people had deep knowledge of the art of using fire, and still do today. FIRELIGHTERS follows the work of women leaders from the Yurok and Karuk Tribes who are building resources to share indigenous practices and create policies to take back indigenous burning rights.
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Inundation District | Projecting Sea Level Rise
S8 E14 - 2m 10s
Dr. Ellen Douglas, an Associate Professor of Hydrology at UMass Boston, explains how climate change and rising sea levels will impact Boston, its coastline and its residents. In reports from over the past 15 years, the projections show exponential rise through the year 2100 and as Douglas says, "we need to be prepared for it."
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Inundation District | Preview
S8 E14 - 29s
In a time of rising seas, one city spent billions of dollars erecting a new waterfront district - on landfill, at sea level. Unlike other places imperiled by climate change, this community with some of the world’s largest companies was built well after scientists began warning of the threats. The city called its new neighborhood the Innovation District. Others are calling it INUNDATION DISTRICT.
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Inundation District | Trailer
S8 E14 - 1m 18s
In a time of rising seas, one city spent billions of dollars erecting a new waterfront district - on landfill, at sea level. Unlike other places imperiled by climate change, this community with some of the world’s largest companies was built well after scientists began warning of the threats. The city called its new neighborhood the Innovation District. Others are calling it INUNDATION DISTRICT.
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Silence in Sikeston | Meet the Makers
S8 E12 - 16m 10s
WORLD's Chris Hastings talks with KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony about SILENCE IN SIKESTON. They discuss how the film and podcast examine racial violence, trauma and silence following the deaths of two Black men in one Missouri community, and exposes how the health of residents were affected. Anthony also opens up about her own family's intersection with police violence.
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Segregation Scholarships | Traveling North from Jim Crow South
S8 E13 - 1m 28s
Black Americans, who pursued a post-baccalaureate education in the North, traveled by train to their respective colleges and universities from the South. But what they endured on the trains, and in the waiting rooms, would be considered a less than second-class citizen experience.
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Segregation Scholarships | Preview
S8 E13 - 30s
The untold story of Black Americans in pursuit of higher education in the North when Southern graduate schools were white-only. The academics, who left during the Great Migration, returned to the Jim Crow South to strengthen their communities and to help end segregation. SEGREGATION SCHOLARSHIPS highlights the trailblazers while illustrating the role of education in transforming social conditions.
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Segregation Scholarships | Investing in Black Education
S8 E13 - 1m 14s
In Southern and bordering states, Black Americans were left out of post-baccalaureate education. To study in the North where they would be welcomed, taxes turned scholarships were given to students by these states. But the opportunity hid the fact that segregation in education remained.
Schedule
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Chinatown Auxiliary
Friday
Dec 27
30 Minutes
Chinese residents patrol Manhattan's Chinatown as volunteer police to protect their home while also finding belonging in a foreign country. -
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Chinatown Auxiliary
Friday
Dec 27
30 Minutes
Chinese residents patrol Manhattan's Chinatown as volunteer police to protect their home while also finding belonging in a foreign country. -
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Local, USA
Chinatown Auxiliary
Friday
Dec 27
30 Minutes
Chinese residents patrol Manhattan's Chinatown as volunteer police to protect their home while also finding belonging in a foreign country. -
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Local, USA
Chinatown Auxiliary
Saturday
Dec 28
30 Minutes
Chinese residents patrol Manhattan's Chinatown as volunteer police to protect their home while also finding belonging in a foreign country. -
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Local, USA
Caretakers
Monday
Dec 30
30 Minutes
The history of Filipinos in care work and Filipino Americans who provide vital care on the front lines. -
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Local, USA
Caretakers
Tuesday
Dec 31
30 Minutes
The history of Filipinos in care work and Filipino Americans who provide vital care on the front lines. -
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Local, USA
Caretakers
Tuesday
Dec 31
30 Minutes
The history of Filipinos in care work and Filipino Americans who provide vital care on the front lines. -
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Local, USA
Caretakers
Friday
Jan 3
30 Minutes
The history of Filipinos in care work and Filipino Americans who provide vital care on the front lines. -
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Local, USA
Caretakers
Friday
Jan 3
30 Minutes
The history of Filipinos in care work and Filipino Americans who provide vital care on the front lines. -
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Local, USA
Caretakers
Friday
Jan 3
30 Minutes
The history of Filipinos in care work and Filipino Americans who provide vital care on the front lines. -
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Local, USA
Caretakers
Saturday
Jan 4
30 Minutes
The history of Filipinos in care work and Filipino Americans who provide vital care on the front lines. -
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Local, USA
Segregation Scholarships
Tuesday
Jan 7
30 Minutes
The story of Black Americans who pursued higher education in the North when Southern graduate schools were white only. -
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Local, USA
Segregation Scholarships
Tuesday
Jan 7
30 Minutes
The story of Black Americans who pursued higher education in the North when Southern graduate schools were white only.
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