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StoryCorps Shorts: A Gem of a Guy

3m 23s

Rob Rigano always loved vehicles — and the thrill of sneakily rolling a car down the driveway as a child. So when @StoryCorps’ Airstream trailer stopped in San Diego, his older brother, Phil, knew it was the perfect place to take him. The brothers traveled down memory lane, laughing about high jinks from their childhood and celebrating Rob as a brother and figure in his community.

Episodes

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    Fauna

    S37 E5 - 1h 10m

    An old shepherd and his flock live alongside a high-tech laboratory for animal experimentation. Two worlds that are two sides of the same coin. While the shepherd, afflicted with a bone disease, witnesses his profession disappearing, scientists are busier than ever researching the COVID vaccine. Fauna explores the relationship between humans, animals and science in post-pandemic times.

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    Against the Tide

    S37 E4 - 1h 22m

    Mumbai fishermen Rakesh and Ganesh are inheritors of the great Koli knowledge system—a way to harvest the sea by following the moon and the tides. Rakesh has kept faith in traditional methods while Ganesh has embraced technology. Against the Tide is a tale of deep friendship and rising resentment between two men against the backdrop of an adoring sea, now turning hostile through climate change.

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    Is There Anybody Out There?

    S37 E3 - 1h 22m

    Born with a rare disability, filmmaker Ella Glendining wonders if there is anyone who can share the experience of living in a body like hers. This simple question–one which non disabled people take for granted, leads to a journey to not only others who live like her–but to the realization that meeting them changes how she views herself in the world, as well as many surprises along the way.

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    Hummingbirds

    S37 E2 - 1h 15m

    In Hummingbirds, Silvia and Beba tell their own coming-of-age story, transforming their hometown on the Texas-Mexico border into a wonderland of creative expression and activist hijinks. Filmed collaboratively over the final summer of their fleeting youth, their cinematic self-portrait celebrates the power of friendship and joy as tools of survival and resistance.

Extras + Features

Schedule

  • POV: The Body Politic: TVSS: Iconic

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    The Body Politic

    Monday
    Apr 21

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott employs his plan to stop chronic violence in his first year in office.
  • POV: The Body Politic: TVSS: Iconic

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    The Body Politic

    Tuesday
    Apr 22

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott employs his plan to stop chronic violence in his first year in office.
  • POV: The Body Politic: TVSS: Iconic

    POV

    The Body Politic

    Tuesday
    Apr 22

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott employs his plan to stop chronic violence in his first year in office.
  • POV: Children of the Mist: TVSS: Iconic

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    Children of the Mist

    Wednesday
    Apr 23

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    A 13-year-old Hmong girl is caught between tradition and modernity in rural northwest Vietnam.
  • POV: The Body Politic: TVSS: Iconic

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    The Body Politic

    Saturday
    Apr 26

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott employs his plan to stop chronic violence in his first year in office.
  • POV: The Body Politic: TVSS: Iconic

    POV

    The Body Politic

    Sunday
    Apr 27

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott employs his plan to stop chronic violence in his first year in office.
  • POV: The Taste of Mango: TVSS: Banner-L1

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    The Taste of Mango

    Monday
    Apr 28

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Three generations of women bear witness to the evolving nature of inheritance and the hurt and protection entangled within familial bonds.
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    The Taste of Mango

    Tuesday
    Apr 29

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Three generations of women bear witness to the evolving nature of inheritance and the hurt and protection entangled within familial bonds.
  • POV: Uýra: The Rising Forest: TVSS: Iconic

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    Uýra: The Rising Forest

    Wednesday
    Apr 30

    1 Hour

    Uýra shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth in the Amazon, confronting historical racism, transphobia and environmental destruction.
  • POV: TVSS: Iconic

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    Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust

    Wednesday
    Apr 30

    1 Hour

    Native American, Japanese American and rancher communities form an alliance to defend their land and water from Los Angeles.
  • POV: The Taste of Mango: TVSS: Banner-L1

    POV

    The Taste of Mango

    Wednesday
    Apr 30

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Three generations of women bear witness to the evolving nature of inheritance and the hurt and protection entangled within familial bonds.
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    POV

    The Taste of Mango

    Thursday
    May 1

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Three generations of women bear witness to the evolving nature of inheritance and the hurt and protection entangled within familial bonds.
  • POV: The Taste of Mango: TVSS: Banner-L1

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    The Taste of Mango

    Thursday
    May 1

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Three generations of women bear witness to the evolving nature of inheritance and the hurt and protection entangled within familial bonds.

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