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America Reframed Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 2016 - 2017
Episode 1
Old South
Tue, Feb 2, 2016
In a classic tale of two cities, OLD SOUTH delivers a quiet yet emotionally charged portrait of two communities living on one block. Steeped in history - one black, one white - each strives to keep their respective legacies relevant in a changing American South.
Episode 2
American Arab
Tue, Feb 9, 2016
"Why is being an Arab suddenly the opposite of being a decent man?" Throughout AMERICAN ARAB, Iraqi-American Director Usama Alshaibi explores what it's like to occupy the 'space in between' as a hyphenated American, specifically of Arab origin, during the surge of anti-Muslim sentiment that arose in post 9/11 America.
Episode 3
The Mosque in Morgantown
Tue, Feb 16, 2016
THE MOSQUE IN MORGANTOWN is an observational documentary that follows Asra Nomani's early activism and backlash within her W. Virginia mosque, telling a story about competing paths to social change, American identity and the nature of religion itself. Though not always politically correct, the film reveals a truth that may surprise many Americans.
Episode 4
Adama
Tue, Feb 23, 2016
In March 2005, an FBI document leaked to the press mysteriously identified Adama Bah, a 16-year-old teenager from Harlem, NY, as an "imminent threat to the security of the United States." ADAMA provides a timely perspective on the experiences of American Muslims at a time when their religion is being equated, by some, with violence and terror.
Episode 5
Revolution '67
Tue, Mar 1, 2016
Focusing on what is known as "The Newark Riots," REVOLUTION '67 reveals how a spontaneous revolt against poverty and police brutality ended as a fateful milestone in urban America's struggles over race and economic justice. The film also provides a historical framework to contextualize recent events in Ferguson, MO and Baltimore, MD.
Episode 6
BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez
Tue, Mar 8, 2016
The personal is political. BaddDDD SONIA SANCHEZ is a portrait of the artist, revealing her uncompromising life as she raised her voice in the name of black culture, civil rights, women's liberation, and world peace. The film captures Sanchez's commitment to cultural specificity while connecting history and humanities to the mainstream.
Episode 7
Divide in Concord
Tue, Mar 15, 2016
DIVIDE IN CONCORD is an engaging tale about a contemporary debate: individual freedom vs. collective responsibility, and how this relates to American democracy. Driving the debate is a fiery 84-year-old grandmother, who presents a bylaw to ban the sale of single-serve plastic water bottles. But can one person take on the bottled water industry?
Episode 8
Romeo Romeo
Tue, Mar 22, 2016
How strong is a woman's desire to be a mother? After marrying the woman of her dreams, Lexy and wife Jessica set out to start a family. The couple spend their life savings on getting pregnant but it turns out to be more difficult than anticipated. ROMEO ROMEO is an intimate portrait of a modern marriage and the struggle with infertility.
Episode 9
Dog Days
Tue, Mar 29, 2016
Hot dogs and apple pie are not merely symbols of the American Dream. In DOG DAYS, they are the things those dreams are made of - literally. This story unfolds through the working relationship between Coite, who risks his capital to embark on a new food business, and single mother Siyone, a food vendor from Eritrea dreaming of freedom.
Episode 10
Children of the Arctic
Tue, Apr 5, 2016
At the Arctic edge of America, Native Alaskan teenagers strive to be both modern American kids, and the inheritors of an ancient whaling culture, language and tradition. "Children of the Arctic" is a year-in-the-life portrait of three Native youth coming of age in Barrow, Alaska, and the decisions they have to make about their futures.
Episode 11
Reversing the Mississippi
Tue, Apr 12, 2016
In Missouri, social innovator Marcin Jakubowski's Global Village Construction Set provides free blueprints to fabricate everything needed for a self-sustaining village. In New Orleans, Nat Turner teaches kids how to work the land, but has limited resources and broken equipment. If these two men meet might they be able to make real change?
Episode 12
City of Trees
Tue, Apr 19, 2016
A personal story about the struggle to achieve social, economic and environmental change during the worst recession in a generation, "City of Trees" captures the tension-filled last six months of a two-year grant cycle for Washington D.C.'s nonprofit organization Washington Parks and People, and the close-out of a $2.7 million stimulus grant.
Episode 13
In an Ideal World
Wed, Apr 26, 2017
Over seven years, "In An Ideal World" follows three men in CA's Soledad prison - John, a white separatist murderer, Sam, a black ex-gang member and Ben, a warden. Challenged for the first time by a mixed-race program, and with pressure from the courts to integrate, the men struggle to move beyond the stark realities of America's prison system.
Episode 14
The Grace Lee Project
Tue, May 10, 2016
Growing up, Grace Lee was the only "Grace Lee" she knew. Upon moving to New York and California, she discovered quite the opposite. In her quest to uncover how the name "Grace" became ubiquitous among Asian Americans, the filmmaker speaks with many subjects named Grace Lee, focusing on the individuality and humanity of all who share her name.
Episode 15
Operation Popcorn
Tue, May 17, 2016
A thrilling tale, "Operation Popcorn" explores the fate of ten Hmong American leaders and a retired U.S. Army officer who are accused of conspiring together to overthrow the communist government of Laos. Seven years in the making, the film sheds light on the fragile relationships between individuals and the American surveillance state.
Episode 16
My Life in China
Tue, May 24, 2016
An unvarnished portrait of the life and memories of a stoic and reticent man committed to his family, "My Life in China" retraces the perilous steps filmmaker Kenneth Eng's father chanced in search of a better life. Exploring the themes of home, exile and belonging, the film is a story about promise, purpose and living life without regrets.
Episode 17
The Last Season
Tue, May 31, 2016
Each September, the town of Chemult, Oregon is flooded with mushroom hunters. Many are immigrants from Laos, Cambodia and Thailand who entered the U.S. as refugees in the 1980s. Here, veterans Kouy Loch and Roger Higgins find more than just the rare matsutake in the woods; they create a familial bond and a means to slowly heal the wounds of war.
Episode 18
College Week
Tue, Jun 7, 2016
A rarely represented insider's perspective, "College Week" documents the impact of teacher and parent involvement on student success at Spencer Elementary Technology Academy. Despite the Chicago neighborhood's high rates of poverty and crime, a caring community of home owners and working class families are striving to make positive changes.
Episode 19
The Hand That Feeds
Tue, Jun 21, 2016
At a popular bakery café in Manhattan, patrons get served with a smile 24 hours a day. Behind the scenes, some of the undocumented immigrant workers earn far below the minimum wage. Filmed at the onset of the service economy wage wars, "The Hand That Feeds" tells the story of the power struggle that turned a single city block into a battlefield.
Episode 20
Buried Above Ground
Tue, Jun 28, 2016
Filmed over six years, "Buried Above Ground" follows three Americans fighting to overcome the paralyzing grip of PTSD. Intimate moments illustrate how the road to recovery takes many shapes while being fraught with obstacles and setbacks. Over time and with support, each finds hope and pathways to living a meaningful and purposeful life.
Episode 21
Class of '27
Tue, Sep 13, 201660 mins
On native lands of the Upper Midwest, in the hollows of Appalachia and in West Coast migrant camps, parents contemplate a compromised future for their children, facing depressed local economies and soaring dropout rates. But a growing body of research on quality child development offers hope for breaking the cycle of inter-generational poverty. Three diverse filmmaking teams set out across rural America, exploring the lives of our youngest citizens and telling the stories of families and communities coming together- against the odds- to guide their children into successful graduates of the Class of '27. The three stories focus on students, educators, parents and guardians in three locations: Owsley County, KY, the poorest county in the US; along the West Coast with children of farm workers; and in White Earth Nation, the largest and poorest Native American reservation in Minnesota. Shot in observational style, the beauty and poverty of these American settings and the challenges our youngest citizens, their families and school systems face, come into stark relief. Award-winning writers who grew up in similar circumstances will introduce each story.
Episode 22
In The Game
Tue, Sep 27, 2016
"In life you deal with what's dealt your way. When you get knocked down, just get up right away. Never give up." "In The Game" follows a girls' soccer team in an inner-city Chicago high school to reveal the obstacles confronted by Latinas as they seek an education amid issues of class and gender in the working class Brighton Park neighborhood.
Episode 23
We Like It Like That
Tue, Oct 4, 2016
Created by largely Puerto Rican, Cuban and African American youths living alongside each other in the 1960s, Boogaloo served as an authentic and vibrant cultural expression. "We Like It Like That" explores a pivotal moment in '60s music history when blues, funk and traditional Caribbean rhythms were fused to define a new generation of urban Latinos.
Episode 24
Kivalina
Tue, Nov 1, 2016
Today, the Inupiaq Eskimo must navigate an uncertain future 80 miles above the Arctic Circle on a fragile barrier island disappearing due to climate change. "Kivalina" is a quiet but stirring portrait immersing viewers into the rarely seen lives of an Arctic tribe who try to continue to honor their way of life despite the government failing them.
Episode 25
By Blood
Tue, Nov 15, 2016
Chronicling the ongoing conflict over the issue of tribal rights between the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the Cherokee Freedmen, descendants of African American slaves. "By Blood" explores a largely untold history and the impact of a battle over race, identity, and the sovereign rights of Native American people.