America ReFramedŘada 5
Through the lens of independent documentaries, America ReFramed brings to national audiences compelling stories that illuminate the changing contours of an ever-evolving America. The social-issue documentary series presents an array of personal voices and experiences through which we learn from our past, understand our present and are challenged to seek new frameworks for America's future. With weekly independent films, sometimes followed by provocative conversations led by host/moderator Natasha Del Toro, this series offers an unfiltered look at people rarely given a voice on national television. America ReFramed is co-produced by American Documentary, Inc. and WORLD Channel.
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- A New Color: The Art of Being Edythe Boone
D1A New Color: The Art of Being Edythe BooneA New Color - The Art of Being Edythe Boone focuses on the life and work of muralist, activist and educator, Edythe (Edy) Boone, a self-taught artist from East Harlem who moved to the San Francisco Bay area in search of a safe environment for her children. Filmed over five years, filmmaker Marlene "Mo" Morris follows Boone, the spirited and captivating septuagenarian who became an artist/activist simply because empowering and building community is “the right thing to do.” Concerned about the exceedingly high number of senseless deaths amongst young Black men in the U.S., Boone uses these injustices as part of the narrative in her murals. - 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green
D270 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini GreenHome to thousands, misunderstood by millions, Cabrini Green once towered over Chicago’s most valuable neighborhoods. A looming reminder of inequality and poverty, Cabrini’s high-rises were demolished and an African-American community cleared to make room for another social experiment: mixed-income neighborhoods. Shot over the course of 20-years, 70 Acres in Chicago documents this upheaval, from the razing of the first buildings in 1995, to the clashes in the mixed-income neighborhoods a decade later. - Radical Grace
D3Radical GraceIn 2012, The Vatican censured American nuns. "Radical Grace" follows three U.S. nuns, who refused to back down and continued to challenge the patriarchal system, are willing to lose it all and risk their place within the Catholic Church for their devotion to social justice and to meet their higher calling - to apply their faith to action. - Breathin' - The Eddy Zheng Story
D7Breathin' - The Eddy Zheng StoryEddy Zheng came to America with his family when he was 12 years old. Then at the age of 16, he committed a horrible crime: home invasion and kidnapping. Year after year he hoped for parole, and after almost 20 years in prison, Zheng was released, a model prisoner who wanted to become a community leader. But his victims insisted he should still be deported. - Care
D10Care90% of Americans want to age at home, but many of them have to rely on paid care workers because their families can't provide the support they need. CARE illuminates the many challenges and deep attachments that can be formed between the elderly and the home care workers they depend on - and exposes the cracks in a system that is poorly serving both. - Deej
D14DeejDeej is DJ Savarese, a nontalking autistic man who was abandoned by his birth parents and remained uneducated until his adoptive parents helped him pursue an education. This film deals with Deej's transition to college life and the difficulties and growth that Deej pursues at Oberlin. He is a wordsmith who uses a machine to talk and he and his community know something you don't. - On A Knife Edge
D15On A Knife EdgeThe coming-of-age story of George Dull Knife, a Lakota teen growing up on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation. Inspired by his family's history of fighting for justice for Native Americans, George is focused on shutting down liquor stores in Whiteclay, a tiny town nearby that exists only to sell beer to the reservation's vulnerable population.
