 | Banishedby Marco Williams From the 1860s to the 1920s, towns across the U.S. violently expelled African American residents. Today, these communities remain virtually all white. As black descendants return to demand justice, Banished exposes the hidden history of racial cleansing in America. Independent Lens |
 | Better This Worldby Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega Two childhood friends from Midland, Texas fall under the sway of a charismatic revolutionary who leads them down a path that changes their lives forever. POV |
 | Coal Bucket Outlawby Tom Hansell Built around one day in the life of a Kentucky coal truck driver, Coal Bucket Outlaw offers a startling glimpse into the lives of working people who haul the nation's fuel. |
 | Freedom Fightersby Jamie Meltzer Freedom Fighters follows exonerated ex-prisoners who started a detective agency to help free other wrongly incarcerated people, as they rebuild their lives, investigate cases, support each other, and campaign to fix the criminal justice system. |
 | Larry v. Lockneyby Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck When Larry Tannahill and the ACLU challenge a proposal for mandatory drug testing in schools, because Tannahill believes it violates his 12-year-old son's rights, they meet with hostility and ostracism from the small community of Lockney, Texas. POV, True Stories |
 | Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Storyby Daniel Birman Follows the sad and startling story of Cyntoia Brown, who is serving a life sentence for a murder she committed at age of 16. Independent Lens, Women and Girls Lead |
 | Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteriaby Victor Silverman, Susan Stryker, and Jack Walsh When San Francisco police raided a popular late-night hangout for transgendered people in 1966, the patrons unexpectedly fought back, helping to launch a broader fight of human rights in America. |
 | Sheriffby Daniel Kraus With the help of God, guns, and the hundreds of blood relatives that populate his jurisdiction, Sheriff Ronald E. Hewett oversees Brunswick County, North Carolina — a rural region fraught with murder, robbery, and the occasional theft of ceramic lawn ornaments. Independent Lens |
 | Shiftby Kelly Anderson An unconventional love story set in the world of private prisons, where inmates work for giant corporations, starring Chris Meloni. |
 | Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Changeby Jayasri Majumdar Hart African American and white Catholic nuns helped make Selma a turning point for the civil rights movement and change the role of the Catholic church in America. |
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