 | 45365by Bill Ross and Turner Ross 45365 is a vérité exploration of the congruities of daily life in an American town. From the patrol car to the courtroom, the playground to the nursing home, it explores relationships and interactions with and between people and their community. The stories of a father and son, a young relationship, cops and criminals, officials and their electorate coalesce into a mosaic of faces, places, and events. 45365 is a portrait of a city and its people. Independent Lens |
 | The Amasong Chorus: Singing Outby Jay Rosenstein In a small Illinois college town, a music student creates a lesbian/feminist choral group, transforming the community as she builds an award-winning ensemble. Independent Lens |
 | Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identityby Robert A. Clift As hip-hop music and culture continue to redefine American life, its influence exposes the high stakes of the struggle to cross or maintain the cultural divide. |
 | The Farmer's Wifeby David Sutherland A landmark portrait of three tumultuous years in the life of a Nebraska farm couple, chronicling three years of their struggle to save their farm and their marriage. Frontline |
 | The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Danceby Stephen Parry From the Great Migration of the 1920s through the hardships of World War II, The National Barn Dance unified rural Americans with traditional folk music and country humor. |
 | Homelandby Jilann Spitzmiller and Hank Rogerson Four Lakota Indian families face the persistent challenges of contemporary reservation life. True Stories |
 | Indian Country Diariesby Frank Blythe This two-part series goes inside modern Native American communities in both urban and reservation settings, revealing a diverse people working to revitalize their culture. |
 | Kind Hearted Womanby David R. Sutherland In a special two-part series, acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland creates an unforgettable portrait of Robin Charboneau, a 32-year-old divorced single mother and Oglala Sioux woman living on North Dakota’s Spirit Lake Reservation. Women and Girls Lead, Independent Lens, Frontline |
 | King Cornby Aaron Woolf, Curt Ellis, and Ian Cheney Two recent college graduates plant a single acre of the nation's most powerful crop--corn--and set out to follow it on its journey from a seed to the dinner plate. Independent Lens |
 | The Last Cowboyby Jon Alpert Filmed over two decades in the life of Vern Sager and his family, The Last Cowboy captures a family's struggle to preserve a vanishing way of life as cowboys and Indians in the Badlands of South Dakota. Independent Lens |
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