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America ReFramed

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Chinatown Rising - Weaving together never-before-seen archival footage and photographs, CHINATOWN RISING reveals a deeply personal portrait of a San Francisco neighborhood in transition. Chinatown activists of the 1960s reflect on their years as young residents waging battles for bilingual education, tenants’ rights and ethnic studies curriculum that would shape their community and nation.

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Chinatown Rising

A chronicle of the battles for social justice in the historic San Francisco neighborhood.

Geographies of Kinship

The rise of Korea's global adoption program through the stories of four adoptees.

Daughter of a Lost Bird

A Native adoptee’s journey to reconnect with her birth mother and her Lummi heritage.

Sapelo

Off the Georgia coast, two brothers grow up in an enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people.

For the Love of Rutland

In a divided New England town, an unexpected leader emerges to heal her community.

Fannie Lou Hamer's America

The remarkable life of a fearless Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist.

About America ReFramed

America ReFramed brings to life compelling stories, personal voices and experiences that illuminate the contours of our ever-changing country. Since 2012, the series has premiered 170 films - more than half helmed by female makers and a third credited to BIPOC makers - centering stories of the LGBTQ community, people with disabilities, the formerly incarcerated, veterans, immigrants and more.