Racist Trees

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Air Date: 01/22/24 | Expires: 01/21/27 | Rating: TV-PG

Were trees intentionally planted to exclude and segregate a Black neighborhood? Racial tensions ignite in this documentary, when a historically Black neighborhood in Palm Springs, California, fights to remove a towering wall of tamarisk trees. The trees form a barrier, believed by some to segregate the community, frustrating residents who regard them as an enduring symbol of racism.

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Sansón and Me
S25 Ep1 | 1h 25m 42s
Air Date: 09/19/23 | Expires: 09/18/24 | Rating: TV-14

Filmmaker captures immigrant's life in prison through family reenactments.

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El Equipo
S25 Ep2 | 1h 25m 42s
Air Date: 10/09/23 | Expires: 10/08/26 | Rating: TV-14

A collaboration changes the course of forensic science and international human rights.

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Three Chaplains
S25 Ep3 | 55m 43s
Air Date: 11/06/23 | Expires: 11/05/26 | Rating: TV-14

Muslim chaplains advocate for equality in the military.

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A Town Called Victoria | Episode 1
S25 Ep4 | 54m 41s
Air Date: 11/13/23 | Expires: 11/13/26 | Rating: TV-14

A Texas town is thrown into the national spotlight when a local mosque erupts in flames.

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A Town Called Victoria | Episode 2
S25 Ep5 | 54m 12s
Air Date: 11/13/23 | Expires: 11/13/26 | Rating: TV-14

The town of Victoria’s support for the Muslim community wanes as rebuilding efforts stall.

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A Town Called Victoria | Episode 3
S25 Ep6 | 54m 42s
Air Date: 11/14/23 | Expires: 11/13/26 | Rating: TV-14

As the trial concludes, the people of Victoria, Texas, grapple with shocking revelations.

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Beyond Utopia
S25 Ep7 | 1h 51m 55s
Air Date: 01/09/24 | Expires: 01/08/27 | Rating: TV-MA

The gripping story of families who risk everything escaping North Korea.

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Racist Trees
S25 Ep8 | 1h 23m 49s
Air Date: 01/22/24 | Expires: 01/21/27 | Rating: TV-PG

In Palm Springs, a Black neighborhood fights to remove a divisive wall of trees.

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Razing Liberty Square
S25 Ep9 | 1h 23m 30s
Air Date: 01/29/24 | Expires: 01/28/27 | Rating: TV-14

A public housing community in Miami becomes ground zero for climate gentrification.

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Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
S25 Ep10 | 55m 23s
Air Date: 02/05/24 | Expires: 02/04/27 | Rating: TV-14

A nun with stage IV cancer teaches others that death doesn’t have to be the end.

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Breaking The News
S25 Ep11 | 1h 24m 13s
Air Date: 02/19/24 | Expires: 02/18/27 | Rating: TV-14

Women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch startup The 19th* to buck a broken news media system.

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Greener Pastures
S25 Ep12 | 1h 24m 54s
Air Date: 03/25/24 | Expires: 03/24/27 | Rating: TV-14

Midwestern families deal with unseen mental health issues affecting farmers in America.

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A Thousand Pines
S25 Ep13 | 55m 37s
Air Date: 04/01/24 | Expires: 03/31/27 | Rating: TV-14

A crew of 12 Mexican tree planters travel the United States regrowing America’s forests.

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Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s
S25 Ep14 | 54m 41s
Air Date: 04/08/24 | Expires: 04/07/27 | Rating: TV-14

Three people navigate their lives with determination in the face of Parkinson’s disease.

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One With the Whale
S25 Ep15 | 1h 18m 4s
Air Date: 04/22/24 | Expires: 04/21/26 | Rating: TV-14

For Native Alaskans living on a tiny Bering Sea island, if you don’t hunt, you die.

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Space: The Longest Goodbye
S25 Ep16 | 1h 24m 52s
Air Date: 05/06/24 | Expires: 05/05/27 | Rating: TV-14

NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation of a Mars mission.

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If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis
S25 Ep18 | 25m 43s
Air Date: 01/10/24 | Expires: 01/09/27

With rural hospitals closing, meet the people trying to get help in healthcare deserts.

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