America ReFramed

Indie Films Series / 7 Seasons

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.

Watch Latest: S12 E6

1h 12m / TV-PG

For the Love of Rutland | Preview

30s / TV-PG

An attempt to bring Syrian refugees to invigorate the economically struggling and predominantly white town of Rutland, VT unleashes deep partisan rancor. Despite a lifetime of feeling invalidated and shamed for her poverty and addiction, long-time Rutland resident, Stacie, emerges as an unexpected and resilient leader in a town divided by class, cultural values and political leanings.

Fannie Lou Hamer's America | Trailer

2m 23s / TV-PG

Fannie Lou Hamer's America is a portrait of a civil rights activist and the injustices in America that made her work essential. Through public speeches, personal interviews, and powerful songs of the fearless Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist, Fannie Lou Hamer's America explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders.

Fannie Lou Hamer's America | Preview

30s / TV-PG

Fannie Lou Hamer's America is a portrait of a civil rights activist and the injustices in America that made her work essential. Through public speeches, personal interviews, and powerful songs of the fearless Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist, Fannie Lou Hamer's America explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders.

Fannie Lou Hamer's America | Beyond the Lens

23m 18s / TV-PG

For the family of Fannie Lou Hamer, she was a woman of power and presence as a civil and human rights activist. But to Jacqueline Hamer Flakes, Monica Land, and Jimmy Lee Lacey, she was also so much more - a mother, a wife, and a friend who was loving and giving. The in-depth interview provides an intimacy to Mrs. Hamer's life, work and legacy that can only be told by those who knew her best.

Fannie Lou Hamer's America | Is This America?

2m / TV-PG

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. introduce Fannie Lou Hamer at the 1964 Democratic National Party. As a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, she testifies about her terrifying experiences with voter registration as a Black woman and as a voting rights activist.

Fannie Lou Hamer's America | A Separate But More Equal Party

1m 29s / TV-PG

Why did Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Bob Moses and others organize a separate political party in Mississippi? For the inclusion of Black residents in state politics which was powered by white supremacy. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party would soon ruffle feathers all the way to Washington, D.C.

Fannie Lou Hamer's America | The Brutality in Winona, MS

3m / TV-PG

Fannie Lou Hamer describes the ill-fated day she, Annell Ponder and Euvester Simpson were arrested in Winona, Mississippi. The interrogation of Mrs. Hamer would forever change her work and life as the brutal police beating left her physically scarred, affecting her health in later years.

Fannie Lou Hamer's America | Registering to Vote

1m 34s / TV-PG

For Fannie Lou Hamer, registering to vote in Mississippi meant being a first-class citizen in the U.S. But in doing so, her life and livelihood were threatened. Intimidation and violence were not new to Mrs. Hamer, and they would continue to follow her as an activist and as a Black woman.

Fannie Lou Hamer's America | The Beginnings of an Activist

2m 46s / TV-PG

In August of 1962, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee traveled to Ruleville, Mississippi to talk to the residents about voting. In the audience was Fannie Lou Hamer. From that day forward, Mrs. Hamer became invested in voting rights for the Black people of Mississippi.

Fannie Lou Hamer's America | A Childhood in Mississippi

3m 22s / TV-PG

In childhood, Fannie Lou Hamer, her parents and her nineteen siblings lived with hunger. Like many young Black children, she began picking pounds and pounds of cotton in the fields, dropping out of school at the age of twelve. It was a lesson about poverty and race that was not lost on her.

Brooklyn Inshallah | Meet Father Khader El-Yateem

1m 21s / TV-PG

Meet Reverend Khader El-Yateem: husband, father, son, immigrant, and Arab & Palestinian American candidate for city council in Brooklyn, New York. With an introduction by Linda Sarsour.

Brooklyn Inshallah | Arab Americans and Voter Registration

3m 9s / TV-PG

Father Khader El-Yateem, a city council candidate, and his campaign manager, Kayla Santosuosso, travel around the Arab American community in Brooklyn, New York's Bay Ridge to get the word out to register and vote.

Brooklyn Inshallah | An Arab and Lutheran Church in Brooklyn

1m 5s / TV-PG

Father Khader El-Yateem explains the origins of the Salam Arabic Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, New York and what the place of worship means for Arab Americans in the community.

Brooklyn Inshallah | Arab-Lutheran Reverend for City Council

30s / TV-PG

Father Khader El-Yateem talks with parishioners at his Arabic Lutheran church about his campaign for city council in Brooklyn, New York and the reaction he is seeing from the online community.

Brooklyn Inshallah | Promo

30s / TV-PG

Father Khader El-Yateem, is campaigning to be New York City's first Arab American councilman. As a Lutheran Pastor and Palestinian American, El-Yateem's bid to make history reveals the aspirations and divisions of his multicultural district. With the support of local organizers and activists, including Aber Kawas and Linda Sarsour, can he bring his community together to win the race?

Brooklyn Inshallah | Trailer

1m 44s / TV-PG

Father Khader El-Yateem, is campaigning to be New York City's first Arab American councilman. As a Lutheran Pastor and Palestinian American, El-Yateem's bid to make history reveals the aspirations and divisions of his multicultural district. With the support of local organizers and activists, including Aber Kawas and Linda Sarsour, can he bring his community together to win the race?

Celebrating 10 Years | America ReFramed

2m 43s / TV-PG

COMING IN 2022: The award-winning documentary series America ReFramed launches its tenth season with the world premiere of Fannie Lou Hamer’s America, a portrait of the fearless Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist. The season begins with a special presentation on PBS February 22, followed by WORLD Channel on February 24 which marks the series’ move to its new Thursday time slot.

Hayden & Her Family | Trailer

1m 27s / TV-PG

The Currys are raising twelve children, five of whom are adopted from overseas and have special needs. One of those children is Hayden, a young girl from China born with linear nevus sebaceous syndrome. Hayden becomes the thread to this intimate adoption journey as she, her new parents, and her siblings experience the complexities, jealousies and joy of becoming a family.

Hayden & Her Family | The Currys: The Truth of Adoption

1m 3s / TV-PG

Is creating a bond between an adopting parent and adopted child as effortless as seen on TV? As a father of five adopted children (and seven biological), Jud Curry knows the true story of what adoption looks like for a family.

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