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Episodes
Season 39 · 6 episodes · 2026
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Episode 120 Jul 20261h 23m
The Dating Game
In a country where eligible men are estimated to outnumber women by more than 30 million, three working-class bachelors — Zhou, Li, and Wu — join an intensive seven-day dating camp in Chongqing led by one of China's most sought-after datin…
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Episode 227 Jul 20261h 23m
For Venida, For Kalief
Kalief Browder's legacy expands through the poetry and activism of his mother, Venida Brodnax Browder. Blending vérité, poetic imagery, and rare 1970s archival footage of the Black Panthers, the film traces grief, resilience, and the endur…
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Episode 33 Aug 20261h 23m
The Gas Station Attendant
Director Karla Murthy weaves together home videos and recorded phone conversations from when her father, H.N. Shantha Murthy, worked at a gas station in Texas, tracing his journey from an impoverished Indian village to the United States. M…
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Episode 424 Aug 20261h 23m
How to Build a Library
In Nairobi, Kenya, Shiro Koinange and Angela Wachuka work to restore the McMillan Memorial Library — a library founded by British colonizers in 1932 that operated on a whites-only basis until 1958 — into a vibrant public and cultural hub, …
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Episode 531 Aug 20261h 17m
Arrest the Midwife
When trusted midwives serving Amish and Mennonite families in rural upstate New York are arrested following the death of a newborn, a quiet community is thrust into turmoil. Director Elaine Epstein follows women who defy tradition and beco…
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Episode 67 Sep 20261h 53m
Remake
For nearly forty years, Ross McElwee has made autobiographical documentaries about how his personal life intersects with the wider world. After his son Adrian died of a fentanyl overdose in 2016, McElwee abandoned a planned Hollywood drama…