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Season 7

29 episodes · 2005

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    Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove

    Oct 11, 200560 min★ 7.3

    “One Nation Under a Groove,” a profile of Parliament Funkadelic that features animation (including an “Afronaut” character voiced by Eddie Griffin) to explore P-Funk's unique mix of rock and R&B, and its rebellious vibe---tightly controlled by mastermind George Clinton, whose 50-year career links doo-wop and hip-hop. “It was just a party,” says singer Nona Hendryx

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    En Route to Baghdad

    Oct 18, 200560 min

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    The Last Cowboy

    Oct 25, 200560 min

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    A Family at War

    Nov 8, 200560 min

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    Mirror Dance

    Nov 15, 200560 min

    Identical twins Margarita and Ramona de Saa became acclaimed ballerinas with the National Ballet of Cuba. Once inseparable, their relationship disintegrated as one sister left for America while the other embraced the Cuban revolution. This program is the story of two women forever linked by birth and dance, but struggling to overcome rifts not only between sisters but also between nations.

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    Race Is the Place

    Nov 22, 200560 min★ 7.0

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    Maid in America

    Nov 29, 200560 min

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    Seoul Train

    Dec 13, 200560 min★ 7.8

    This film explores the plight of North Korean refugees trying to escape their homeland and China, and tells the story of activists who put themselves in harm's way to save them via a clandestine underground railroad.

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    Sisters: Portrait of a Benedictine Community

    Dec 20, 200560 min

    This documentary follows the lives of the women of St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, Minnesota. The story is told by the Sisters themselves -- at work, prayer and leisure -- as they pursue a balanced life based on the Rule of St. Benedict and face an uncertain future with spirit, conviction and wit.

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    Short Stack: Lost & Found

    Dec 27, 200560 min

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    Sheriff

    Jan 3, 200660 min

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    Girl Trouble

    Jan 17, 200660 min

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    Negroes With Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

    Feb 7, 200660 min

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    July '64

    Feb 14, 200660 min★ 8.6

    July ’64 tells the story of a historic three-day race riot that erupted in two African American neighborhoods in the northern, mid-sized city of Rochester, New York. On the night of July 24, 1964, frustration and resentment brought on by institutional racism, overcrowding, lack of job opportunity and police dog attacks exploded in racial violence that brought Rochester to its knees. Directed by Carvin Eison and produced by Chris Christopher, JULY ’64 combines historic archival footage, news reports and interviews with witnesses and participants to dig deeply into the causes and effects of the historic disturbance.

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    Almost Home

    Feb 21, 200684 min★ 9.2

    Almost Home rescues from an exile of denial the real stories of aging that lie in the vast middle between the uber-heroic octogenarian marathoner and the feeble geriatric that most Americans fear becoming. A feature length, cinema-verité film shot on location in a continuing care community that boasts a nursing home transforming its medical (think hospital) model of care into a holistic one (think home), Almost Home is a stunningly intimate film that combines the institution’s struggle to shake the nursing home stigma with tender, sometimes difficult, stories of people who live, work and visit there.

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    The Loss of Nameless Things

    Feb 28, 200660 min

    In 1978, Oakley Hall was a promising playwright on the verge of national recognition when a mysterious fall violently transformed his life. This program is the haunting story of a young man's fall from grace, of the vibrant artists who surrounded him and what happens when, decades later, a theater company discovers the very play he was writing the night he fell.

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    Troop 1500

    Mar 21, 200660 min

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    Taking the Heat: The First Women Firefighters of New York City

    Mar 28, 200660 min★ 9.0

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    Trudell

    Apr 11, 200660 min

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    La Sierra

    Apr 18, 200660 min

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    A League of Ordinary Gentlemen

    Apr 25, 200660 min

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    Music from the Inside Out

    May 2, 200660 min

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    Fishbowl; American Made

    May 9, 200660 min★ 9.2

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    Frozen Angels

    May 16, 200660 min

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    The Devil's Miner

    May 23, 200660 min

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    The Great Pink Scare

    Jun 6, 200660 min

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    The Real Dirt on Farmer John

    Jun 13, 200660 min

    The Real Dirt on Farmer John is a 2005 documentary film directed by Taggart Siegel about the life of Midwestern farmer John Peterson, operator of Angelic Organics. It tells the history of the eccentric farmer's family farm in rural Caledonia, Illinois.

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    A Lion in the House

    Jun 21, 200660 min

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    A Lion in the House

    Jun 22, 200660 min