S5.E13 ∙ Episode #5.13

A critique on free-market education reforms, undermining teacher unions, and promoting charter schools as a panacea. Shows public school parents' and educators' experiences, offering a holistic perspective on education reform.

After a mine explosion kills her brother, a pro-coal activist joins forces with a tree-hugging grandmother to take down the most dangerous coal company in the United States.

'By Blood' captures the surprising story of American Indians of African descent, or Freedmen, as they battle their own tribes and the federal government to regain their tribal citizenship. The film documents the different ways indigenous American Indian tribes, their minority members, and surrounding communities are confronting racism and intolerance.

FIRST FRIDAY is a documentary that follows a diverse group of residents and community leaders, in the aftermath of a tragedy, as they work to preserve the event that symbolizes Oakland's recent renaissance.

Seven lives come together amid the stench of beer and tobacco smoke in an apartment block where single rooms are for rent and the bathroom is in the hall. Only friendship, mutual aid and a healthy sense of humor allow these men, scarred by self-destruction and addiction, to face the harsh reality of their lives.

Following the lives of four college students, independently, through a bizarre sequence of events that occur following the announcement of the capture of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. A hilarious yet thought-provoking snapshot of a turbulent time in America's recent political history through the eyes of a generation too distracted to care.