REEL SOUTH

A documentary series reckoning with the South's past, present, and future.

Episodes

  • Jasper Mall: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Jasper Mall

    S6 Ep7 |
    A dying shopping mall embodies Americana values and culture in a changing South.
  • Rap Squad: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Rap Squad

    S6 Ep6 |
    Arkansas high school writers and performers seek healing and justice for their community.
  • The Passing On: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Passing On

    S6 Ep5 |
    The legacy of Black funeral homes in San Antonio, Texas hinges on one renowned embalmer.
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    That's Wild

    S6 Ep4 |
    Atlanta teens face the thrills, joy, and struggles of navigating the wilds of Colorado.
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    You Asked for the Facts

    S6 Ep3 |
    Robert Kennedy defies a Mississippi state-wide campus speaker-ban in 1966.
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    Flat Town

    S6 Ep2 |
    A rural Louisiana high school football game unites a historically segregated town.
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    Muni

    S6 Ep1 |
    The struggle and joys of Black golfers who integrated a municipal course in Asheville, NC.
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    Mossville: When Great Trees Fall

    S5 Ep10 |
    One man standing in the way of a petrochemical plant expansion refuses to give up.
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    Attaché

    S5 Ep9 |
    The most successful High School Show Choir in history from a small, Southern town.

Specials

  • Missing Magic: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Missing Magic

    A young poet confronts his city’s violent history after being arrested at a demonstration.
  • Comida Pa' Los Pobres (Food for the Poor): asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Comida Pa' Los Pobres (Food for the Poor)

    A Puerto Rican activist builds a solidarity movement to confront the island’s food crisis.
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    Now Let Us Sing

    A North Carolina choir strives to create a safe space for singing during the pandemic.
  • This Body: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    This Body

    A Black woman enrolls in a COVID vaccine trial to confront the history of medical racism.
  • Udaan (Soar): asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Udaan (Soar)

    A Pakistani student’s life is upended when she immigrates to Arkansas to attend college.
  • We Stay in the House: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    We Stay in the House

    Four New Orleans mothers struggle to care for their families and themselves in quarantine.
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    HINDSIGHT Preview

    Reel South's newest digital series made with CAAM and Firelight Media.
  • Bug Farm: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Bug Farm

    Four women bond over crickets, worms, and roaches on an insect farm in Labelle, Florida.
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    A Fine Girl

    Brandi, a trans woman of color from New Orleans, strives to open an inclusive salon.

About REEL SOUTH

The people, culture, landscape and history of the South both captivate and bewilder. In the cherished tradition of Southern storytelling, Reel South reveals the South's proud yet complicated heritage, as told by a diversity of voices and perspectives.

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