Episodes
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Small Town Universe
S10 Ep1004 |In a quiet West Virginia town, a radio telescope searches for signs of life beyond Earth.
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In Exile
S9 Ep903 |Marshallese migrants in Arkansas explore the US nuclear legacy. - Embedded Video LinkImage
It’s in the Voices
S9 Ep903 |A historian revisits the oral history of a 1920s school teacher in the Mississippi Delta. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Veritas
S9 Ep902 |63 years after the Bay of Pigs invasion, the surviving dissidents tell the fuller story. - Embedded Video LinkImage
The Day That Shook Georgia
S9 Ep901 |In 1971, one of the worst industrial tragedies in U.S. history shook rural Georgia. - Embedded Video LinkImage
The Volunteer
S9 Ep901 |An Asian-American veteran of the Vietnam War searches for the soldier who saved his life. - Embedded Video LinkImage
I'm the Girl – the Story of a Photograph
S9 Ep905 |In 1951, a Christmas window astonished a little girl in Louisville, KY. Who is she? - Embedded Video LinkImage
A Run for More
S8 Ep806 |Frankie, a transgender woman and deft politician, runs for San Antonio City Council. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Jared Dawson is the Church of Lavonia Elberton
S8 Ep805 |Jared Dawson embodies his drag persona, Lavonia Elberton, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Specials
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Free Play
A mother’s perseverance leads to the creation of Middle Tennessee’s largest inclusive playground.
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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. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Now Let Us Sing
A North Carolina choir strives to create a safe space for singing during the pandemic. - Embedded Video LinkImage
This Body
A Black woman enrolls in a COVID vaccine trial to confront the history of medical racism. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Udaan (Soar)
A Pakistani student’s life is upended when she immigrates to Arkansas to attend college. - Embedded Video LinkImage
We Stay in the House
Four New Orleans mothers struggle to care for their families and themselves in quarantine. - Embedded Video LinkImage
HINDSIGHT Preview
Reel South's newest digital series made with CAAM and Firelight Media. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Bug Farm
Four women bond over crickets, worms, and roaches on an insect farm in Labelle, Florida. - Embedded Video LinkImage
A Fine Girl
Brandi, a trans woman of color from New Orleans, strives to open an inclusive salon.
About REEL SOUTH
REEL SOUTH is a PBS documentary series that showcases authentic stories which unearth the spirit of the South today. The series explores layers of Southern life across themes of social justice, cultural experience, environmental challenges, and more. REEL SOUTH aims to leverage our region’s rich storytelling tradition as a catalyst for positive change — in the American South and beyond.
