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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Broken Wings
S7 Ep6 |An Arkansas woman and her town adopt an injured vulture as their own. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Madame Pipi
S7 Ep5 |Three Haitian bathroom attendants hold court in Miami nightclubs, even during a pandemic. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Florida Woman
S7 Ep4 |A Florida woman battles media scrutiny and public outrage to save her pet alligator. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Little Satchmo
S7 Ep1 |Louis Armstrong was an icon, but for Sharon, he was the father she could never reveal. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Quaranteened
S7 Ep3 |Four spirited teenage sisters languish at home during the pandemic of 2020. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Bury Me at Taylor Hollow
S7 Ep2 |Just outside Nashville, a mortician creates the state’s first, natural burial ground. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Disrupted Borders
S8 Ep805 |A coming-of-age story about two best friends living on the US-Mexico border. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Jasper Mall
S6 Ep7 |A dying shopping mall embodies Americana values and culture in a changing South.
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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Knocking Down the Fences
The story of AJ Andrews, the first woman to win a Rawlings Gold Glove. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Some Million Miles
An intimate portrait of addiction and recovery atop Sand Mountain in rural Alabama. - Embedded Video LinkImage
As In Death
A 9-1-1 operator is spurred to act by the wrongful death of a child years ago in Durham. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Uniontown
Activists in rural Alabama band together to take on big industry and passive politicians. - Embedded Video LinkImage
The Derby
A portrait of workers and revelers at the fastest 2 minutes in sports, the Kentucky Derby. - Embedded Video LinkImage
SIGNS
A short film exploring the vandalism of signs in Mississippi marking Emmett Till’s death. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Cotton Plant
A teetotalling Arkansas mayor hopes medical marijuana will save his dying town. - Embedded Video LinkImage
The Basin
Reckless development forces crawfishermen to speak out to save their way of life.
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.
