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Trailer | The Big Payback

An Evanston, Illinois rookie alderwoman led the passage of the first tax-funded reparations bill for Black Americans. While she and her community struggle with the burden to make restitution for its citizens, a national racial crisis engulfs the country. Will the debt ever be addressed, or is it too late for a reparations movement to finally get the big payback?
Preview Season 24 Episode 5 Length 00:30 Premiere: 01/30/23

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S24 E16 Length 1:25:23 Premiere Date 06/20/23

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Matter of Mind: My ALS
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Hidden Letters
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Love in the Time of Fentanyl
S24 E9 Length 1:25:48 Premiere Date 02/13/23

Outta the Muck
S24 E8 Length 1:25:44 Premiere Date 02/06/23

The Picture Taker
S24 E7 Length 1:25:44 Premiere Date 01/30/23

No Straight Lines
S24 E6 Length 1:25:44 Premiere Date 01/23/23

The Big Payback
S24 E5 Length 1:25:13 Premiere Date 01/16/23

Children of Las Brisas
S24 E4 Length 1:22:50 Premiere Date 01/02/23

Move Me
S24 E3 Length 1:22:17 Premiere Date 11/07/22

TikTok, Boom.
S24 E2 Length 1:24:57 Premiere Date 10/24/22

Hazing
S24 E1 Length 1:43:28 Premiere Date 09/12/22

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A Reckoning in Boston - S23 E6

A white filmmaker collaborates with students enrolled in Boston's Clemente Course in the Humanities to explore violence, racism and gentrification in Boston.

  • Tuesday April 16, 2024 3:30 pm ET on KETWORLD
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Matter of Mind: My ALS - S24 E13

Three people face different paths as they live with the progressively debilitating illness ALS - amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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One with the Whale - S25 E13

An Alaska native family is blindsided when their son, the youngest ever to harpoon a whale for his village, is targeted by animal activists.

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Ferguson Rises - S23 E2

Premiered On: 11/08/2021

The film explores the depths of the protests following Michael Brown Jr.'s killing through the eyes of his father, Michael Brown Sr., and diverse voices in the community of Ferguson, Missouri.

  • Wednesday April 24, 2024 2:00 pm ET on KETWORLD
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Storming Caesars Palace - S24 E10

After losing her job as a hotel worker in Las Vegas, Ruby Duncan joined a welfare rights group of mothers who fought for guaranteed income and took on the Nevada mob in organizing a massive protest that shut down Caesars Palace.

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Space: The Longest Goodbye - S25 E14

NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission.

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The Donut King - S22 E14

Premiered On: 05/24/2021

Hear the rise and fall story of Ted Ngoy, who fled Cambodia for the United States and built a multi-million-dollar fried pastry empire, Christy's Doughnuts.

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TikTok, Boom. - S24 E2

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Children of Las Brisas - S24 E4

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Matter of Mind: My ALS - S24 E13

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Razing Liberty Square - S25 E6

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Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's - S25 E12

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The Big Payback - S24 E5

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Apart - S23 E10

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A Thousand Pines - S25 E11

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Move Me - S24 E3

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Greener Pastures - S25 E9

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Writing with Fire - S23 E11

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