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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?
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Silent Beauty
S24 E15 Length 1:25:49 Premiere Date 05/15/23

Sam Now
S24 E14 Length 1:24:59 Premiere Date 05/08/23

Matter of Mind: My ALS
S24 E13 Length 54:42 Premiere Date 05/01/23

Free Chol Soo Lee
S24 E12 Length 1:24:52 Premiere Date 04/24/23

Hidden Letters
S24 E11 Length 1:25:27 Premiere Date 03/27/23

Storming Caesars Palace
S24 E10 Length 1:24:45 Premiere Date 03/20/23

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

Trailer | This Spring on Independent Lens
Preview Length 01:00 Premiere Date 04/01/23

Trailer | The Big Payback
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 01/30/23

Trailer | This Winter on Independent Lens
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Trailer | This Fall on Independent Lens
Preview Length 01:00 Premiere Date 09/12/22

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Half the Sky: Jane Ngori Turns a House into a Home in Kenya
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Rose Mapendo Shares Her Story to Inspire Action
Clip Length 09:47 Premiere Date 03/22/12

Women and Girls Lead: Meet Beverly
Clip Length 03:24 Premiere Date 03/01/12

Women and Girls Lead: Meet Sonia
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Women and Girls Lead: Melanne Verveer Web Exclusive
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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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Mama Bears - S24 E16

Although conservative, Christian beliefs have defined their lives, mothers fight for the rights of their LGBTQ+ children.

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Writing with Fire - S23 E11

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Eating Up Easter - S21 E17

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Silent Beauty - S24 E15

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Hidden Letters - S24 E11

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Sam Now - S24 E14

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Try Harder! - S23 E13

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Two Gods - S22 E15

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Matter of Mind: My ALS - S24 E13

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A Day in the Life of America - S22 E7

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Free Chol Soo Lee - S24 E12

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