26 April 2021 Factual 172 mins
The epic story of how people around the world lived through the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, from lockdowns to funerals to protests. Filming across the globe and using extensive personal video and local footage, FRONTLINE documented how people and countries responded to COVID-19 across cultures, races, faiths and privilege.
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Featuring sit-down interviews with experts and historians, follows the story of the Japanese American soldiers of WWII who fought for the ideals of American democracy.
22 July 2021
Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors.
01 September 2021
Just as Tessa's life begins to become unglued, nothing is what she thought it would be. Not her friends nor her family.
26 September 2021
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15 October 2021
The Story of Indian Mythology Mahabharata and one of the greatest wars in history.
03 September 2021
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05 May 2021
This film sheds light on the little-known history of plantations and the enslaved in North Florida. It seeks to advance a sense of place and identity for thousands of African-Americans by exploring the invisible history of slavery in Leon County.
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29 June 2021
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10 December 2021
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