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Critical Condition

by Roger Weisberg

Premiere: September 30, 2008

What happens if you fall sick and are one of 47 million people in America without health insurance? Critical Condition puts a human face on the nation's growing health care crisis.

The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández

by Kieran Fitzgerald

Premiere: July 8, 2008

In 1997, U.S. Marines patrolling the Texas-Mexico border as part of the War on Drugs shot and killed Esequiel Hernández Jr.

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(Available now through October 30, 2009)

The Sixth Section

by Alex Rivera

Premiere: September 2, 2003

The Sixth Section captures the dynamic form of cross-border organizing through the story of 'Grupo Union,' a small band of Mexican immigrants in upstate New York who devote themselves to raising money in order to rebuild the town they left behind.

The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez

by Catherine Ryan, Gary Weimberg

Premiere: July 27, 1999

A son of Puerto Rican revolutionaries learns of his parents' past. A chronicle of his turbulent journey of self-discovery, offering a striking account of the costs of fiercely held convictions and the binding force of a son's love.