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Mai's America

by Marlo Poras

Premiere: August 6, 2002

A spunky Vietnamese teenager named Mai gets the chance of a lifetime—to study in the United States. From cosmopolitan Hanoi to the heart of the Deep South, Mai’s unforgettable journey offers an outsider’s glimpse inside America.

School Prayer

by Slawomir Grünberg, Ben Crane

Premiere: July 20, 1999

The battle cry on both sides is "religious freedom" when a Mississippi mother takes a stand on prayer in her children's public school. While most of Pontotoc County rally together to preserve a cornerstone of their faith, Lisa Herdahl is a lone voice calling for separation of church and state.