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Farmingville

by Carlos Sandoval, Catherine Tambini

Premiere: June 22, 2004

The shocking hate-based attempted murders of two Mexican day laborers catapult a small Long Island town into national headlines, unmasking a new front line in the border wars: suburbia.

Two Towns of Jasper

by Whitney Dow , Marco Williams

Premiere: January 22, 2002

In 1998 James Byrd, Jr., a black man, was chained to a truck and dragged to death by three white men. Two film crews, one black and one white, document the aftermath of the murder.

Kelly Loves Tony

by Spencer Nakasako

Premiere: June 30, 1998

She's a straight-A student; he's trying to leave gang life behind. A camcorder becomes both witness and confidante for these markedly singular yet utterly typical teens as they self-document the trials of growing up too fast and too soon in urban America.

Licensed to Kill

by Arthur Dong

Premiere: June 23, 1998

Jesse's Gone

by Michael Smith

Premiere: June 24, 1997

An excruciatingly tender look at the frayed lives of the family and friends of Jesse Rahim Hall, a promising young hip hop artist from East Oakland, California killed in a drive-by shooting.