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A Thousand Midnights

Season 2 Episode 215 | 12m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

A chronicle of the legacies of Black Americans during the Great Migration.

This experimental documentary chronicles the contemporary manifestation of the economic and social histories of Black Americans who came to the North during the Great Migration in search of economic opportunities. The implications of their migration, and the lack of economic opportunity they encountered, has far reaching consequences for Black America today.

06/29/2017 | Expired 06/29/2020

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Support for Reel South is made possible by the ETV Endowment of South Carolina, National Endowment for the Arts, and Wyncote Foundation.

A Thousand Midnights

Season 2 Episode 215 | 12m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

This experimental documentary chronicles the contemporary manifestation of the economic and social histories of Black Americans who came to the North during the Great Migration in search of economic opportunities. The implications of their migration, and the lack of economic opportunity they encountered, has far reaching consequences for Black America today.

06/29/2017 | Expired 06/29/2020

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