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America ReFramed

The Area | Preview

A South Side Chicago community’s five-year fight for respect in the face of displacement.

12/09/2020 | Rating TV-PG

America ReFramed

The Area | Preview

Preview: Season 9 Episode 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

A South Side Chicago community’s five-year fight for respect in the face of displacement.

THE AREA is the odyssey of a South Side Chicago neighborhood, where hundreds of Black American families are being expelled from their homes by a multi-billion-dollar freight company. The documentary film follows homeowner-turned-activist Deborah Payne, who vows to be "the last house standing," as she and her neighbors fight the displacement that looms ahead.

12/09/2020 | Rating TV-PG

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Major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Additional funding provided by the Wyncote Foundation, the National Endowment for the...

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