REEL SOUTH

REEL SOUTH is a PBS documentary series that showcases authentic stories which unearth the spirit of the South today. The series explores layers of Southern life across themes of social justice, cultural experience, environmental challenges, and more. REEL SOUTH aims to leverage our region’s rich storytelling tradition as a catalyst for positive change — in the American South and beyond.

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Episode 906, Season 9
Mothertown

How the Eastern Band of Cherokee reclaimed their land.

11:29
Episode 906, Season 9
Cash Crop

A Black farmer in Virginia wrestles with tradition and the changing needs of the economy.

10:43
Episode 906, Season 9
Black Ag

A Black scientist in Arkansas guides farmers through agricultural challenges.

8:54
Episode 906, Season 9
Echoes of the Rio

Indigenous and Mexican ancestors explore the history and disappearance of the Rio Grande.

8:06
Episode 906, Season 9
Boca Chica

With eyes toward space, Texas restricts access to an otherworldly beach.

13:53
Episode 903, Season 9
Finding Us

Families torn apart by Georgetown’s sale of enslaved people reunite six generations later.

13:00
Episode 903, Season 9
Fallout

Members of a rural Virginia town are exposed to contamination from a nearby Army plant.

17:46
Episode 903, Season 9
In Exile

Marshallese migrants in Arkansas explore the US nuclear legacy.

11:24
Episode 901, Season 9
The Day That Shook Georgia

In 1971, one of the worst industrial tragedies in U.S. history shook rural Georgia.

21:10

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