Season 9 | Official Trailer
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10 films offer new perspectives on our shared military, health, and spiritual histories.
Season 9 adds new depth to the records America keeps and who gets to define and shape our collective posterity. 10 films offer new perspectives on our shared military, health, and spiritual histories and bring forward voices and stories culled in the name of prosperity. Above all, each film showcases the power of human connection and the communities created in any aftermath.
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Support for Reel South is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media and by SouthArts.
Season 9 | Official Trailer
Preview: Season 9 | 1m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Season 9 adds new depth to the records America keeps and who gets to define and shape our collective posterity. 10 films offer new perspectives on our shared military, health, and spiritual histories and bring forward voices and stories culled in the name of prosperity. Above all, each film showcases the power of human connection and the communities created in any aftermath.
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Our politics do not reflect the prevailing politics of this community, and they never have.
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