Reservation Dogs
The remarkable contribution of Reservation Dogs to an arguably indefensibly short list of authentic depictions of Native Americans on the small screen lies in the breadth and specificity that it…
Sort Of
Sabi is set on changing their life. They really should leave that part-time nanny job behind. They really should dump that homo-ish boyfriend of theirs. They really should move to…
The Wonder Years
This reimagining of the beloved 1980s show is more than just an inspired 21st century reboot. The Wonder Years shows the universal aspects of coming of age in middle-class suburban…
We Are Lady Parts
The rebellious spirit of the Sex Pistols meets the guiding wisdom of the Quran in We Are Lady Parts, Nida Manzoor’s subversive British comedy about an all-female, all-Muslim punk band’s determination…
‘So They Know We Existed’: Palestinians Film War in Gaza
At a heart-wrenching 14-minutes, “‘So They Know We Existed’” captures the devastation to daily civilian life during the 11-day war between Israel and Hamas in May 2021 in Gaza. Citizen…
Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol
Certain political factions have worked furiously to whitewash what happened on January 6, 2021, when, at the President Trump-inspired attack on the U.S. Capitol, a mob sought to overturn the…
Transnational
The wordplay at work in Vice’s series Transnational is, perhaps, all too obvious as a collection of reported stories that spotlight various trans communities around the world: from the ballroom…
PRONE
Two years before the murder of George Floyd, a man named David Baker was killed while being restrained by seven police officers in Colorado. Reporter Chris Vanderveen’s investigation into the…
Finn and the Bell
Finn and the Bell assembles a quiet portrait of a small Vermont community grappling with a young man’s suicide, and the beauty of its method lies in how the piece…
Southlake
In September 2020, Houston-based NBC reporter Mike Hixenbaugh was working on a story about friction the upcoming presidential election was causing in suburbia. He was referred to Southlake, a northwest…