announcer: funding for the kcet fine cut festival of films is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov. [woman breathing heavily] mama? [baby fussing] [indistinct chatter] [person coughing] [man speaking on tv] [phone chiming] [engine sputtering] [men speaking indistinctly] shh. [zhao coughing] [birds chirping] [brake screeches] [brake screeches] [coughing] [both exhale] [zhao coughing] [coughs] [zhao coughing] [engine sputters, stops] [zhao coughing] [zhao coughing] [breathing heavily] [secret blows] [baby fussing] [girl vocalizing oradio] snowie: hey. [girl vocalizing] [clattering] girl: there. [indistinct]. there we go. oh. you probably want some tea, huh? this cup for you. this means we have to leave, doesn't it? [door closes] [indistinct chatter] man: next. name? name? i see you're a little slow, huh? well, no worries. we got wor for people like you, too. i'll just need to get some form of identification. unfortunately, that's just not gonna cut it. man 2: come on, feller. some of us ain't got all day. is this some kind of joke? beat it. moron. [bird cawing

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announcer: funding for the kcet "fine cut festival of films" is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web aarts.gov. woman:o i can ahead a, , dive io what wfound in threport. we did nd that you have dyslexia and that that is pointing to a lot of the difficulties you have when it comes to reading, and we also found that you have difficulties th attention, so we did nd adhd, so we would say that that is also contributing to a lot of the difficulties that you're likely having. is there anything that you wanted to add, dr. nulty, before i move on? nulty: one thing that's important to recognize is the faguing faor of d. it's li your brain is having to rk hardethan oth people' to block out the dogs barking and the cars going by and just whatever noises there are, and you're capable of blocking them out but at a cost, and that's cognitive fatigue. woman two: right. mm-hmm. this is 16 pages of things about my brain. ok. so the reason i'm here is because "afton is currently struggling to meet her foreign language requirement in her undergraduate studies at usc." understatement of the c

announcer: funding for the kcet "fine cut festival of films" is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov. ♪ woman: you don't see black women get a lot of grace. i think because of...the way the world sees black women, we have had to, you know, a lot of times have this exterior to us that reflects that. woman: i conantly have pushed back on this cultural lore that says, "god will not give you something that you cannot survive.god gives us stuff all the time, and that y may not fully survive it or you may be damaged by what happens. and so, people feel that, "oh, well, there must be something wrong with me, and i should just accept this." ♪ art allows you to bring those sort of feelings up and start to look at them in a more rational way, in a more cognitive way, if you will, especially when you cannot name something. and i mean--when i say name it, mean verbally talk about it. ♪ so, art becomes that avenue of conversation. ♪ woman: so, feel free to sit wherever. we've come here today to create community with each other and really just bear witness as we come togeth

upbeasynth pop] ♪ [ambient mus] - [announcer]: major funding for reel south was provided by: etv endowment, the national endowment for the artscenter for asian-american media, south arts, and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. additional funding for "jasper mall" was provided by: [crickets chirping] [footsteps] [keys jingling] [door creaks open] [circuit breaker door creaks open] [switches click on] [keys jingle] [locks click open] - [mike]: i'm housekeeping, maintenance, security.. and i just make sure that at night if it don't get done, i make sure it gets done in the morning. sometimes.. which i'll show you, sometimes, like, the shelter wasn't.. going out the shelter door wasn't locked or whatever and we have we'll have some homeless... or some, i guess you'd say druggies. yeah. this whole back end was jc penny's. - [radio announcer] talking about how bad traffic is in february, significantly deeper... so you're talking about malls that are going to be ghost towns. that we're not going to coach. and i think that when you see the prime jc penny mall businesses, a

[somber music] [ambient music] - [announcer] major funding for "reel south" was provided by etv endowment, the national endowment for the arts, center for asian american media, south arts, and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. additional funding for "broken wings" is provided by [car drives by] [birds and insects chirping] - hot out here. okay, black, black, black. i'm gonna try to make 'em as realistic as i can make 'em, but i'm painting from memory. but i wing it. i guess if i look at a bird every day i should know what he looks like. [dramatic music] - vultures are the unsung heroes of our society as far as i'm concerned. [dramatic music] frequently, people run over raccoons or opossums and people hit deer, there are all these dead animals by the side of the road, and then a couple of days later, they're gone, it's a miracle. you know, these birds are miracles. [dramatic music] a vulture will find these road kill and as soon as they can, they'll be down there to investigate and then consume it. [dramatic music] down in hot springs, the black vulture, adonis, i

the truth , i am louis armstrong's daughter. [ambient music] - major funding for real south is provided by etv endowment, the national endowment for the arts, south arts, center for asian-american media, and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. additional funding for "little satchmo" is provided by and others. a complete list is available from pbs. - (singing) la-da-da, yes. - louis armstrong was born in new orleans, the birthplace of jazz. from his southern roots to music ambassador of the world, his influence is still with us. unknown to the public, he fathered one child in his life, a daughter named sharon. he called her his little satchmo. this is her story. [cassette clicks] - [on cassette tapeÑ: this is louis satchmo armstrong, getting ready to send a bit of a letter to a fine young lady by the name of miss sweets preston. and i know sharon's a good girl. she better be. you sharon? did you hear what i said? that i have for you, i won't give it to you. i mean, if you miss one time being good, i ain't gonna give it to you. [laughs] tough daddy, tough man, because i come up the

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for everyone. thank you to the alfred sloan foundation. the art for justice fund, a sponsored project of rockefeller philanthropy advisors and partners with the ford foundation, the mellon, the national endowmentthe arts, the new york city department of cultural affairs and the new york state council on the arts. we are also enormously grateful for tonight's penguin random house, barnes and noble lindenmayer book publishing papers division of central national guardsmen, amazon literary partnership. amazon studios. apple books. books-a-million google play books. hachette group. harpercollins publishers. ingram content group. macmillan publisher. news media poetry foundation and scholastic and zibby books. thank for making our work possible. we are so grateful. we are just two years away from a big milestone. the 75th anniversary of the national book awards. in preparation, we've spent the last crafting a strategic plan that culminate in our landmark anniversary, and we are absolutely thrilled to have supporters who believe in us and our big dreams for the future. that's right. we are so grateful to these supporters who have joined us in making significant gifts and multiyear commitments to help

he has received fellowships from the national endowment for the humanities, the mellon foundation, the national humanities center, the institute for the arts and humanities at usc. others. his first book, body politic negotiating race in the american north from 1730 to 1830, was a finalist for the frederick douglass book prize. he was named a top young historian, the history news network, and has as an organization of american historians, distinguished lecturer. he currently lives in chapel hill with his husband son and daughter. please join me in welcoming wood sweet. right. all right. thanks, ashley. i'm so glad to be here and to be in greensboro. the southern girls tale tells a story that for a long i thought i understood. and it's a story that even seems eerily familiar. one day, late in the summer of 1793, a 17 year old selling girl named lorna sawyer was walking down broadway in york city when she was harassed. a group of frenchmen as cat called her. she, a young gentleman, stepped forward to rescue her. he escorted her home. he asked her out for a walk a couple of evenings later, and he introduced himself as lawyer smith smith. that

he has received fellowships from the national endowment for the humanities, the mullin foundation, the national humanity center, the institute for the arts and humanities at u.n.c. among others. his first book, bodies, politic negotiating race in the american north from 1730 to 1830, was a finalist for the frederick douglass book prized. he was named the top young historian by the history news network, and has served as an organization of american historians, distinguished lecturer. he currently lives in chapel hill. his husband, son, and daughter, please join me in welcoming john was sweet. [applause] all right, thanks ashley. >> i'm sorry to be here and to be in greensboro. the selling girls tale tells a story tells a story that for a long time i thought i understood. it's a story even today that seems eerily familiar. one day late in the summer of 1793, a 17 year old sewing girl name lana sawyer was walking down broadway new york city when she was harassed by a group of french men. as they catcalled her, a young gentlemen stepped forward to, rescue her. he escorted her home. he asked her out for a walk a couple evenings later. and he

announcer: funding for the kcet "fine cut festival of films" is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at ts.gov.

announcer: funding for the kcet "fine cut festival of films" is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov.