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Link Voices
"Link Voices" is a unique collection of documentaries that showcase a range of perspectives, untold stories, and regional flavors. These films tackle topics including LGBT rights, homelessness, racism, and poverty through the eyes of the people closest to these issues. Enter the worlds of revolutionary artists, musicians, environmental activists, disabled individuals, and powerless communities.
A new season kicks off March 1 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The lineup includes the following films:
3/1 - "Big Sonia"
Sonia Warshawski, a Holocaust survivor, is served an eviction notice for her tailor shop, which has thrived for 35 years.
3/8 - "Wall"
Two-time Academy Award® nominee David Hare goes on a trip to the Middle East to examine the impact of the wall separating Israel and Palestine.
3/15 - "Who is Dayani Cristal?"
This award-winning film by Gael García Bernal and Marc Silver tells the story of one an undocumented migrant who died in Arizona.
3/22 - "Commander Arian"
Alba Sotorra shares the empowering tale of 30-year-old Commander Arian as she guides a female battalion to release its people from the grip of ISIS.
3/29 - "Sepideh"
A young Iranian woman wants to become an astronaut, while her traditional family will do anything to keep her on the ground.
4/5 - "Sweet Dreams"
Members of Rwanda's only women's drumming troupe form a partnership with two American entrepreneurs to open Rwanda’s first ice cream shop.
4/12 - "Mali Blues"
The West African country of Mali is the birthplace of the blues, yet today, as fundamentalist law becomes more widespread, dance and secular music are prohibited.
4/19 - "Herman's House"
A look at the friendship between Herman Wallace of “The Angola Three” and artist Jackie Sumell, while examining the injustice of prolonged solitary confinement.
Funding for the series is provided by grants from Millicent Bell, Alec Rhodes, and other KCETLink donors.
Full Episodes
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Who Is Dayani Cristal?
The attempt to identify human remains found in Arizona's Sonora Desert underscores the plight of illegal immigrants attempting to enter the United States.
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Underexposed: A Woman's Skateboarding Documentary
Professional skateboarder Amelia Brodka examines the skateboarding industry's approach to how it markets, promotes and supports women in its sport.
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Fight Like A Girl
Told from a first person perspective, “Fight Like A Girl” is about women overcoming their demons through boxing, while telling a larger story about abuse, trauma, mental illness and healing.
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The Year We Thought About Love
OUT Youth Theater transforms daily struggles into performance for social change.
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Seeds of Time
A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food.
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"Tapped" focuses on industry giants such as PepsiCo and Nestlé Waters, visiting a town containing a Nestlé factory as well as running tests on the bottles the company uses for its products.
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This documentary explores sexual assault on campuses through the personal testimonials of five survivors.
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Watch a preview of season two of Link Voices, a unique collection of documentaries that show a range of perspectives, untold stories, and regional flavors.
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Upcoming Airdates
Who Is Dayani Cristal?
Every year tens of thousands of people are driven by grinding poverty and conflict to leave their homes in Central and South America and journey through Mexico towards the U.S. They brave one of the world’s most dangerous journeys, traveling along a stretch of desert called the “corridor of death,” for the chance of a better, more secure life for themselves and their families.
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2019-03-18T13:00:13-07:00KCETLINK
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2019-03-18T18:00:13-07:00KCETLINK
Commander Arian
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2019-03-23T16:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
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2019-03-25T13:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2019-03-25T18:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Sepideh
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2019-03-30T16:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
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2019-04-01T13:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2019-04-01T18:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Sweet Dreams
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2019-04-06T16:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
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2019-04-08T13:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2019-04-08T18:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Mali Blues
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2019-04-13T16:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
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2019-04-15T13:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2019-04-15T18:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Articles
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Deportations, Assassinations, and Dictator Nations: A Timeline of U.S. Intervention in Latin America
A timeline of major events in history that have impacted the Latino presence in the U.S.
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After sitting in juvenile prison for two years, waiting for Uganda’s painfully slow criminal justice system to try him for murders he did not commit, Henry inspired criminal justice reform in Uganda.
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When Pepperdine law professor Jim Gash boarded a plane to Uganda, he never expected to become friends with a young prisoner who helped form an international collaboration for freedom.
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Why are only a small fraction of America’s 18,000 police agencies seriously committed to police reform?
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The nonprofit organization Justice for Murdered Children guides families through the next steps following the murder of their loved ones.
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Being a patrol officer was never enough for Detective Sal LaBarbera, who recently retired after 28 years at the LAPD South Bureau's homicide division. He knew he wanted to work homicide because "you have the chance to speak for the voiceless."
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