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2018 GLAAD Award Winner for Outstanding Digital Journalism.
In 2018, Danica Roem made history, becoming the first openly transgender person to be elected and seated to a state legislature. This documentary features exclusive access to Roem in the final hours of her campaign.
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“Black Identity Extremists” is a controversial FBI assessment that has drawn public scrutiny for its apparent advocacy of racial profiling.
This documentary follows black activist Rakem Balogun, the first person to be targeted as a “Black Identity Extremist.”
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Slavery might have ended on paper after the Civil War, but many white landowners did everything they could to exploit newly freed slaves well into the 20th century. Thousands of black laborers across the South were forced to work against their will as late as the 1960s.
Akil Gibbons traveled to Louisiana to meet genealogist Antoinette Harrell, the “slavery detective of the South," who tracks down cases of modern-day slavery and abusive labor practices.
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VICELAND series focuses on the concept of "exploring identity using food as an equalizer," as Eddie Huang travels around the world and experiences local culture and politics.
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In late 2013, a deadly outbreak of the black plague hit small villages around Madagascar, killing dozens of people. Antibiotics to treat the disease have been developed and are available in most countries, but Madagascar’s rudimentary healthcare system has left a number of people stranded without care.
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Magic: The Gathering has traveled from dank, wood-paneled basements to international big money pro tournaments over the course of its 25+ years.
This documentary follows a professional Magic player who dropped out of college for a shot to be number one on the pro circuit, while two brothers wax nostalgic about the spells of old.
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The Emmy Award-winning series that tackles global issues often overlooked by traditional media.
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MTV’s The Vice Guide To Everything is a series about the absurdity of the modern condition: the most interesting people, news, sub-cultures and rituals on the planet. It's the stuff you don't get from the mainstream media but that you absolutely need to know.
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VICE travels to West Africa to rummage through the messy remains of a country ravaged by 14 years of civil war. Despite the United Nation's eventual intervention, most of Liberia's young people continue to live in abject poverty, surrounded by filth, drug addiction, and teenage prostitution.
The former child soldiers who were forced into war have been left to fend for themselves, the murderous warlords who once led them in cannibalistic rampages have taken up as so-called community leaders, and new militias are lying in wait for the opportunity to reclaim their country from a government they rightly mistrust.
