NYU Journalism: Inside Lens: Nancy Joy Season 11: Ep. 1 Original Air Date: 04-04-2025 Separated from London family at five years old during WWII, Nancy Joy reconnects with her past 80 years later.
Found Season 10: Ep. 4 Directed by Shuhao Tse. Tang's son was stolen when the child was three. 12 years later, the Chinese police found him. But that joy was trapped by a new reality.
No Mermories Lost Season 10: Ep. 3 Directed by Jiale Hu. A Brooklyn nurse aide, Jenny Li witnesses the last breaths of her dementia patients, but misses her husband's during COVID. Her patients teach her to let go of the loss.
So Sunflowers Grow Season 10: Ep. 2 Directed by Ann Gilmore, Two Ukrainian refugee families fled the war and are now forced to redefine the meaning of home in the United States. Despite uncertainty, they find hope.
Journey Season 10: Ep. 1 Directed by Eliza Mitnick. A psychedelic healing guide using mushrooms, Jimmy Nguyen reflects on his own intergenerational trauma as he helps clients confront their truest natures.
Long Way Home Season 9: Ep. 6 What started as COVID relief became a political movement in Belarus opposing the rigged election. Exiled, many continue the fight from abroad.
Across the Street Season 9: Ep. 3 Many Latinx families in University Park in Los Angeles live right next door to a 21-well oil facility and creating health problems for everyone.
The Breeding Shed Season 9: Ep. 1 The traditionally male-dominated world of thoroughbred racing is rapidly changing as women shatter barriers within the farms that nurture these equine athletes.
Finding Freedom by Fiqah Tahman Season 8: Ep. 5 After losing her job during the pandemic, a Jamaican grandmother faces eviction and decides to protest for her rights. This becomes a doorway to activism.
Make Some Noise by Victor Bonini Season 8: Ep. 1 After losing her job during the pandemic, a Jamaican grandmother faces eviction and decides to protest for her rights. This becomes a doorway to activism.
Use Your Words Season 7: Ep. 8 Haley Moss is the first openly autistic attorney in the U.S. She easily speaks to an audience of thousands but struggles to clean her apartment.
The Silent Ride Season 7: Ep. 7 In a small town in east China, a deaf delivery rider ventures into the hearing world and a deaf school director finds work for his students through the arts.
Fingertip Battle Season 7: Ep. 4 A team of teenage video gamers competes for fame and money in a government-sponsored E-sports tournament in Southwest China.
Crosscourt Cultures Season 7: Ep. 2 Former Cameroonian tennis star Joseph Oyebog builds bridges between West Africa and Fairfield County through tennis.
Breath of Yi Season 6: Ep. 6 The economic boom in China reached the rural Yi minority with unexpected and often tragic results. The women are trying to set things right.
Aspiring Eagles Season 6: Ep. 5 Two girls maneuver through a new decision by the Boy Scouts of USA to allow girls to join, but Girls Scouts and Boy Scout leaders push back.
Rainbow Mothers Season 6: Ep. 4 A lesbian couple attempts to create a more rainbow-friendly society in China, where same sex marriage and adoption is illegal.
My Grandmother's Grape Leaves Season 6: Ep. 3 An Armenian-American filmmaker explores stories of Armenian cooking that tie her to her homeland but also lead to stories of genocide.
Finding Family Season 6: Ep. 2 In the Mormon city Provo, youths gather at the one house that welcomes them and where they can share their stories of rejection.
Popo's Home Season 6: Ep. 1 China's elderly are looking for a place to live other than with their families. The filmmaker's 82-year-old aunt found an unusual solution.
In Her Words Season 5: Ep. 7 In Southern China, only seven people remain who can speak a 500-year-old secret language spoken by only women. It captured the suffering of their lives but now is being revived with a new twist.
Age Of No Fear Season 5: Ep. 6 Energized by social media, Russian teenagers protest Vladimir Putin's regime, facing pressure from police, schools and their parents.
1,500 Miles, 23 Days Season 5: Ep. 5 A young Chinese artist searches for inspiration on a 1500 mile bike ride across China. Through the physical challenges, he also finds release from childhood traumas.
On the Roof Season 5: Ep. 4 Old-school pigeon flyer Frank spends his days on a roof in Brooklyn where he finds company but also faces a changing city that seems to care less about his long-standing tradition.
Ladies Only Season 5: Ep. 3 Getting where you're going without getting harassed. That's what's driving a new generation of Indian women to become taxi drivers-for women only.
Tibetan Nomads in Exile Season 5: Ep. 2 Only around 2300 Tibetan refugees still practice the traditional nomadic way of life in Exile in India. This ancient tradition is at risk of extinction in the face of modernization and urbanization.
Aishu Didi Season 5: Ep. 1 A young Hindu woman becomes a teacher after leaving a lucrative career in Computer Science, landing her in one of the most orthodox Muslim neighborhoods in India.
Slow Angels Season 4: Ep. 7 Slow Angels profiles three families with children with cerebral palsy, as they set off on separate paths to overcome segregation by their society.
Shepherd's Field Season 4: Ep. 5 Americans Tim and Pam Baker open an orphanage in China, where orphans are left hopeless by laws making it illegal to adopt them after they are 14.
Beautiful Mountains Season 4: Ep. 3 A 26-year-old man returns to his picturesque Meishan village in Fujian, China, hoping to become a millionaire by providing online shopping to the villagers.
Our Brother Jordan Season 4: Ep. 2 Through the lens of a brother's suicide and the familial fallout that ensues, a filmmaker documents her family's struggles to heal.
One Way Home Season 4: Ep. 1 Tashi and YuJu are chosen to study at an elite boarding school for Tibetan students in Mainland China, but their education comes with loss of identity.
Taken by the Wind Season 3: Ep. 3 Marine biologist Nicole Crane and her team are working with locals to combine science with tradition and save the reefs in the Ulithi Atoll, Micronesia.
Welcome to Malaysia Season 3: Ep. 2 Mahfudz, Ghani and Raed are immigrants to Malaysia from 3 different countries eager to work in a "progressive Muslim country." But finding home is not easy.
Open Season Season 3: Ep. 1 The Florida ecosystem is threatened by an invasion of Lionfish with few predators except for one and Lad Akins is spearheading a movement to get people to fight back.
Rootless Season 2: Ep. 8 Inside Lens features diverse filmmakers from News and Documentary at NYU Journalism who bring you stories from New York to Shanghai, from the East Village to Tunis.
In All Fairness Season 2: Ep. 7 Inside Lens features diverse filmmakers from News and Documentary at NYU Journalism who bring you stories from New York to Shanghai, from the East Village to Tunis.
Copy Cut Paste Season 2: Ep. 6 Many women in Lebanon are obsessed with their looks and turn to plastic surgery as an escape from their imperfect world of political, social and economic instability.
When you Can't See the Film Season 2: Ep. 5 Due to censorship, many films can't be released in China. When You Can't See The Film finds underground cinema clubs that are making independent films accessible despite the risks.
Two Hundred Percent Season 2: Ep. 4 Two Hundred Percent tells the story of a son's journey to Israel to reunite with his father 15 years after a tragic accident. His expectations clash with reality as he is forced to confront a painful past and become a son again.
Aging Out Season 2: Ep. 3 Migrant workers who supported China's economic boom are starting to age out of the workforce. Many of these men at 40 find it hard to get work, have no money to marry and are too ashamed to go home after their dreams of prosperity end in a windowless room.
Latter-Gay Saints Season 2: Ep. 2 The Church of Latter Saints provides two impossible options for gay Mormons: celibacy or ex-communication. Latter-gay Saints follows two LGBT Mormons in New York City as they navigate the problematic relationship between their faith and their sexual orientation.
Fairy Tales Season 2: Ep. 1 Fairy Wang may be a working-class girl from rural China, but she thinks she's the next Coco Chanel. After posting her eccentric designs on Weibo, Fairy becomes an overnight internet celebrity. But fame comes at a price.
Parasites: A User's Guide Season 1: Ep. 8 Despite many vile connotations, in nature, nothing is purely good or evil. 'Parasites' explores the relationship of some intestinal parasites that can help people.
Finding Fathers Season 1: Ep. 7 Three World War II orphans seek closure with their fathers' deaths by visiting the Normandy cemetery and the local people who still remember the sacrifice.
Dogs of War Season 1: Ep. 6 Boom! Blast! It's what military dogs see every day, in & out of war. Now they too must struggle with the debilitating effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Passive Passion Season 1: Ep. 5 Passive Passion examines a supremely energy efficient style of building with serious implications for cooling a warming planet.
Part of Me Came Home Season 1: Ep. 4 Inside Lens features diverse filmmakers from News and Documentary at NYU Journalism who bring you stories from New York to Shanghai, from the East Village to Tunis.
Ladies of The Land Season 1: Ep. 3 As small, family farms continue to disappear, and large, mechanized farms dominate American agriculture, a new kind of farmer is sprouting up across the land: women.
Growing Concerns Season 1: Ep. 2 How far will we go for our children to fit in? "Growing Concerns" explores heightism and takes a look at children using human growth hormones to alter their height.
Cola Road Season 1: Ep. 1 Set in Zambia, THE COLA ROAD follows the launch of first trial to use Coca-Cola's supply chain to deliver life-saving anti-diarrhea kits to developing countries.
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