
Season 8 | Official Trailer
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Season 8 of Reel South forefronts the complexities and unyielding vitality of love.
Season 8 of Reel South forefronts the complexities and unyielding vitality of love –– love for your home, your family, your God, your people, and critically, your self.
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Support for Reel South is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media and by SouthArts.

Season 8 | Official Trailer
Preview: Season 8 | 1m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Season 8 of Reel South forefronts the complexities and unyielding vitality of love –– love for your home, your family, your God, your people, and critically, your self.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- People might not express it, but there's gonna be a change in somebody's life.
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[crowd cheering] How my life becomes better is politics.
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Preview: S8 | 1m 30s | Season 8 of Reel South forefronts the complexities and unyielding vitality of love. (1m 30s)
A Run for More | Official Trailer
Preview: S8 Ep806 | 30s | Frankie, a transgender woman and deft politician, runs for San Antonio City Council. (30s)
Meet the Candidate Frankie Gonzalez-Wolfe
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Clip: S8 Ep806 | 2m 31s | Frankie Gonzalez-Wolfe shares her love of politics and San Antonio. (2m 31s)
Frankie Visits the Texas Capitol
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Clip: S8 Ep806 | 2m 56s | Trans Lobby Day is here for the state of Texas and Frankie Gonzalez-Wolfe. (2m 56s)
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Preview: S8 Ep804 | 1m 5s | A Southern restaurant adjusts to newfound fame after appearing on Korean television. (1m 5s)
The Space Between You & Me | Official Trailer
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Preview: S8 Ep804 | 1m 5s | Two Korean-American adoptees meet their birth mothers for the first time. (1m 5s)
Love Without Parole | Official Trailer
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Preview: S8 Ep803 | 45s | An Alabama inmate fights to keep a jailhouse romance alive while advocating for parole. (45s)
Former Ware detention facility employee speaks out
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Clip: S8 Ep803 | 2m 41s | Former Ware employee and detainee speak out on the conditions there. (2m 41s)
Facing Life Without Parole, Michael Meets a New Love
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Clip: S8 Ep803 | 2m 2s | Kathlyn and Micheal share their story of how they met. (2m 2s)
8 Days at Ware | Official Trailer
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Preview: S8 Ep803 | 45s | Youth suicide at a Louisiana juvenile detention center exposes a legacy of abuse. (45s)
Writer Latria Graham Reads an Emotional Farewell
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Clip: S8 Ep802 | 2m 38s | Writer Latria Graham says farewell to her family's farm. (2m 38s)
Tenneessee folklorist produces the sounds of the South
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Clip: S8 Ep802 | 2m 43s | Sounds of the south can be heard when this Tennessee folklorist plays the banjo. (2m 43s)
Stay Here Awhile | Official Preview
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Preview: S8 Ep802 | 30s | An ode to the poetry and power of the American South’s diverse landscape and its stewards. (30s)
Stay Prayed Up | Official Trailer
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Preview: S8 Ep801 | 30s | Hear the gospel of 83-year-old Mother Perry and her legendary music group The Branchettes. (30s)
Mother Perry Remembers the Branchettes Time on the Road
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Clip: S8 Ep801 | 1m 23s | The Branchette’s recall their time touring North Carolina and their strong gospel roots. (1m 23s)
Attend Wednesday Bible Study with Mother Perry
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Clip: S8 Ep801 | 1m 24s | Mother Perry talks about the concept of God joining her on stage and keeping prayed up. (1m 24s)
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