Survive for the Next Day | The Hottest August
Clip: Season 21 Episode 14 | 1m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
In The Hottest August, two New Yorkers address their future and the planet's with concern.
In this excerpt from The Hottest August, two New Yorkers -- an artist/designer in his studio and a naturalist on his boat in Jamaica Bay -- are asked about their futures and the planet's. The designer talks specifically about issues facing the African American community for whom the future "becomes less important than actually trying to figure out how to survive for the next day."
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Survive for the Next Day | The Hottest August
Clip: Season 21 Episode 14 | 1m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
In this excerpt from The Hottest August, two New Yorkers -- an artist/designer in his studio and a naturalist on his boat in Jamaica Bay -- are asked about their futures and the planet's. The designer talks specifically about issues facing the African American community for whom the future "becomes less important than actually trying to figure out how to survive for the next day."
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Preview: S21 Ep14 | 30s | Ordinary New Yorkers share their anxieties about the future while bracing for record heat. (30s)
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