Season 8: Season 8
The eighth season of AMERICA REFRAMED curates a diverse selection of independent films that brings to audiences compelling stories which illuminate the changing contours of our ever-evolving country. The documentary series presents an array of personal voices and experiences through which we learn from our past, understand our present and are challenged to seek new frameworks for America’s future.

A Navajo coal miner struggles with his part in the destruction of a sacred mountain.
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The Blessing

A survivor of America’s Indian Adoption Era helps Native adoptees find their way home.
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Blood Memory

A look at Chinese American electoral organizing in North Carolina and Ohio.
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First Vote

An intimate portrait of the work and process of visual artist, and immigrant, Lahib Jaddo.
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Jaddoland

A loving portrait of two transgender siblings following the 2016 presidential election.
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Little Miss Westie

A haunting look at the deep and lasting wounds of segregation and racial injustice.