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Hundreds of Thousands

Season 12 Episode 4 | 20m 01s

In HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, a family reeling from the unjust incarceration of an ailing mentally ill loved one, calls on their faith and the strength of community to right a systemic wrong. Music, love and creativity are used to permeate the isolation of a solitary confinement cell, and a public performance on prison grounds is used to challenge the state to do better.

Aired: 04/17/24 | Expires: 04/17/25
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Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Funding provided by the MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Extras
Alaudin Ullah talks about his love for hip hop and rejecting his roots when he was growing up.
Alaudin Ullah opens up about growing up in Harlem as a Bengali American kid.
California farmworker housing rules force seasonal moves, upending Latinx students' education.
A Harlem playwright unearths the extraordinary pasts of his Bangladeshi immigrant parents.
Stevie Walker-Webb shares his hopes and fears for incarcerated people with mental illness.
Filmmakers talk about their documentaries and the process of telling these stories.
For 24 hours, Stevie Walker-Webb is in "solitary confinement" to show its inhumanity.
Two brothers, one on the inside, share their hopes and dreams after incarceration.
Director Adamu Chan opens up about finding filmmaking inside San Quentin State Prison.
A conversation with WHAT THESE WALLS WON'T HOLD's Adamu Chan.