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In an America generations removed from the greatest civil rights struggles of the 1960s, the young mayor of a mid-sized American city is faced with a federal court order that says he must build a small number of low-income housing units in the white neighborhoods of his town. His attempt to do so tears the entire city apart, paralyzes the municipal government and, ultimately, destroys the mayor and his political future.
10) Lost rivers
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"Nearly every major city was built near the convergence of many rivers. As cities grew with the Industrial Revolution, these rivers became conduits for disease and pollution. The 19th-century solution was to bury them underground and merge them with the sewer systems. These rivers still run through today's metropolises, but they do so out of sight. [This film] examines hidden waterways in cities around the world and introduces us to people dedicated...
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Documentary of the eccentric socialite. Includes interviews with friends and colleagues Kathleen Bayfield, Florence Darnault and Adolf Pollitz, comments from Cosme McMoon, and reminiscences from witnesses to the "night of nights, " the Carnegie Hall recital of Oct. 25, 1944, Marge Champion, Alfred Hubay and Daniel Pinkham.
13) Before they die: the story of the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race riot and their quest for justice
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This is the story of the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and their quest to get justice, before they die. This is about the struggle for the soul of America and the efforts to right a wrong that is long past due.
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