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Indie Films
2013
Local, USA

Road Scholars

Culled from public television stations and independent producers from across the country, LOCAL, USA is a half-hour series featuring fascinating stories of diverse people, curated around a single theme.

Road Scholars

Local, USA: Season 9 Episode 1 | 25m 46s | CC

In 2009, twelve at-risk Black teenage boys set out to interview Black men from all walks of life. The kids hoped that what they learned might keep them from the streets. Today, they are young men coming of age in an America trying to turn back the clock on tolerance and race. When they reunite with the older generation, can the wisdom of the past help keep them from becoming yet another statistic?

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Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

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