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In the coming year, TPT will introduce local and national audiences to a powerful slate of new programs. TPT in 2022
BRING HER HOME Produced and directed by TPT Producer and Sundance Merata Mita Fellow, Leya Hale (Dakota/Diné), this documentary and engagement initiative tackles the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women. The urgent film is told through the lens of three Indigenous women as they fight to vindicate and honor their missing and murdered relatives who have fallen victim to this growing national epidemic.
AMERICA OUTDOORS WITH BARATUNDE THURSTON
TPT’s new, six-part series about outdoor life in the United States is expected to premiere on PBS channels nationwide in Summer 2022. Host Baratunde Thurston, best-selling writer (How To Be Black) and podcaster (How To Citizen) , paints a vivid picture of American life as he meets and joins people across the country in their outdoor pursuits – all while revealing the complexity of our relationship with the outdoors. THAT GOT WEIRD Premiering in January 2022 as part of RacismUnveiled, the online series of short videos pairs audio interviews with Minnesota’s BIPOC community members with animated characters to depict their experiences with tokenism, microaggressions, and racism.
OUTSIDE CHANCE Complementing the national outdoors series, this local digital storytelling series coming, March 2022, will follow host Chance York as he tries outdoor activities like geocaching, hiking, and fly fishing.
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