Episodes List

Ep.1 The Legacy

Air Date: 1999-06-01

Ep.2 Well-Founded Fear

Air Date: 1999-06-05

Well-Founded Fear is a 2000 documentary film from directors Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini. The film takes its title from the formal definition of a refugee under the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, as a person who deserves protection, "owing to a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.” The film analyzes the US asylum process by following several asylum applicants and asylum officers through actual INS interviews.

Ep.3 Golden Threads

Air Date: 1999-06-08

Ep.4 In My Corner

Air Date: 1999-06-22

Ep.5 The Green Monster

Air Date: 1999-06-29

Ep.6 Rabbit In The Moon

Air Date: 1999-07-06

Ep.7 Corpus: A Home Movie For Selena

Air Date: 1999-07-13

Corpus: A Home Movie about Selena is a film by filmmaker, Lourdes Portillo about Mexican American singer-songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. It places emphasis on the transformation of Selena from a popular entertainer into a modern-day saint and role model. This documentary uses authentic home videos, news stories, footage from concerts and a debate between intellectuals to analyze the effect of Selena and Selena’s murder at the hands of Yolanda Saldivar, the president of her fan club.

Ep.8 School Prayer: A Community At War

Air Date: 1999-07-20

Ep.9 The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez

Air Date: 1999-07-27

The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez is a TV episode/documentary film directed by Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan.

Ep.10 Regret to Inform

Air Date: 2000-01-24

Regret to Inform is a 1998 American documentary film directed by Barbara Sonneborn. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film was made over a span of ten years. The documentary features filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn as she goes to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. Her translator is a fellow war widow named Xuan Ngoc Nguyen and together try to understand their losses. The film includes interviews with Vietnamese and American widows.