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The 1840s South. In the thick plantation air, two enslaved sisters spin a poetry of escape. Today’s the day: Field Girl is making her run for freed...
- Added: Jan 29, 2018
- Length: 20:56
Starring Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins and Condola Rashad (“Billions”), CELL tells the riveting story of three African-American women working at ...
Bought by WCPN, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUNM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WHRV
- Added: Jan 18, 2018
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 5
A group of children worry about their Hispanic grandmother after the death of her only sibling, Uncle Lolo. Written by Michael Fidel Marquez, Narr...
- Added: Jul 11, 2017
- Length: 25:31
Following his bizarre letter to Don, Jay is visited by a social worker. Jackie prevents Fi spending Christmas with Jay. Christmas Day arrives and ...
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 17:00
Jay’s life is a mess.
He is listening to his neighbor (Don) through the wall.
Can he really hear Don talking about him or is Jay paranoid?
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 07:49
Jay is convinced neighbor Don is listening to his every move. His one solace is Fi - his chirpy 6 year old daughter.
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 06:42
Jay finally loses his best pal Owen when he misses the funeral of Owen's wife Bev. Jay's dream of his ex, Jackie, turns into a nightmare.
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 08:50
Jay now hears the voices continuously. He crashes around, shouting at them, a prisoner in his own home. A social worker calls.
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 12:54
Jay's world is falling apart. He gets harsh warnings that his welfare payments are at risk at the unemployment benefits office.
Jay's pal Owen sp...
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 10:44
Jay's ex Jackie confides in their daughter Fi. Terry, Jay's brother, suggests Jay should write a letter to Don to "resolve any misunderstanding". ...
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 11:59
Taking the initiative, June and David infiltrate a society fundraiser at the American Theatre but quickly realize they are in over their heads. Wil...
- Added: Feb 25, 2017
- Length: 27:47
A case of bodysnatching leads June and David to a rather peculiar funeral home and then a peak behind the curtain of who really runs Bellingham. Wh...
- Added: Feb 25, 2017
- Length: 31:24
Santa Claus knows when you've been bad or good ... so what happens when you've been very naughty? According to French legend, the black knight Hans...
- Added: Dec 09, 2016
- Length: 28:55
For National Hispanic Heritage Month, we revisit Benjamin Alire Saenz, who is known for his award-winning fiction, young adult novels, and poetry....
- Added: Sep 28, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
THE BLIZZARD, a mystery thriller, features Jesse Eisenberg and Pulitzer-finalist Heidi Schreck. A snowed-in screenwriter surprised by menacing, cre...
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 19:27
A flash-fiction story told from the perspective of a boy getting his bearings in the grown-up world of funerals.
- Added: May 08, 2016
- Length: 02:01
For Women's History Month, we revisit a novel that's built around real life West Virginia murders of a widow and her three children during the Grea...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Mar 11, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Zeb's just found a trailer which is lucky because crocobass tend to enjoy their prey while it's still alive.
- Added: Dec 27, 2015
- Length: 04:09
National Novel Writing Month and Native American Heritage month come together again in the work of Linda Rodriguez. She talks about how her mystery...
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
This piece explores the duality of Halloween and Autumn.
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 06:00
Lets put guns in the hands of the Americans that need them the most.
- Added: Nov 10, 2015
- Length: 01:18
Pip returns to Miss Havisham's and learns the secrets of Satis House.
- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 27:41
- Added: Oct 25, 2015
- Length: 03:17
A man is driven to commit a horrible but seemingly perfect crime, only to find that 'getting away with it' is harder than it seems.
- Added: Sep 08, 2015
- Length: 14:20
- Added: Sep 07, 2015
- Length: 20:08
- Purchases: 1
