American Identities

Is the American criminal justice system perpetuating racial castes? Civil rights attorney and activist Michelle Alexander breaks down the systemic racism inherent to our justice system.

Inocente grew up in San Diego.  She loves art and is an accomplished painter.  She’s also lived most of her life here as an undocumented immigrant from Mexico.  She was the subject of a film that won an Oscar last year.  It’s called simply – Inocente. 

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Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin is obsessed with lost masterpieces of early cinema. He tells Steve Paulson he feels haunted - by the ghosts of early film history, and by the ghosts of his own family's past.

You can also hear our extended interview with Maddin.