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7. No Respect
2009 - Season 2
A look at comedians and their audiences includes kids learning to fight bullies; Mike Birbiglia.
6. John Smith
2008 - Season 2
The story of one life, told through the lives of people from all over the country, all named John Smith. Baby John Smith is 11 weeks old, in South Carolina, and his parents are still reeling from the sonograms that all predicted he would be a girl. By the time he's 23, John Smith in Laramie, Wyoming, has made some mistakes and is appearing in front of a judge. At 46, he's in Texas, welcoming his oldest son back from Iraq. In-depth portraits of people growing up, growing old, and figuring out how to be fathers, husbands, and men in America today.
5. Every Marriage is a Courtroom
No release date yet
Animating a true story about marriage.
4. Underdogs
2008 - Season 2
A group of teenage boys, in New York City, learn how to fight back against bullies in an old fashioned way; two boxers from Tennessee who have known each other, since they were kids, must face each other in a fight that they can't lose.
3. Going Down in History
2008 - Season 2
Stories of people trying to make — and remake — history, while others go down in history in ways they never intended. Two Wisconsin convicts gain local fame for almost escaping prison using dental floss. High school students pose for smiley yearbook snapshots, which capture nothing of the dramas in their lives. And a man with a 30-year obsession with one particular bird unveils the grainy, Big Foot-style video evidence that he saw it.
2. Two Wars
No release date yet
American road trip.
1. Escape
2008 - Season 2
Two teenage boys in Philadelphia look for ways to impress girls; and a young man fights for his independence from his mother.
