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Becoming Ourselves: Youth on the Edge

What does it mean to become yourself at the edge of everything? These tender stories capture moments of profound transformation as young people navigate the boundaries of tradition and change, fear and courage, what is and what could be. Together, they reveal what's possible when we step to the edge of ourselves and dare to jump.

Children of the Mist

Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions

S36 Ep3606 | 1h 22m 54s | A Hmong girl living in rural Northern Vietnam is caught between tradition and change. (1h 22m 54s)

A House Made of Splinters

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S36 Ep3604 | 1h 22m 58s | By the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine, social workers create a sanctuary for kids in limbo. (1h 22m 58s)

Shirampari: Legacies of the River

Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions

Special | 15m 24s | Set in the heart of the Amazon, a young Ashéninka boy must face his fears and catch a giant catfish. (15m 24s)

Team Meryland

Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions

Special | 25m 16s | Meryland Gonzales, a twelve-year-old boxer trains to be the 2019 Junior Olympics champion. (25m 16s)

Seahorse

Special | 14m 11s | A young Yezidi girl wrestles quietly with her traumatic memories of the Mediterranean Sea. (14m 11s)

To The Future, with Love

Video has Closed Captions

Special | 6m 58s | A nonbinary trans boy is found between his immigrant family and living happily ever after. (6m 58s)

Share

Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions

Special | 12m 36s | An 18-year old influencer attempts to reconcile his real life and online identities. (12m 36s)

Joychild

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Special | 5m 35s | A young child tells their mother “I’m not a girl” for the first time. (5m 35s)

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