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CAN DOCUMENTARIES HELP CHANGE THE WORLD?

Birth of a Nation (1915) celebrated the "Lost Cause" and led to a rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Sorrow and the Pity (1969), about World War II, transformed France's national identity.

An Inconvenient Truth (2006) offered a view of climate change that persuaded many Americans.

In a Whole New Way (2021)—our first PBS film—reshaped the national conversation about criminal justice.
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