Jack & Yaya | Promo

Season 9 Episode 12

About the Episode

From a young age, Yaya and Jack saw each other as they truly were, a girl and a boy, even though most of the world didn’t see them that way. As they grew older, they supported each other as they both came out as transgender. JACK & YAYA follows these two friends for a year and explores their unique, thirty-year relationship.

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In Search of Bengali Harlem | Growing Up Bengali American

Alaudin Ullah opens up about growing up in Harlem as a Bengali American kid.

0:56
Como Vivimos (How We Live) | Trailer

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1:25
In Search of Bengali Harlem | Preview

A Harlem playwright unearths the extraordinary pasts of his Bangladeshi immigrant parents.

0:30
Hundreds of Thousands | A Call for Change

Stevie Walker-Webb shares his hopes and fears for incarcerated people with mental illness.

0:54
Liberated Lives

Filmmakers talk about their documentaries and the process of telling these stories.

24:19
Hundreds of Thousands | Solitary Confinement

For 24 hours, Stevie Walker-Webb is in "solitary confinement" to show its inhumanity.

1:04
Hundreds of Thousands | Brothers

Two brothers, one on the inside, share their hopes and dreams after incarceration.

0:58
What These Walls Won't Hold | Healing Power of Filmmaking

Director Adamu Chan opens up about finding filmmaking inside San Quentin State Prison.

0:22
Beyond the Lens: What These Walls Won't Hold | Adamu Chan

A conversation with WHAT THESE WALLS WON'T HOLD's Adamu Chan.

10:26
What These Walls Won't Hold | The Root of Incarceration

Rahsaan Thomas talks about incarceration and why people get involved in crime.

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