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The 2004 presidential election was one of the most politically divisive moments in recent American history. Amidst the division, the Republican Party held its first ever convention in New York City. Using the convention and the animated reaction of New Yorkers as its backdrop, "August in the Empire State Part Two" continues a look at the forgotten debate over the growth of poverty in America. The film takes the viewer behind the scenes, exposing the people and the very personal stakes at the heart of what divides us as a country.

"Trespassing Part Three" completes the story of a deadly political and ethical controversy around land rights, uranium mining, nuclear testing and the disposal of nuclear waste, and examines the ability of a culture to bring itself to the brink of annihilation while simultaneously producing "gatekeepers" to combat that annihilation. "Trespassing" offers an in-depth and provocative examination of historical survival and struggle designed to impact the present generation and alter a deadly course of action.

"Trespassing Part One" unpacks a deadly political and ethical controversy around land rights, uranium mining, nuclear testing and the disposal of nuclear waste, and examines the ability of a culture to bring itself to the brink of annihilation while simultaneously producing "gatekeepers" to combat that annihilation. "Trespassing" offers an in-depth and provocative examination of historical survival and struggle designed to impact the present generation and alter a deadly course of action.

"Looking Toward Home Part One" begins an exploration of urban Indian life in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco with a look at off-reservation relocation in the 1950s and 1960s and the present-day native community life of U.S. cities. "Looking Toward Home" explains how government relocation programs enticed significant numbers of Native Americans to leave the reservation for life in major cities, an exodus that continues today.