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MovieMaven 🌍 ROOTS & DISTANCE

Are you more home... or more here? Abroad
👨‍👩‍👧 Generational Divide
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Real stories of identity, DNA reveals, and the diaspora divide — for anyone caught between two worlds.

🧬 Identity Reveals
🏠 Home vs.

10/14/2026

Historical documentary: Imperial Germany's 1904–1908 campaign against the Herero and Nama peoples in what is now Namibia. Part 2 covers what happened after 2021.

10/13/2026

5 Real History Numbers You Won't Believe Are True

A quick countdown of five of the most shocking verified numbers from our Roots and Distance series — from a 90% population loss to a 66-person wait for justice that never came in time. Full three-minute stories for every one of these are already on our page.

10/09/2026

80 Years Later, This Debt Still Hasn't Been Paid

Part 2: the 2001 class action lawsuit, the 2008 settlement, and the tens of thousands of elderly former braceros who, even a decade after that settlement, had still received nothing.

10/08/2026

They Were Promised Their Wages Back. Most Are Still Waiting.

In 1942, the US and Mexico agreed to bring hundreds of thousands of Mexican laborers to work American farms and railroads. Part of every paycheck was set aside to be paid back later. Part 2 explains what actually happened to that money.

10/06/2026

As of 2026, People Are Still Dying Waiting for This Compensation

Part 2: the resignation of a government minister, a Prime Minister's apology, and a compensation scheme that's paid out £129 million in seven years — while at least 66 people died still waiting.

10/06/2026

They Were Invited in 1948. In 2018, They Were Deported.

You may remember their arrival story from our first episode ever. In 2018, Britain's own Windrush generation — invited decades earlier to help rebuild the country — started being detained and deported. Part 2 explains what happened next.

10/06/2026

The Wall Outlasted the Peace Agreement

Part 2: Belfast's peace walls were supposed to come down by 2023. Most are still standing — and some are older than the Berlin Wall ever was.

10/05/2026

This Street Has Been Cut in Half Since 1969

A wall has divided this Belfast street since 1969. A peace agreement was signed in 1998. The wall is still there. Part 2 explains why.

10/04/2026

74 Years Later, the Court Admitted It Was Wrong

Part 2 of Fred Korematsu's story: the 1944 ruling, the decades of silence, the 1988 apology, and the Supreme Court's own 2018 reversal.

10/01/2026

He Was Arrested for Staying Home

In 1942, Fred Korematsu was arrested for refusing to leave his own home. The Supreme Court would call it legal. It took 74 years for the Court to admit otherwise. Part 2 coming soon.

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