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College Behind Bars

Preview Part 3: 'Every Single Word Matters'

The debate team faces rival West Point, and the students’ senior projects get underway.

Aired 11/26/2019 | Rating TV-14

FromKen Burns

College Behind Bars

Preview Part 3: 'Every Single Word Matters'

Preview: Episode 3 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

The debate team faces rival West Point, and the students’ senior projects get underway.

The debate union faces their rival across the river, West Point. Rodney, Sebastian and Giovannie embark on yearlong senior projects. Newly released from federal prison, Dyjuan’s younger brother, Kanan, comes for a visit, as does Rodney’s sister, Elitha. Tamara receives devastating news from home, and Shawnta reckons with her own path to prison. In New York City, Jule struggles to find work.

Aired 11/26/2019 | Rating TV-14

FromKen Burns

Funding for College Behind Bars is provided by Bank of America; PBS; Ford Foundation / JustFilms; National Endowment for the Humanities; Meg & Tomas Bergstrand; Regina K. Scully; The Lise...

College Behind Bars

Preview Part 3: 'Every Single Word Matters'

Preview: Episode 3 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

The debate union faces their rival across the river, West Point. Rodney, Sebastian and Giovannie embark on yearlong senior projects. Newly released from federal prison, Dyjuan’s younger brother, Kanan, comes for a visit, as does Rodney’s sister, Elitha. Tamara receives devastating news from home, and Shawnta reckons with her own path to prison. In New York City, Jule struggles to find work.

Aired 11/26/2019 | Rating TV-14

FromKen Burns

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Funding for College Behind Bars is provided by Bank of America; PBS; Ford Foundation / JustFilms; National Endowment for the Humanities; Meg & Tomas Bergstrand; Regina K. Scully; The Lise...

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