America ReFramed

The Death of My Two Fathers | Trailer

Preview: Season 11 Episode 2 | 1m 41s

After 20 years, Sol Guy finally watches his late father’s tapes and embarks on a personal journey of healing and reconciliation. At once a conversation between past and present and a letter to Sol’s children, THE DEATH OF MY TWO FATHERS reveals the complexities of identity, the persistence of racial trauma, the challenges of fatherhood -- and the liberation that exists in facing our own mortality.

Aired: 02/23/23 | Rating: TV-PG

Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by Open Society Foundations, Acton Family Giving, Park Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Reva & David Logan Foundation.

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More Extras From This Episode

• Beyond the Lens with Sol Guy

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• The Death of My Two Fathers | A Father's Words of Love

  Clip: S11 Ep2 | 3m

• The Death of My Two Fathers | Breaking Their Cycle

  Preview: S11 Ep2 | 1m 29s

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