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    Underground Sound

Salieu Suso comes from an ancient line of Mandinka jali  - the traditional musicians, entertainers, and oral historians of West Africa. Now, he performs his timeless songs within the frenetic tunnels of the NYC subway system, and serves as a guardian of the culture for the Gambian expats making new lives in this strange new city.


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Tailor Made in America:
The Life of George De Paris

George De Paris is a French immigrant who has served as a tailor to every U.S. President since Lyndon Baines Johnson.

Although he now owns a small, successful shop just three blocks from the White House, he once lived homeless on the streets of Washington, D.C. 
This is his story...

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Lost in Detention

FRONTLINE and the Investigative Reporting Workshop (IRW) explore the secretive world of immigration detention and examine the Obama administration's controversial get-tough immigration policy. As a Graduate Assistant at IRW, I helped conduct research for this documentary.