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Stan

Season 10 Episode 1003 | 56m 46s

This breathtakingly honest and brave documentary follows 26-year-old musician Stan Walker as he fights a rare cancer caused by a genetic mutation that has killed 25 members of his family. Facing his diagnosis with humor and determination, he embarks on a mission to seek aggressive treatment and convince his family members who carry the gene that they need to face their potential fate.

Aired: 05/02/21 | Expires: 04/30/22
Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Rava Ray, Tahitian photographer and artist, sought an ocean birth for her first child.
Kimi Werner, Native Hawaiian free diver and spearfisher, shares her first birth journey.
Indigenous women around the Pacific seek support in their birth choices.
Two sisters, Kapulei Flores and Hāwane Rios, share a responsibility to protect Mauna Kea.
Thousands of Native Hawaiians and protectors of Mauna Kea gather in protest.
Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists stand to protect their sacred Mauna Kea.
What does it mean to be māhū? Kumu Patrick Makuakāne shares why it's the name of his show.
Kumu Patrick Makuakāne designed his show to be inclusive in dance, song, and costume.
New theater production by Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne reclaims and celebrates māhū people.
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