Anousheh Ansari grows up looking up at the moon and the stars, never expecting to one day float among them.

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Imam Khalil Abdur Rashid’s father gifts him a family heirloom at his college graduation -- a watch that ends up putting its new owner’s life at stake.

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Alex Fox grows up glued to her mom, and unsure of her relationship to her dad. But after a difficult childhood, she tries to change that dynamic.

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French athlete, Tariq Abdul-Wahad is thrilled to get invited to a prestigious college basketball camp in the United States... Then he gets stranded at the airport.

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Wai Wai Nu bonds with her dad by listening to the radio together, but in 1990’s Burma, this is considered a crime.

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Away at college, Amrou Al-Kadhi find themselves without supervision for the first time and decides to step out onto the stage as a drag performer. They never expect to be confronted with their own biases, though.

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Malala Yousafzai is the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, but her early success as an activist placed her in a world of serious (and much older) professionals. Which is why, when Malala gets into college, she is determined to make friends her own age and show them a new side of her.

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Sumayya Usmani rebels against her parents by getting a boyfriend, but ends up finding a freedom within her own family.

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Enes Kanter recounts a game of one-on-one from when he was a kid that would determine his entire future as an athlete.

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Imagine the legendary tabla virtuoso and composer, Zakir Hussain, getting boo-ed off stage. Well, it happened, and it made him into the artist he is today

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Halima Aden’s “the new kid” in a small, Midwestern elementary school. After years of bullying, she finally snaps, leading to a moment that changes the trajectory of her life.

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