Michelle Ngo

Producer-Editor

Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March

PBS American Portrait asked people all over the country to submit their individual stories by responding to one of a number of thought provoking prompts. This storytelling initiative included four documentary specials about life during COVID, a four-part docuseries, three public art installations, 7 public billboard across the United States and a book.

American Portrait

You can take her dignity, just don't touch her babysitter.

Sitter

Documentary describing various street games played by children in New York.

New York Street Games

When Roberto Cafferty, a former car thief, tries to turn his life around, he receives opposition from the most unlikely person, his father.

Chance

Life is good in suburbia. Two families celebrate a 40th birthday by flirting, dancing, and laughing carelessly. Their children steal from them, but that's just a small nuisance. Nothing matters when you can afford a bottle of a 70 year old red wine from the South of France. Nothing matters until an uninvited stranger shows up on the threshold of their home.

Chateau Rosaline 1937

A groundbreaking documentary film that uses Lady Bird's audio diaries to tell the story of one of the most influential and least understood First Ladies in history.

The Lady Bird Diaries

Police arrested seven women who were part of a clandestine network. Using code names, blindfolds and safe houses, they built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions calling themselves JANE.

The Janes

Nick News is a platform to inform and inspire young people by highlighting their voices in conversation as they address current national and global events.

Nick News

This unique crowdsourced series blends stories filmed by everyday people into documentaries revealing what it really means to be American today. It's the story of what brings us together and what keeps us apart as we strive to understand each other.

PBS American Portrait

Design for All

Lenny Cooke was the number-one ranked high school basketball player in America, but his inevitable fall from grace will forever be remembered.

Lenny Cooke

Six preadolescent girls face a night of terror when the compulsive addiction of an online social media game turns a moment of cyber bullying into a night of insanity.

#Horror

An couple that is expecting their first child gets an unexpected event which they handle in very different ways.

Broken Entry

A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women's movement from 1966 to 1971.

She's Beautiful When She's Angry

Mario Castro, a fisherman that decided to change the destiny of his community, narrates this wonderful story that takes us in a journey of decades, to understand how the town of Cabo Pulmo created the world's most robust marine reserve.

Baja's Secret Miracle

A look at the work and influence of African-American stand-up comedienne, Moms Mabley.

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

Every Day Is a Holiday

"The End of America" details the ten steps a country takes when it slides toward fascism. It's not a "lefty" taught-to-me, but rather a historical look at trends in once-functioning democracies from modern history that are being repeated in our country today. It gives any reader (or viewer of the lecture) a much-needed history lesson and constitutional refresher.

The End of America

Organized by the Chicago History Museum in cooperation with Johnson Publishing Company, this exhibit features 40 ensembles significant to late 20th and early 21st century fashion including stunning gowns, feathered coats, and statement designs. Archival photographs and video help to re-create the one-of-a-kind experience of attending the Ebony Fashion Fair.

Ebony Fashion Fair: 50 Years of Style

A reality show where a group of entrepreneurs compete against each other for an executive-level position with Hip-Hop mogul Damon Dash. The series premiered October 7, 2005 on the Black Entertainment Television network.

The Ultimate Hustler

Real Simple TV

Follows the Education First (EF) Cycling Team as they navigate a turbulent 2020 season through the Tour de France, telling the individual stories of the riders, from Colombian star Rigo Urán to rising up-and-comers and veteran teammates.

Enter the Slipstream

2023 Peabody nominated for best community documentary, aired nationally on PBS (2022) and PBS YouTube channel 

Rise Against Asian Hate: One Day in March

Short documentary produced at the 20/20/20 Summer Film Program created by Killer Films & Stony Brook University at Southampton.

Dreams Into Focus

What's it like to be a Muslim and living in the United States? This series attempts to find out, as it follows the daily lives of five American Muslim families in Dearborn, Mich., home to the largest mosque in the U.S. Each episode offers details of a world most Americans know little about -- the customs and celebrations of American Muslims, as well as the misconceptions, conflicts and differences they face both outside and within their own community. The families featured share the same religion but lead very distinct lives that at times challenge the Muslim stereotype.

All-American Muslim

The epic story of a family forced to emigrate from Laos after the chaos of the secret air war waged by the U.S. during the Vietnam War. Kuras has spent the last 23 years chronicling the family's extraordinary journey in this deeply personal, poetic, and emotional film.