SCOTT SPEAKS WITH JOURNALIST/PRODUCER HEDRICK SMITH ABOUT HIS PBS DOCUMENTARY "ACROSS THE RIVER." IT'S ABOUT THE POOR, PREDOMINANTLY BLACK WASHINGTON, D.C. NEIGHBORHOOD OF ANACOSTIA, WHERE HEDRICK SMITH HAS FOUND MANY "LOCAL HEROES," RESIDENTS WHO'VE WORKED TO BETTER THEIR OWN COMMUNITY -- A COMMUNITY THAT'S TOO OFTEN STEREOTYPED AS ONE OF LITTLE HOPE.
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