Life on the Road as a Black Woman | Independent Lens | PBS

"Is Van Life Harder for Solo Black Women?" Crystal left her old life behind to seek financial independence living in her van, and now she's developed a significant following on YouTube as one of the few African American vandwellers sharing her experiences on the site. As she heads north to Maine to meet up and share stories with a few of her followers, we'll get a glimpse of the joys--as well as the challenges--of being a single African American woman living life on the road. But the beauty of the #VanLife lifestyle is if she doesn't feel safe somewhere, she can pick up and leave.

Is Van Life Harder for Solo Black Women? | American Nomads, Ep. 2

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Sally Jo Fifer
Lois Vossen

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Ben Wu
David Usui

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Ben Wu
David Usui

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Ben Wu

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Dan McHugh

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Royd Chung

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Pamela Torno

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Clare Chambers

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David Casey

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Susan Cohen

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Kathleen Conkey, Law Offices of Kathleen Conkey

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Ameena Din

Special thanks to:

Linda Blier-Austin
Carolyn Merriman
Gracelyn Smith
Miriam Van Scoter
Booms Laundry
The Lobster Claw


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Joanna Goldfarb

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Michael Silva

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Michael Steve


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