Summary: Old scores are settled, new alliances are forged and tempers flare as hot as ever in the third season.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2004

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Summary: Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: After a lifetime in the kitchen, Jacques Pepin brings you his final series, with more than 100 recipes and his impeccable technique. It showcases the warmth, wit, and mastery of a culinary icon. Jacques' passion, humor, and culinary skills are at their best as he shares memories and wisdom from more than half a century in the kitchen.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2015

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Summary: Against the backdrop of a pandemic that is disproportionately killing Black people, the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of the police in 2020 sparked a push for racial justice and calls for change. The film explores the story of Newark, New Jersey which has been undergoing an experiment in police reform for several years.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Gates, Henry Louis Jr.

Summary: Explores the historical period following the American Civil War known as Reconstruction.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2019

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Summary: Journey to the world's most unforgettable places in this dazzling series based on the bestselling books. Newlyweds Albin and Melanie soak up all the world has to offer on a dream honeymoon, experiencing Brazil, Austraila, and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment [distributor] 2007

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Summary: Explores the three categories of mineral resources found within the earth (power resources, gem stones, and metals) and how they have been utilized for the advancement of civilization.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Summary: Presents the phenomenon of the polar lights from various aspects. The film crew for this international production shot in Norway, Greenland, Canada, Alaska and New Zealand.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Summary: After the events of "Hunting the Elements", venture on a worldwide quest to find the key molecules and chemical reactions that have paved the way for human civilization, life, the universe, and everything.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: Season two of this beautifully shot travelogue series introduces viewers to some of the quirkiest locations and heartwarming characters throughout New Zealand.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Summary: Dogs have been domesticated for longer than any other animal on the planet, and humans have developed a unique relationship with these furry friends. New research is revealing what dog lovers have suspected all along, that dogs have an uncanny ability to read and respond to human emotions. How did this incredible relationship between humans and dogs come to be? And how can dogs, so closely...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2010

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Summary: Season one of this beautifully shot travelogue series introduces viewers to some of the quirkiest locations and heartwarming characters throughout New Zealand.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Summary: Ian Wright travels throughout Bolivia, including stops in La Paz, the salt flats of Uyuni, and a bike ride up the Andes.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Pilot Productions 2008

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Summary: The story of one of America's most popular, but least understood, artists. While his exhibitions routinely broke attendance records, art world critics continually assaulted his work. Through unprecedented access to family members, archival materials, and his work, this program presents the most complete portrait of the artist, bearing witness to a legacy just at the moment it is evolving.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018

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Summary: Documentary on Marian Anderson, an African American woman and international singing star in the twentieth century, who succeeded over racial prejudice and became an inspiration for America's civil rights movement.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Summary: Largely responsible for bold American television in the 1970s, Norman Lear's name is synonymous with the sitcom. From his childhood and early career with his groundbreaking TV success (All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Maude) and social activism, Lear proved social change was possible through an unlikely prism "laughter" and created some of the greatest moments in television history.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2016

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Summary: Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation through dance. AILEY traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and unparalleled beauty. Told through Ailey's own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind since early childhood, was a passionate advocate for change, using her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities, and people living in poverty. Becoming Helen Keller examines the complex legacy of this author, advocate, lecturer, and human rights pioneer.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Summary: Examines the life and career of the inspiring actor and entertainer, Raul Julia.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: During his eight-decade career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment: Vaudeville, Broadway, movies, radio, television, popular song and personal appearances, including hosting the Academy Awards a record 19 times and his annual USO Christmas military tours. Includes film, television, and radio clips; readings of excerpts from Hope's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2017

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Summary: Words from a Bear gives a thorough survey of Momaday's most prolific years as a doctorate fellow at Stanford University, his achievement of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1969, and his later works that solidified his place as the founding member of the 'Native American Renaissance' in art and literature, influencing a generation of Native American artists, scholars, and political activists.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: Professor Gates' journey continues as a weekly series that will look at an ever-widening spectrum of our nation's fascinating ethnic mixture.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2016

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