Summary: Profiles twelve contemporary artists from three urban centers: Berlin, Johannesburg, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018

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Brolin, Josh

Summary: Presents the rise of civilization, featuring key historical events presented through live-action re-enactments and computer-generated animation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Television Networks 2012

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Summary: Eugene O'Neill was one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Through his experimental and emotionally probing dramas, he addressed the difficulties of human society with a deep psychological complexity. The program traces his life from his early days in New York to his last years in Boston when he suffered from tremors which kept him from his writing.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006

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Summary: Documentary about Theodore Roosevelt. Explores the influence of Roosevelt's childhood, his rise to the U.S. Presidency, and the years after he left office.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2009

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Summary: "Nikola Tesla has come to be seen by many as a tragic figure, a visionary engineer who died impoverished and largely forgotten--eclipsed by names such as Edison and Marconi. A tireless inventor who registered numerous patents and developed many working prototypes, Tesla would become most famous for his dazzling demonstrations. Audiences flocked to see him send thousands of volts of electricity...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: "Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. [The film] chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout. The film examines what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't see, couldn't...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2009

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Summary: A Saint Petersburg official wakes up one morning to find that his nose has disappeared from his face and has assumed a life of its own, pretending to be human.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: VAI 2010

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Summary: The fundamental benefit of mindfulness is that it improves your overall health and well-being. Learn techniques from some of the nation's leading experts, including Jon Kabat-Zinn and Chade-Meng Tan, who will teach you how to focus your attention in a brand new way.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2017

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Summary: Earth has never experienced anything like us: a single species dominating and transforming the planet. Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton travels the world to explore our global impact. Because while we may tell ourselves what it means to be human, the clearest vision of who we are emerges from what we do.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Summary: Naturalist and nineteenth century painter, John James Audubon was one of the most remarkable men of early America. The program brings to life his timeless paintings with dazzling footage of the living birds he immortalized, and celebrates visually the natural world he described in his writings. Interviews reveal the man, explore his art, and put his groundbreaking work in modern perspective.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Teatro Alla Scala

Summary: Verdi's opera tells the tragic tale of Violetta, who is dying of consumption and leaves her beloved Alfredo at the request of his father, only to be reunited with him shortly before her death.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Arthaus Musik 2008

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Summary: In this three-part travelogue, a young Muslim American couple discovers America's Muslim roots on Route 66. From Chicago to St. Louis to Amarillo, Texas, and across the Southwest, rap-star Mona Haydar and husband Sebastian Robins enjoy the iconic highway's well-known roadside attractions, and along the way discover its overlooked Muslim American story. Who knew that Muslims arrived in the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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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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Artist Not Provided

Summary: Explores the lives of wild dogs in Zimbabwe as they grow and face threats from natural enemies.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2019

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Summary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Summary: It's long been known that German soldiers used methamphetamine called Pervitin in the Second World War. But have tales of Nazis on speed obscured the other side of the story: the massive use of stimulants by British and American troops? Did total war unleash the world's first pharmacological arms race? Historian James Holland quests to dig deeper and unearth the truth behind the war.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: In 1962, three prisoners escaped from Alcatraz, a prison surrounded on all sides by the waters of San Francisco Bay, and disappeared. The fates of the three men have remained unknown to the present day. In this program, three scientists from the Netherlands employ 3D modeling technology to reconstruct the water currents of the day of the prison break in an attempt to uncover whether or not it...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: This four-part docu-series focuses on creative conversation and the emotional side of music-making, using legendary music producer Rick Rubins iconic Malibu, CA studio as the backdrop. Rubins mark on the music scene has been indelible since he co-founded Def Jam Records while enrolled at New York University in the 80s, helping to launch the careers of Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: The Great returns in Season Two from Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee Tony McNamara (The Favourite). Catherine finally takes the Russian throne for her own- but if she thought coup-ing her husband was difficult, it's nothing compared to the realities of liberating a country that doesn't want to be. She'll battle her court, her team, even her own mother in a bid to bring the Enlightenment...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Summary: Follow Obama from his early childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, through his teenage struggles for self-identity, his student days at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, and his political career in Chicago. Go behind the scenes of Obama's extraordinarily successful presidential campaign and his journey to the 2008 Democratic Convention, and finally his election as president.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2009

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Summary: Eli Roth explores the dark power and wicked fun of scary movies, the craft that went into making them and the ways that horror films reflect the anxieties of their times. The themes include Houses of Hell, Monsters, Body Horror, Witches, Chilling Children, and Classic Horror. Interviewees include Stephen King, Quentin Tarantino, Jordan Peele and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: A look at social change throughout history, as seen through the music, poetry, speeches, and manifestos of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past - and present - including Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Bob Dylan, Langston Hughes, Chief Joseph, Muhammad Ali, along with unknown veterans, union workers, abolitionists, and many others never featured in high school textbooks....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2010

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Summary: Comedian and talk-show host Dick Cavett interviews several up-and-coming comedians on his show.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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