documentary

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  8/25/2020
  

  ‘Soul!’ Brought Black Culture to TV in 1968. A New Doc Tells Its Story.

  “Mr. Soul!” spotlights Ellis Haizlip, the host of a show that gave Stevie Wonder, Wilson Pickett and James Baldwin a platform.

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• SOURCE: Slate
  8/18/2020
  

  Netflix’s New Doc Is Like The Last Dance for Gamers

  The six-part High Score is heavy on nostalgia but light on revelations.

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  6/30/2020
  

  Confronting the Living History of the Civil Rights Struggle (Video)

  by André Robert Lee

  In this video, we meet Sylvester, a man born and raised in the same town where Emmett Till was tortured and lynched. His story, his connection to the land and the people, and his recollection of that fateful event compels us to bear witness.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/23/2020
  

  Ken Burns: Our Monuments are Representations of Myth, Not Fact

  James Baldwin reflects on the complexity of "liberty" in the context of anti-black racism. 

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• SOURCE: WTOP
  6/23/2020
  

  Kennedy Center Board Chairman David Rubenstein Hosts New PBS History Series

  “If somebody watches these programs … it might whet the appetite to do two things: one, read the book that has been talked about … and two, learn more about history and other important people and important events and maybe read other books.”

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/23/2020
  

  New Film Tells Tale of North Korean Orphans Sent to Europe

  The documentary film “Kim Il Sung’s Children” will be released June 25, the 70th anniversary of the Korean War’s start.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
  5/26/2020
  

  How a New Show Tears Down the Myths of Asian American History

  Executive producer Renee Tajima-Peña says the program is about “how we got where we are and where are we going next.”

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• SOURCE: LA Times
  5/11/2020
  

  As Asian Americans Face Racist Attacks, a PBS Series Celebrates their Unsung History

  The five-part docuseries “Asian Americans” features historians and artists like Hari Kondabolu, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Randall Park while highlighting milestones in the history of the country’s fastest-growing demographic.

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• SOURCE: TIME
  5/11/2020
  

  Violence Against Asian Americans Is on the Rise—But It’s Part of a Long History

  A new docuseries on PBS calls attention to how Asian Americans have often been violently scapegoated for larger societal issues.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/10/2020
  

  Daniel Dae Kim on ‘Asian-Americans’: Ugly History, Relevant Again

  Kim, who narrates the PBS documentary, discusses its unanticipated resonance in the age of Covid-19 and his own experiences with the disease.

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• SOURCE: Untapped New York
  5/6/2020
  

  Learn About the Fashion History of NYC in New Documentary

  “[The documentary] is about the history of fashion in NYC from sweatshops in LES to the heyday of the Garment District to independent designers across the five boroughs,” Ariel Viera said.

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• SOURCE: Deadline
  57/2020
  

  ‘Lincoln’ & ‘Theodore Roosevelt’ Miniseries Lead History Slate As A+E Networks Expands Relationship With Leonardo DiCaprio & Doris Kearns Goodwin

  “Understanding our past provides a pathway for our future, which is why I’m so glad to be partnering again with History to tell the remarkable stories of some of our best past presidents,” Doris Kearns Goodwin said.

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• SOURCE: WBUR
  4/16/2020
  

  Documentary 'Other Music' Chronicles A Record Store Navigating A Shifting Industry

  A new documentary tells the story of Other Music, a now-closed record store in New York City.

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• SOURCE: History.com
  11/15/19
  

  The 1969 Documentary That Tried to Humanize Queen Elizabeth II and The Royal Family

  The idea was to show the royal family in their day-to-day lives. The results were mixed.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/9/2019
  

  Documentary Filmmaker's New Film Probes History of Native Americans in the US Military

  "The Warrior Tradition," a new film set to air on PBS, examines the complex history of Native Americans in the U.S. military since World War I and how their service transformed the lives for Native Americans from various tribes.

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• SOURCE: A Night at the Garden
  Accessed 2/27/19
  

  Video of the Week: A Night at the Garden

  Watch the Oscar-nominated short documentary. 

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• SOURCE: New Yorker
  2/22/19
  

  Revisiting The American Nazi Supporters of "A Night at the Garden"

  by Margaret Talbot

  One advantage to living through Trumpism is that it has compelled a reckoning with aspects of our country’s past that, for a long time, many Americans preferred not to acknowledge.

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• SOURCE: AP
  2/2/19
  

  In Upcoming Documentary, Henry Louis Gates hopes to enlighten Americans about Reconstruction

  The 4-part documentary will air on PBS starting April 9th. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  Accessed 1/17/19
  

  Video of the Week: ‘What Is Democracy?’ Review: Going Back to Greece, Documentary Asks Who Rules

  Like democracy itself, the movie assumes such a broad mandate and has such noble intentions that indicating its shortcomings seems almost beside the point.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  1/9/19
  

  'The Dictator's Playbook' looks at history, with an eye on today

  The PBS documentary series provides modern-day resonance -- a guide to tyrants of the past, conveying lessons on how those tactics can be employed in the present.