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Category Archives: Film
Nazi Town USA Makes Timely Debut on PBS
“It looked like any summer camp in America. It looked normal. But it wasn’t normal. It was Nazi camp.” If you’ve ever gone to summer camp as a kid, you probably joined your Girl or Boy Scout pals… or devout … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf Hitler, America First, American Experience, American Fuhrer, Anti-Semitism, Camp Nordland, Camp Siegfried, Dorothy Thompson, Fritz Kuhn, German American Bund, German Gardens, John C. Metcalfe, Madison Square Garden Rally, Nazi Town USA, Nazism, PBS, Peter Yost, Racism, Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, U.S. History
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Remembering Norman Lear (1922-2023)
“My family is the greatest joy in my life,” says 93-year-old Norman Lear at the close of Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, the 2016 documentary profile of the trailblazing TV writer/producer filmed for American Masters by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. … Continue reading
Attenborough Salutes Seven Songs Sung in Nature on PBS
“A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”– Maya Angelou. I’ve always loved the bird songs that herald the first signs of Spring in my garden. I even return the calls … Continue reading
How Saba Kept Singing and Survived the Holocaust Debuts on PBS
“I always sang. When I got into the camp, that’s what saved my life.”—David Wisnia. In the touching new, hour-long documentary, How Saba Kept Singing, David “Saba” Wisnia recalls the day he found his parents and younger brother murdered by … Continue reading
Monopoly Has a Secret History and It’s Ruthless on PBS
“It was supposed to be a critique of capitalism. It turned out to be a celebration of it.” Ever play Monopoly as a kid? Ever actually win the game? Or did every sit-down with America’s “favorite board game” begin with … Continue reading
The Hole Truth about Woodpeckers on PBS Nature
“They are architects, engineers, and consummate woodworkers.” Woodpeckers don’t sing, but they have an unmistakable voice. They live on every continent except Antarctica and Australia and are surprisingly adaptive to extreme temperatures and climate change. Their lineage is ancient, their … Continue reading
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Tagged #NaturePBS, Ann Johnson Prum, Birds, Ecology, Janet Hess, NATURE, Nature and Wildlife, Paul Giamatti, PBS, Woodpeckers The Hole Story
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The U.S. and the Holocaust Reexamined on PBS
“I feel a sense of urgency. We’re not trying to equate anything with The Holocaust. That would be a horrible, horrible thing to do. We’re just saying: ‘Let’s not get there again as human beings, please, let’s not get there … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Hitler, Anti-Semitism, Charles Lindbergh, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Geoffrey C. Ward, Guy Stern, Immigrants and Immigration, Jewish History, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Nazi Persecution, PBS, Rabbi Stephen Wise, Sarah Botstein, The Holocaust, The U.S and the Holocaust, U.S. History, World War II
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Ken Burns Celebrates Patriot Benjamin Franklin on PBS
Writer, printer, newspaper publisher, humorist, pundit, educator, scientist, inventor, postmaster, politician, diplomat, abolitionist, patriot. The list of Benjamin Franklin’s accomplishments and aphorisms is long, storied and impossible to condense effectively in one short film, book or review. But Award-winning filmmaker … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolutionary War, Authors, Benjamin Franklin, Dayton Duncan, Electricity, Ken Burns, Mandy Patinkin, PBS, Poor Richard's Almanack, Science and Technology, The Declaration of Independence, The Pennsylvania Gazette, The United States Constitution, U.S. History, War of Independence
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