https://judithtrojan.com/2026/01/27/remembering-elie-wiesel-1928-2016/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/pea_medal_intro.jpgpea_medal_introhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/elie-wiesel.jpgElie Wieselhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/elie-wiesel-soul-on-fire.jpegElie Wiesel- SOUL ON FIREhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/nightwiesel.jpgNightWieselhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/elie-wiesel-and-elisha-wiesel-soul-on-fire.jpegElie Wiesel and Elisha Wiesel- SOUL ON FIREElie Wiesel and his son Elisha Wiesel.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/elie-wiesel-soul-on-fire-still-4.jpgElie-Wiesel-Soul-on-Fire-still-4ELIE WIESEL2026-01-28T06:52:44+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2025/11/16/ken-burns-revisits-the-american-revolution-in-powerful-new-documentary-series/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/the_american_revolution_2025_series.jpgThe_American_Revolution_(2025_series)https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ken-burns-sarah-botstein-and-david-schmidt.jpegKen Burns, Sarah Botstein and David SchmidtProducer/directors of THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION from left: David Schmidt, Sarah Botstein and Ken Burns. Photo: Stephanie Berger.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/s07710.jpegS07710The surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, October 19, 1781. Painting by John Trumbull, circa 1787-1828. Photo courtesy IanDagnall Computing/Alamy Stock Photo. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/s02350.jpegS02350https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/battle-of-long-island-on-27th-august-1776-in-the-american-revolutionary-war__.jpegBattle of Long Island on 27th August 1776 in the American Revolutionary War__https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/s00062_the-declaration-of-independence-john-trumbull-yale-university-art-gallery.jpegS00062_The Declaration of Independence John Trumbull Yale University Art Galleryhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/revolutionary-soldier-the-american-revolution.jpegRevolutionary soldier - THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/s01270_the-boston-massacre-paul-revere-boston-public-library.jpegS01270_The Boston Massacre Paul Revere Boston Public Libraryhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/george-washington-peale-portrait.jpegGeorge Washington Peale Portraithttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/washington-crossing-the-delaware-the-american-revolution.jpegWashington Crossing the Delaware - THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION2025-12-23T02:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2025/10/28/hbos-country-doctor-casts-timely-shadow-on-u-s-healthcare/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dr-james-graham_0-1.jpegdr-james-graham_0 (1)https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dr-james-graham_1patient.jpegdr-james-graham_1Patienthttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dr-james-graham-dr-elizabeth-pusey.jpegdr-james-graham-dr-elizabeth-puseyhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/key-art_2-1-country-doctor.jpgkey-art_2 (1) Country Doctor2025-11-04T21:03:27+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2025/09/25/barbara-walters-tell-me-everything-debuts-on-abc/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/barbara-walters-on-the-today-show.jpgBarbara Walters on The Today Showhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/barbara-walters-and-kate-hepburn.jpgBarbara Walters and Kate HepburnKatharine Hepburn chose Barbara Walters as her interviewer, circa 1981, for this rare TV appearance. Photo: ABC News/The Walt Disney Co.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1920_barbara_walters_-_still_5_-_courtesy_abc_news_studios-1200x813-1.jpg1920_BARBARA_WALTERS_-_Still_5_-_Courtesy_ABC_News_Studios-1200x813https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1920_barbara_walters_-_still_3___gaddafi_courtesy_abc_news_studios-1200x798-1.jpg1920_BARBARA_WALTERS_-_Still_3___Gaddafi_Courtesy_ABC_News_Studios-1200x798https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1920_112546_8716_ful-1200x1587-1.jpg1920_112546_8716_ful-1200x15872025-10-26T07:03:25+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2022/03/18/zelenskyy-the-man-who-took-on-putin-debuts-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/presz_300_3015_shutterstock_ukraine-president-visits-border-patrol_12811891v.jpgUkraine President visits Border Patrol in Azov Sea, Ukraine - 16 Feb 2022Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets soldiers in the frontline positions of Donbas, a conflict area with the Russian-backed separatists on 2/17/22. Photo: EyePress News/Shutterstock Ukraine President visits Border Patrol in Azov Sea, Ukraine - 16 Feb 2022https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/presz_300_3007_shutterstock_zelensky-has-urgent-phone-call_12821935a.jpgZelensky Has Urgent Phone Call With President of European Council, Kyiv, Ukraine - 25 Feb 2022Volodymyr Zelensky has urgent phone call with the President of European Council has Kyiv, Ukraine, 2/22/22. Photo: Ukrainian President's Office/ZUMA Press Wire Service/Shutterstock. 2025-08-19T01:44:12+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2022/04/04/ken-burns-celebrates-patriot-benjamin-franklin-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/franklin-drawings-s02442.jpgFranklin Drawings S02442Some of Franklin's drawings from his Experiments and Observations on Electricity, circa 1751. Photo courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/poor-richards-almanac-s01283-1.jpgPoor Richard's Almanac S01283The first issue of Poor Richard's Almanack, published in late 1732. Credit: The Rosenbach, Philadelphia.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/poor-richards-almanac-s01283.jpgPoor Richard's Almanac S01283The first issue of POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK Almanac, published in late 1732. Credit: The Rosenbach, Philadelphia.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/concord-s01495.jpgConcord S01495A view of the town of Concord, Mass., by Amos Doolittle, 1775. Photo courtesy The New York Public Library.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/bens-bookshop-s05476.jpgBen's Bookshop S05476Ben Franklin's Bookshop in Philadelphia, circa 1745. Painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Ryder.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ben-franklin-s00087.jpgBen Franklin S00087Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, circa 1777. Photo courtesy of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Dept. of State.2025-08-19T01:10:57+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2025/06/27/mariska-hargitay-reclaims-her-childhood-in-my-mom-jayne/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/jayne-mansfield-mariska-hargitay.jpgjayne-mansfield-mariska-hargitayActress/director Mariska Hargitay (right) revisits her early life and the loss of her mother, actress Jayne Mansfield (left), in MY MOM, JAYNE on HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/my-mom-jayne2.jpegmy-mom-jayne2https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_4477-002-jayne-and-sophia.jpgIMG_4477 (002) Jayne and Sophiahttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_4475-002jayne-movie-the-challenge.jpgIMG_4475 (002)Jayne Movie The Challengehttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/my-mom-jayne.jpegmy-mom-jayneHappy occasions were short lived between Mariska Hargitay and her mom, Jayne Mansfield, who died in a car crash when Mariska was 3. Photo 12/Alamy Stock Photo. Courtesy of HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/my-mom-jayne-key-art.jpgMy Mom Jayne Key art2025-06-29T19:06:05+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/04/16/untested-rape-kits-exposed-in-hbos-i-am-evidence/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/evidence02-1.jpgevidence02 (1)A rape kit being processed in I AM EVIDENCE. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/evidence04-1.jpgevidence04 (1)I AM EVIDENCE explores the reasons why hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits are stockpiled across the country, which denies the use of critical DNA evidence to identify and convict rapists, and bring closure to their victims. Photo courtesy HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/evidence03-1.jpgevidence03 (1)Detroit Prosecutor Kym Worthy and actress/ producer/sexual assault survivor advocate Mariska Hargitay confer during filming of HBO'S I AM EVIDENCE. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1342490_mkt-pm_iamevidence_po.jpg1342490_MKT-PM_IAmEvidence_PO2025-06-18T18:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2025/05/23/remembering-pee-wee-herman-on-screen-and-off/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/big-top-pee-wee-5.jpgBig Top Pee-wee 5Pee-wee and his pig, Vance, mix it up in BIG TOP PEE-WEE. "I wanted kids to learn about being a nonconformist."--Paul Reubens. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/big-top-pee-wee-4_.jpgBig Top Pee-wee 4_https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/big-top-pee-wee-3.jpgBig Top Pee-wee 3https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pee-wee-show-on-tour-1984.jpgpee-wee-show-on-tour-1984Pee-wee Herman on tour, circa 1984. Photo by HBO/Pee-wee Herman Productions, Inc.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/paul-early-headshot-with-bear.jpgpaul-early-headshot-with-bearPaul Reubens' early headshot. Photo by HBO/Tony Whitman.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tim-burton-and-pee-wee-filming-big-adventure-at-the-alamo-1.jpgtim-burton-and-pee-wee-filming-big-adventure-at-the-alamoPee-wee Herman and director Tim Burton on the Alamo set of PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE. Photo by HBO/Pee-wee Herman Productions, Inc. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pee-wee-s-playhouse.jpgpee-wee-s-playhousePEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE set. "I took my job as having a children's show so seriously." Photo by HBO/Pee-wee Herman Productions, Inc.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/paul-reubens-1.jpegpaul-reubens (1)https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tim-burton-and-pee-wee-filming-big-adventure-at-the-alamo.jpgtim-burton-and-pee-wee-filming-big-adventure-at-the-alamohttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/key-art_5-1.jpgkey-art_5 (1)2025-06-04T22:00:30+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2024/11/18/leonardo-da-vinci-and-ken-burns-dazzle-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/the-last-supper-by-leonardo-da-vinci.-circa-1494-1498.jpgThe Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. Circa 1494-1498"The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci, circa 1494-1498. Mural, fresco in the Refectory of Santa Maria della Grazie, a Dominican Convent in Milan, Italy.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/the-virgin-and-child-with-saint-anne-by-leonardo-da-vinci-.-circa-1508-1517.jpgThe Virgin and Child with Saint Anne by Leonardo da Vinci . Circa 1508-1517"Virgin and Child with Saint Anne" by Leonardo da Vinci, circa 1503. Post-restoration 2012. The stripes on left and right are 19th century additions left for documentation purpose. This painting was begun around 1503 at least, in Florence, then was kept by Leonardo da Vinci until his death, still unfinished in 1519; the work was very probably acquired by Francis I in 1518. Musee du Louvre via Art Resource.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/the-head-of-the-virgin-in-three-quarter-view-facing-right-by-leonardo-da-vinci.-circa-1508e2809312.jpg51.90The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right. Circa 1510.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/s0192.jpgRecto: Studies of the valves and ventricles of the heart. Verso:Drawings of a whole heart, probably of an ox, three diagrams demonstrating the function of the ventricles. Circa 1511-1513.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/s0027.jpgS0027https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/fetus-in-utero-by-leonardo-da-vinci.-circa-1511.jpgFetus in Utero by Leonardo da Vinci. Circa 1511A drawing of a fetus in utero, with the uterus opened out; details of the placenta and uterus. Circa 1511.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/studies-of-proportions-of-face-and-eye-with-notes.-circa-1489.jpgStudies of proportions of face and eye (with notes). Circa 1489.Studies of proportions of face and eye (with notes). Circa 1489.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/mona-lisa-by-leonardo-da-vinci.-circa-1503.jpegMona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Circa 1503https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/s0389.jpgPresumed self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci.Presumed self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/self-portrait-red-chalk-on-white-paper.-circa-1515.jpgSelf-portrait, (blood on white paper). Circa 1515.Self-portrait, (blood on white paper). Circa 1515.2025-01-23T17:29:20+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2024/10/09/the-mystery-of-mozarts-sister-exposed-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/12_mozartssister_still_handwriting_analysis.jpg12_MozartsSister_STILL_Handwriting_Analysishttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/05_mozartssister_still_mariaanna-at-desk-reading-letter.jpg05_MozartsSister_STILL_MariaAnna at desk reading letterhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/08_mozartssister_still_mariaanna-wolfgang-performing-mirrors.jpg08_MozartsSister_STILL_MariaAnna Wolfgang Performing Mirrorshttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/secrets-of-the-dead-_mozarts-sister_.jpgSECRETS OF THE DEAD _Mozart's Sister_2024-11-14T07:11:24+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2024/09/07/the-sopranos-creator-david-chase-hits-the-doc-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/sopranos-finale2.jpgsopranos-finale2https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/jennifer_melfi.jpgJennifer_MelfiDavid Chase originally saw actress Lorraine Bracco as Carmela Soprano, but Bracco had other plans. "I wanted Dr. Melfi. She intrigued me...but "I had to bury Lorraine to let Melfi come out." https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/nancy-marchand.jpgNancy MarchandDavid Chase cast noted stage and TV actress Nancy Marchand against type as Tony's treacherous mom, Livia Soprano: "She opened her mouth and that was it. She had it."https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/lorraine-bracco-1-e1725682327340.jpeglorraine-bracco (1)David Chase originally saw actress Lorraine Bracco as Carmela Soprano, but Bracco had other plans. "I wanted Dr. Melfi. She intrigued me...but "I had to bury Lorraine to let Melfi out." Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/alex-gibney-david-chase.jpgalex-gibney-david-chaseWISE GUY director Alex Gibney (left) grilled SOPRANOS creator David Chase (right) in a set replicating the Dr. Melfi-Tony Soprano therapeutic experience. Photo courtesy HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/key-art_0.jpgkey-art_02024-09-29T23:04:42+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2024/02/20/fly-with-me-takes-flight-on-pbs-american-experience/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fly2771_m.jpeg1960s, advertising still promoting the new modern transport for women, the motor scooter...a glamorous TWA air stewardess outside on an airport runway posing with a scooter beside an aircraft's boarding steps.. Image shot 1960. Exact date unknown.CPFX3N 1960s, advertising still promoting the new modern transport for women, the motor scooter...a glamorous TWA air stewardess outside on an airport runway posing with a scooter beside an aircraft's boarding steps.. Image shot 1960. Exact date unknown.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fly2432_m.jpegFly2432_M"Stewardesses were a revolution waiting to happen."--Gloria Steinem. Photo circa 1965, courtesy United Airlines.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fly2362_m.jpegfly2362_MPretty in Barbie pink. Stewardesses, circa 1970, in designer duds. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fly1237_m.jpegDelta Air Lines Stewardesses graduation photo, circa 1944. Photo: Delta Air Lines.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3328_m-1.jpeg3328_MOnce you got your foot in the door as a stewardess on a mid-century American airline, you not only had to maintain the good looks and weight that won you the job in the first place, but also pay strict attention to your head to toe grooming and deportment.  Photo courtesy United Airlines. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3328_m.jpeg3328_MPhoto courtesy: United Airlines. 2024-03-16T18:03:08+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2023/12/08/remembering-norman-lear-1922-2023/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/nl_headshot2cccrop-1.jpgNorman.tif01 Norman,2024-02-18T01:25:21+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2024/01/23/nazi-town-usa-makes-timely-debut-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/loc_bund_parade.jpegGerman American Bund parade on East 86th Street, New York City, October 30, 1937. Photo: Library of Congress.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/rg131-e-ud324-box-6-photos-1a.jpegRG131 E UD324 Box 6 Photos 1AYoung girl working at a Nazi Propaganda stand at Bund Camp Siefried, Yapank, New York, September 1936. Photo: National Archives.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/nara-mtt-mot-563-h.jpegNARA MTT MOT 563 HGerman American Bund leader Fritz Kuhn, aka the "American Fuhrer," speaking at a Bund meeting in New York in 1938. He also gave the keynote speech at the infamous 1939 rally in Madison Garden.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/longwood_siegfried-postcard_003.jpegLongwood_Siegfried-Postcard_003Postcard from Camp Siegfried, Yaphank, New York. Photo courtesy of the Longwood Public Library. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/py-headshot-1.jpegPY-headshot (1)Peter Yost wrote, directed and produced NAZI TOWN, USA for the PBS series, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/dorothythompson.jpgDorothyThompsonhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/amex_nazitownusa_2800x1576-legal-resize-2800x0-50.jpegAMEX_NaziTownUSA_2800x1576-legal-resize-2800x0-502024-02-18T01:24:47+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2020/02/21/remembering-mary-higgins-clark-1927-2020/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_20200220_0012.jpgIMG_20200220_0012Mary Higgins Clark and John J. Conheeney dancing at their wedding in 1996. They were married for 22 years when he passed away in 2018. Photo courtesy Simon & Schuster.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/every-breath-you-take-270x408-1.jpgEVERY-BREATH-YOU-TAKE-270x408https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kitchen-privileges-mhc-memoir.jpgKitchen Privileges MHC Memoir"Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir" by Mary Higgins Clark was published by Simon & Schuster in 2002. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/mhc-first-book-1.jpgMHC first bookhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/mhc-first-book-e1582240314354.jpgMHC first bookMary Higgins Clark perusing her first book, "Aspire to the Heavens," (1969) a biographical novel about George Washington. The book was re-issued in 2002 with a new title, "Mount Vernon Love Story." Photo courtesy Simon & Schuster.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_20200220_0002-2-e1582237199720.jpgIMG_20200220_0002 (2)Mary Higgins Clark at home with husband Warren and their kids in 1961. Photo courtesy Simon & Schuster.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_20200220_0005.jpgIMG_20200220_0005Mary Higgins Clark at home with husband Warren and their kids in 1961. Photo courtesy Simon and Schuster. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_20200220_0002.jpgIMG_20200220_0002MARY HIGGINS CLARK with (me) JUDITH TROJAN, Director of the Christopher Awards, at the 54th annual Christopher Awards gala in Rockefeller Center, NYC, February 27, 2003. Photo: Paul Schneck.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/judyandmaryhiggins3.jpgJudyandMaryHiggins3https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/where-are-the-children_.jpgWhere are the Children_Mary Higgins Clark sold her first suspense novel to Simon & Schuster in 1975. "It marked a turning point in my career," she remembered. 2023-06-18T06:12:57+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2020/07/21/remembering-comedy-legend-carl-reiner-1922-2020/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/carl-reiner.jpgDick Van Dyke ShowCARL REINER (1922-2020), circa 1962. Photo courtesy CBS via Getty Images.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/obit07.jpgobit07Ninety-five-year-old Carl Reiner celebrated his peers as host and prime subject of IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE OBIT, EAT BREAKFAST (2017). Photo courtesy HBO.2023-06-18T06:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2020/09/25/honoring-the-legacy-of-ruth-bader-ginsburg/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/credit-collection-of-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states.jpgP16-Portrait-as-Cornell-Senior-CREDIT-Collection-of-the-Supreme-Court-of-the-United-StatesA portrait of Ruth Bader as a senior at Cornell University. Photo: Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/felicity-jones_armie-hammer_cailee-spaeny_unit-2-1.jpgfelicity-jones_armie-hammer_cailee-spaeny_unit-2 (1)ON THE BASIS OF SEX dramatizes the loving family that supported Ruth Bader Ginsburg's progressive career. From left: Armie Hammer (Marty Ginsburg), Cailee Spaeny (daughter Jane Ginsburg), Felicity Jones (Ruth Bader Ginsburg). Photo: Focus Features.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/on-the-basis-of-sex_felicity-jones_armie-hammer_cailee-spaeny_unit-2.jpgon-the-basis-of-sex_felicity-jones_armie-hammer_cailee-spaeny_unit-2ON THE BASIS OF SEX dramatizes the loving family that supported Ruth Bader Ginsburg's progressive career. From left: Armie Hammer (Marty Ginsburg), Cailee Spaeny (daughter Jane Ginsburg), Felicity Jones (Ruth Bader Ginsburg). Photo: Focus Features.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/felicity-jones_class.jpg_felicity-jones_class"After playing Ruth, I realized how important it is to have a voice in the world and to express that," said Felicity Jones (above), who stars as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in ON THE BASIS OF SEX. Photo: Focus Features.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ruth-bader-ginsburg2.jpgRuth Bader Ginsburg2RUTH BADER GINSBURG (1933-2020).2023-06-18T06:07:57+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/05/31/remembering-jacques-damboise-1934-2021/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/judithandjacques.jpgJudithandJacquesJudith Trojan and Jacques d'Amboise. Photo: Paul Schneck.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/judyandjacques2.jpgJudyandJacques2https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/i_was_a_dancer.large_.jpgi_was_a_dancer.largehttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/jacques-kids-ndi2.jpgjacques Kids NDI2In the Academy Award-winning film, HE MAKES ME FEEL LIKE DANCIN', Jacques d'Amboise demonstrated his belief that any kid can dance if given a chance. Photo courtesy NDI. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/jacques-d-amboise.jpgJacques d AmboiseNew York City Ballet’s Suzanne Farrell (Terpsichore) and Jacques d’Amboise (Apollo) in Balanchine’s APOLLO (1963). Photo: Martha Swope.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/jacques-dancing.jpgJacques dancinghttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/jacques-ndi-kids.jpgJacques NDI Kidshttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/jacques-in-black.jpgJacques in black2023-06-18T06:02:59+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2023/05/03/attenborough-salutes-seven-songs-sung-in-nature-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/attenboroughswonderofsong01001.jpgAttenborough’s Wonder of SongSuperb Lyrebirds are superb mimics AND flashy mating antics are on display in ATTENBOROUGH'S WONDER OF SONG on PBS NATURE. Photo c Alex Maisey.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/nature_the-whale-detective_002.jpgNatural World_Humpback Whale - A Detective StoryA curious young humpback approaches cinematographer Howard Hallhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/attenboroughs-wonder-of-song-1280x720-1-1.jpgAttenboroughs-Wonder-of-Song-1280x720https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/attenboroughs-wonder-of-song-1280x720-1.jpgAttenboroughs-Wonder-of-Song-1280x720https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/attenboroughswonderofsong01016.jpgAttenborough’s Wonder of SongSir David Attenborough continues his lifelong obsession recording birdsongs, here in spring of 2021.2023-05-04T01:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2023/04/18/how-saba-kept-singing-and-survived-the-holocaust-debuts-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/rr365_p0499_davidwisniamemorialwall_hires.jpgRR365_P0499_DavidWisniamemorialwall_HiResOn his visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in 2020, David Wisnia views a display of photographs of people sent there during the Holocaust. The display covers a wall of what was once the "sauna" facility of the death camp, where prisoners were given clothing. This was Wisnia's workplace during his imprisonment for two and a half years. Photo courtesy Retro Report.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/rr365_p0501_aviplayingpiano-davidsinging_hires.jpgRR365_P0501_Aviplayingpiano-Davidsinging_HiResWith his grandson, Avi, at the piano, David Wisnia performs a song during a concert at the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. Photo courtesy Retro Report.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/rr365_p0498_davidsmiling_hires.pngRR365_P0498_Davidsmiling_HiResDavid Wisnia survived more than two years imprisoned in the Nazi concentration and extermination camp, Auschwitz Birkenau, because he never stopped singing. Photo courtesy Retro Report.2023-04-19T03:35:40+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2023/02/20/monopoly-has-a-secret-history-and-its-ruthless-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/go-to-jail-card.jpgGo To Jail cardhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mpl_31605_tmf_m.jpgMPL_31605_TMF_MThe Landlord's Game board invented by Lizzie Magie in 1904. Photo courtesy Tom Forsyth.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/monopoly-mpl_30220_wiki_s.jpgMonopoly MPL_30220_WIKI_STrailblazing feminist Lizzie Magie invented THE LANDLORD'S GAME in 1904, the precursor to MONOPOLY. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/monopolympl_30246_ap_m.jpgInventer Of Anti-Monopoly GameProfessor Ralph Anspach, inventor of a game called “Anti-Monopoly” was sued by General Mills, the owners of Parker Brothers, and ordered to stop producing the game. He claimed that the company stole the game “Monopoly” from the public who played on home-made boards like these — one from 1914 at left and another from 1926 at right — before Parker Brothers patented it in 1935. Photo courtesy Associated Press.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kids-playing-monopoly.jpgKids playing Monopolyhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/stephen_ives_square_190614-1.jpegStephen_Ives_Square_190614 (1)Stephen Ives wrote, directed and produced RUTHLESS: MONOPOLY’S SECRET HISTORY for the PBS series, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/monopoly.jpgMonopoly2023-04-18T15:30:48+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2015/04/17/children-of-giant-takes-a-new-look-at-an-old-film-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/stevens_past_1.jpgOn the set of GiantElizabeth Taylor, James Dean and director George Stevens on the Marfa , TX, set, during the summer of 1955.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/elsa_current_2.jpgElsa_Current_2https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/elsa_past_1crop.jpgElsa_Past_1crophttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/childrenofgiant.jpgchildrenofgiant2024-12-29T01:12:28+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2015/02/03/the-big-burn-lights-a-fire-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bb_pic5567m.jpgBB_PIC5567mhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bb_pic5022m.jpgBB_PIC5022mSeven companies of Buffalo Soldiers, the first African-Americans to serve as peacetime soldiers, heroically tackled and helped contain the Big Burn. Photo courtesy of The Museum of North Idaho. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bb_pic5570m.jpgBB_PIC5570mEarly forest management was left little to the imagination. Photo courtesy U.S. Forest Service.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/thebigburn_finalposter-rgb-sm.jpgTHEBIGBURN_FinalPoster-RGB-sm2023-03-17T04:50:07+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2022/11/02/the-hole-truth-about-woodpeckers-on-pbs-nature/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/woody-woodpecker-reboot-headed.jpgwoody-woodpecker-reboot-headedhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/nature_woodpeckers_06.jpgNature_Woodpeckers_06A Downy Woodpecker has no trouble with the cold winter temps in Brooklin, Maine. Photo courtesy c Russell Kaye.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/nature_woodpeckers_05.jpgNature_Woodpeckers_05https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/nature_woodpeckers_16.jpgNature_Woodpeckers_16A baby Acorn Woodpecker has a birds-eye view out of his hole in Carmel, CA. One of several Woodies profiled in a new documentary on PBS NATURE . Photo courtesy Russell Kaye and The WNET Group. 2022-11-08T20:56:18+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2022/09/18/the-u-s-and-the-holocaust-reexamined-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/s05841.jpgS05841https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/s04628.jpgFSA/8d36000/8d362008d36294a.tifRabbi Stephen Wise.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/s03045-1.jpgParty meeting or rallyA Nazi party meeting or rally. The sign in back reads: "Kauft nicht bei Juden"--Don't buy from Jews.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/s00001.jpgThe Statue of Liberty from Ellis Island, U.S. immigration station in New York Harbor, a small boy shows his parents the Statue of LibertyAn immigrant family gazing at the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor from Ellis Island, circa 1930.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/capitol-confederate-flag-1633706597-1-e1663523356961.jpgCAPITOL-CONFEDERATE-FLAG-1633706597https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/capitol-confederate-flag-1633706597.jpgCAPITOL-CONFEDERATE-FLAG-1633706597https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/poster2.jpgposter2https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/poster3.jpgPoster32022-10-27T17:43:30+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2022/10/26/a-tree-of-life-revisits-the-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/stronger-than-hate-sign-in-pittsburgh.jpgstronger-than-hate-sign-in-pittsburghThis Stronger than Hate sign in Pittsburgh reflects a community’s embrace after the Tree of Life synagogue shooting. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tree-of-life1.jpgTree of Life1https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/survivor-dan-leger.jpgsurvivor-dan-legerhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/michele-and-diane-rosenthal-sisters-of-david-cecil-rosenthal-killed.jpgmichele-and-diane-rosenthal-sisters-of-david-cecil-rosenthal-killedSisters Michele and Diane Rosenthal, whose brothers David and Cecil Rosenthal were killed in the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. Photo courtesy HBO.2022-11-03T03:09:21+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2022/06/05/uvalde-massacre-tragically-mirrors-newtown-school-shooting/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/uvalde-crosses.jpguvalde-crossesPhoto: Marco Bello/Reuters.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/uvaldecrosses.jpgUvaldecrosseshttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/newtown-press-02.jpgnewtown-press-02Daniel Barden used to love racing his school bus. When he was 7, he was killed at his Sandy Hook Elementary School. His dad, Mark Barden, is featured in NEWTOWN, a Peabody Award-winning film directed by Kim A. Snyder for INDEPENDENT LENS. Photo courtesy Mark Barden.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/newtown-press-01.jpgnewtown-press-01Nicole Hockley, mother of Sandy Hook victim Dylan Hockley, with first responder Sgt. William Cario. Photo courtesy of Derek Weisehahn.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/newtownap.jpgNewtownAPConnecticut State Police led a line of children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, after the shooting at the school. Photo Newtown Bee/AP. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/newtown-press-03.jpgnewtown-press-03Twenty-six funerals consumed the Newtown, CT, community with shock and grief after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. Photo courtesy Jennifer Cox.2022-10-24T19:13:24+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2015/01/06/ripley-believe-it-or-not-is-stranger-than-fiction/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/816ripleymaskre.jpg816RipleyMaskRERobert Ripley in his signature pith helmet shows off a Balinese New Year's Festival Lion mask in 1932. Photo courtesy Ripley Entertainment Inc.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/703ripleyposesre.jpg703RipleyPosesREhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ripley648bionauditoriumre.jpgRipley648BIONAuditoriumREhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/408ripleyvitaphonesetre.jpg408RipleyVitaphoneSetREhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/416ripvitaphoneadre-1.jpg416RipVitaphoneAdRE (1)https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ripleyfilmposter_dsc6686.jpgRipleyfilmposter_DSC66862022-06-20T19:18:16+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2022/03/15/actress-evan-rachel-wood-outs-her-abuser-in-hbos-phoenix-rising/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mildred-pierce-1.jpgMildred PierceEvan Rachel Wood (seated) and Kate Winslet were nominated for Emmys for their performances as Veda and Mildred Pierce, respectively, in Todd Haynes' HBO miniseries, MILDRED PIERCE (2011). Kate won.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/evan-rachel-wood-left-with-her-mom-sara.jpgevan-rachel-wood-left-with-her-mom-saraActress Evan Rachel Wood and her mom, Sara, repaired their mother-daughter bond that had been shattered during her abusive relationship with Brian Warner/Marilyn Manson.  Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mildred-pierce.jpgMildred Piercehttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/thirteenposter.jpgthirteenposterhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/phoenix-rising-key-art_2.jpgPhoenix Rising key-art_22022-03-18T16:09:40+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2015/04/05/scientology-and-sinatra-all-or-nothing-at-all/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/9_fs-sa-14200_c1945fsreadingatdesk1.jpg9_FS-SA-14200_c1945FSreadingatdesk1https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/9_fs-sa-11350mc1950fsaxscolumbiarecordingsession1.jpg9_FS-SA-11350mc1950FSAXSColumbiaRecordingSession1As a young man on the move, Frank Sinatra rose up through the ranks touring on the road, charming masses of adoring bobby soxers at the Paramount Theater in New York City and capturing the heart of the nation on records and the radio before he segued into feature films, TV and Las Vegas. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/9_fs-sa-09851mc1950sfscolumbiarecordingsession1.jpg9_FS-SA-09851mc1950sFSColumbiaRecordingsession1https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/9_fs-sa-09744m1952fsaxsandmminrecordingstudio1.jpg9_FS-SA-09744m1952FSAXSandMMinrecordingstudio1https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/9_fs-sa-14203_c1945fsjugdressingroom1.jpg9_FS-SA-14203_c1945FSJUGdressingroom1https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fs02555unwatermarked_withborder1.jpgFS02555UNWATERMARKED_WITHBORDER1Frank Sinatra, with his first wife, Nancy, and, from left, son Frank, Jr., daughters Tina and Nancy, Jr. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fssa0203ps21.jpgFSSA0203PS21Frank Sinatra. Photo courtesy HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/0337_05071.jpg0337_05071Frank Sinatra at a Capitol Records recording session in Los Angeles, CA, circa 1954. Photo © 1978 Sid Avery. Courtesy HBO.2022-03-08T21:26:24+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2015/04/13/hbos-living-with-lincoln-reveals-one-familys-magnificent-obsession/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lincoln01.jpglincoln01The portrait of Abraham Lincoln that appears on the U.S. $5 bill. Photo: Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lincoln10.jpglincoln10Photo: Kunhardt Family. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lincoln08.jpglincoln08Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt wrote and illustrated the first ever touch and feel book for young children. Photo: Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lincoln06.jpglincoln06Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt with her husband Philip and three children. Photo: Kunhardt Family. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lincoln03.jpglincoln03Frederick Hill Meserve surrounded by his Lincoln collection. Photo: Kunhardt Family. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lincoln05.jpglincoln05Thanks to diligent members of five generations of one American family, we are privy to this quiet moment shared by Abraham Lincoln and his beloved son, Tad. Photo: Meserve Kunhardt Foundation. Courtesy HBO.2022-02-28T21:41:53+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2022/02/07/director-anna-lee-strachan-unzips-the-history-of-jeans-in-riveted-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/amex-jeans-ep-main.jpgAMEX jeans Ep Mainhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/president-obama-baseball.jpegPresident Obama baseballhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/amex-jeans-j1002m_loggers.jpegFSA/8b35000/8b353008b35367a.tifLoggers needed heavy, reinforced work pants; and once riveted, blue jeans fit the bill. Photo: Dorothea Lange.  Courtesy Library of Congress.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/j0192_2boysgeesbend1937_loc_pd.jpegThe history of race in America, from colonial era slavery through the Hip Hop culture of the late 20th century, permeated the entire history of blue jeans.  Photo courtesy Library of Congress.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/amex-jeans-j0925m_dorothealangetobaccosharecropper1939_loc.jpeghttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/amex-jeans-j0930m_wwiifemaleweldersjeanuniforms1943_alamy.jpgWomen welders on the way to their job, circa 1943.Denim clad women welders en route to their job to help the war effort, circa 1943.  Photo: Stocktrek Images, Inc./Alamy Stock Photo.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/amex-jeans-j0575_tommixportrait.jpeghttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2019-anna-lee-strachan-1-e1644099937460.jpeg2019-Anna Lee Strachan (1)Anna Lee Strachan wrote, directed and produced RIVETED: THE HISTORY OF JEANS with Michael Bicks for the PBS series, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. 2022-02-11T19:45:01+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/01/09/teddy-roosevelt-and-director-john-maggio-travel-into-the-amazon-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/into-the-amazon_11649_as_m_loc.jpgInto the Amazon_11649_AS_M_LOCFrom right: Theodore Roosevelt, Candido Rondon and camaradas sitting in camp during their joint American/Brazilian Amazonian expedition in 1914. Photo courtesy the Library of Congress.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/into-the-amazon_10332_ah_m_mou.jpgInto the Amazon_10332_AH_M_MOUTheodore Roosevelt and Candido Rondon holding up a bush deer, circa 1914. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/into-the-amazon_10407_as_m_loc.jpghttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.36204http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.36204https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ita-production-3.jpgITA production 3Filmmaker John Maggio (left) and crew members on-location during production of INTO THE AMAZON for PBS. Photo courtesy AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/into-the-amazon_7892_as_m_v2_har.jpgInto the Amazon_7892_AS_M_V2_HARTheodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit hunted buffalo and other game while on African safari in 1908. Photo courtesy the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/into-the-amazon_6502_as_m_v2_har.jpgInto the Amazon_6502_AS_M_V2_HARTheodore Roosevelt with a walking ice axe, circa 1881, was always testing his endurance. Photo courtesy the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/john-maggio.jpgJohn MaggioJohn Maggio, wrote, directed and produced AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: INTO THE AMAZON for PBS. Photo courtesy Ark Media.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/maggio-pic.pngMaggio picJohn Maggiohttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ita-production-2.jpgITA production 2John Maggio (left) and crew filmed INTO THE AMAZON on-location in Brazil. Photo courtesy AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/into-the-amazon001-2.jpgInto the Amazon001 (2)2022-02-05T17:34:55+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/08/14/mare-of-easttown-nabs-16-emmy-nods-and-an-upcoming-hbo-marathon/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jean-smart.jpgjean-smartMare Sheehan and her mom Helen (Jean Smart) have a lot of weighty family baggage to unpack in HBO's MARE OF EASTTOWN. Photo: Michele K. Short/HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/julianne-nicholson-kate-winslet.jpgjulianne-nicholson-kate-winslethttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/kate-winslet_4.jpgkate-winslet_4Detective Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet) must come to terms with her own family tragedies before she can solve a township murder and double abduction in HBO's MARE OF EASTTOWN. Photo: Michele K. Short/HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/mare-key-art_vertical-e1628892884281.jpgMare Key Art_Vertical2022-01-25T21:53:40+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2022/01/12/octopus-is-people-pleaser-on-pbs-nature-and-in-oscar-winning-documentary/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/large-octopus.jpegLarge Octopushttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/myoctopusteacher.jpgMyOctopusTeacherCraig Foster’s octopus pal shows him around her neighborhood in MY OCTOPUS TEACHER. Photo courtesy Netflix.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/david-scheel-3.jpgDavid Scheel 3Marine Biologist Dr. David Scheel observes octopus Heidi in his living room in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo c Passion Planet.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/octopuspos.jpgOctopusPoshttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/nature_octopus_making-contact_002.jpgNatural World_The Octopus In My HouseNATURE - Octopus: Making Contacthttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/laurel-scheel-1.jpgLaurel-Scheel-1https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/nature_octopus_making-contact_006.jpgNatural World_The Octopus In My HouseNATURE - Octopus: Making Contacthttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/nature_octopus_making-contact_003.jpgNatural World_The Octopus In My HouseNATURE - Octopus: Making Contacthttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/nature_octopus_making-contact_010.jpgNatural World_The Octopus In My HouseThey're smart, social and sassy! See why in OCTOPUS: MAKING CONTACT on PBS NATURE. Photo: Minden Pictures/Alamy Stock Photo.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/nature_octopus_making-contact_006.jpgNatural World_The Octopus In My HouseHeidi makes her film debut in OCTOPUS: MAKING CONTACT, on the PBS series, NATURE. Photo: Quinton Smith/ Passion Planet.2024-04-24T22:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/08/21/tvs-first-lady-betty-white-celebrated-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/allen-ludden-and-betty-white-marriage.jpgAllen Ludden and Betty White marriage Allen Ludden and Betty White met and fell in love as host and guest contestant, respectively on the game show, PASSWORD. The final passwords were "Wedded Bliss." https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/goldengirls4.jpgGoldenGirls4Florida here we come! This show never gets old. 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Photo © Martin Dohrn.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/nature-1000-bees_10-e1634680900228.jpgNATURE 1000 Bees_10British wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn comes face-to-face with his backyard obsession, bees! Photo ©Martin Dohrn.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/nature-1000-bees_03.jpegNATURE 1000 Bees_032025-06-05T21:24:02+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/10/05/rita-moreno-just-a-girl-who-decided-to-go-for-it-debuts-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/3-rita-title-tshirt.jpg3 RITA TITLE TSHIRTRITA MORENO always knew where she was going. Right to the top! Photo courtesy of Thirteen.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/1-rita-george-chakiris-oscars.jpg1961: RITA MORENO [Best Supporting Actress, WEST SIDE STORY] and GEORGE CHAKIRIS [Best Supporting AcA night to remember! April 9, 1962. Winners of the 1961 Academy Awards® for Best Supporting Actress (Rita Moreno) and Best Supporting Actor (George Chakiris) for their performances in WEST SIDE STORY. Photo courtesy of Everett Collection.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/6-rita-bts-wss.jpegRita RehearsalRita Moreno during her grueling rehearsals for WEST SIDE STORY. Photo courtesy MGM Media Licensing.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/one-day-at-a-time.jpgOne Day at a TimeJustina Machado, Isabella Gomez, Rita Moreno and Marcel Ruiz in Norman Lear’s Latinx reboot of ONE DAY AT A TIME. Photo courtesy Everett Collection Inc/Alamy.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/1-headshot-rita-moreno.jpg1 HEADSHOT RITA MORENOLegendary actress, singer, dancer RITA MORENO. Photo courtesy Austin Hargrave.2021-10-16T17:05:07+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2013/05/27/rebel-honors-latina-soldier-in-the-american-civil-war/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/woman-in-battle-book-cover.jpgWoman in Battle Book Coverhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/loreta20velazquez2061.jpgVoces RebelRomi Dias stars as Loreta Janeta Velazquez , Civil War Veteran Photo: Gerard Gaskin2021-10-02T03:02:49+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/08/31/new-pbs-doc-profiles-7-young-adults-who-lost-dads-on-9-11/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/gen9_m_fmf1007_malahi_fares-malahi-new-york.pngGEN9_M_FMF1007_MALAHI_Fares Malahi New YorkFares Malahi spent his first three years in Yemen, never meeting his dad who worked and died in NYC on 9/11. 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Photo courtesy of the Gorki family.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/generation_9-11_keyart_v1-1.jpgGeneration_9-11_Keyart_V1 (1)Photo courtesy Arrow International Media.2021-09-30T23:22:10+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/07/14/super-hummingbirds-fly-again-on-pbs-nature/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/patricia-clarkson-hummingbirds8051r3jpg.jpegNature: Super HummingbirdsActress Patricia Clarkson narrates NATURE: SUPER HUMMINGBIRDS on PBS. Photo courtesy Joseph Sinnott/©2016 THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/hummer2sg16.jpgNature: Super HummingbirdsA Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbird guards his turf as another hungry hummer interloper tries to take a sip of precious nectar. From NATURE: SUPER HUMMINGBIRDS. Photo courtesy Ann Johnson Prum/©THIRTEEN Productions LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/hummerh2sg24.jpgNature: Super HummingbirdsA Chestnut-breasted Coronet Hummingbird sips nectar from a flower in the Ecuadorian cloud forest. From NATURE: SUPER HUMMINGBIRDS on PBS. Photo courtesy Ann Johnson Prum/©THIRTEEN Productions LLC.2021-09-16T23:11:18+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/06/21/hbos-ill-be-gone-in-the-dark-returns-with-gripping-new-episode/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/grace-puccetti.jpggrace-puccettiGrace Puccetti, survived a brutal battering and rape in Oak Park, Illinois, circa 1982. Her story mirrors the rape and murder of Kathy Lombardo in the same vicinity in 1984.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gay-and-bob-hardwick.jpggay-and-bob-hardwickGay and Bob Hardwick's marriage survived her brutal rape. Theirs was the only marriage to have survived their home invasion by the Golden State Killer. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gone-in-dark.jpgGone in DarkMichelle McNamara's obsession with unsolved crimes took a deadly toll on her health but resulted in the capture and conviction of the Golden State Killer. Photo courtesy HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/michelle-mcnamara-as-a-teen.jpgMichelle McNamara as a teenJournalist and true crime sleuth MICHELLE McNAMARA (1970-2016) first became obsessed with tracking violent criminals as a teenager in Oak Park, Illinois, a priviledged community secretly ravaged by violent rapes and murders of adolescent girls. Photo courtesy HBO.2021-07-06T16:35:47+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2020/06/28/ill-be-gone-in-the-dark-makes-chilling-debut-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/goneindark02.jpgGoneinDark02MICHELLE McNAMARA. Photo: Robyn Von Swank/HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/lizgarbus-e1593369485723.jpegLIZ GARBUS/FILMMAKER/WHAT HAPPENED MISS SIMONE?Liz Garbus, producer/director, I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK. Photo: Henny Garfunkel/HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/gitd07-1.jpggitd07 (1)Michelle McNamara and her husband, actor Patton Oswalt. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/gone-in-dark.jpgGone in DarkMICHELLE McNAMARA. Photo: Robyn Von Swank/HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/goneindark03.jpgGoneinDark03https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ibgitd-key-art.jpgIBGITD Key Art2021-06-21T19:06:34+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/04/20/ann-roth-oscar-shoe-in-for-ma-raineys-pitch-perfect-costumes/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/brenda-vaccaromidnightcowboy.jpgBrenda VaccaroMidnightCowboy"I bought this red fox coat for two hundred bucks,” Ann Roth recalled about costuming Brenda Vaccaro in MIDNIGHT COWBOY. “I told Brenda not to worry, that she wouldn’t have to lie there naked. How could you not fall in love with a naked girl in a fur coat?”https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/annaleigh-ashford-sylvia-costume-6.jpgannaleigh-ashford-sylvia-costume-6https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ann-roth-and-judy-scn_0001.jpgAnn Roth and Judy SCN_0001The way we were. Judith Trojan and Ann Roth, circa 1997. Photo: Paul Schneck.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ann-roth-accepts-her-1996-oscar-1.jpgAnn Roth accepts her 1996 OscarAnn Roth accepts her 1996 Oscar for THE ENGLISH PATIENT. Photo AMPAS.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ann_roth-e1618438085939.jpgAnn RothANN ROTHhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/annroth-ma-rainey.jpgAnnRoth Ma RaineyCostume designer Ann Roth works her magic on the set of MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM. Photo: David Lee/Netflix.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/marainey.jpgMaRainey“I pretended that Ma (Viola Davis) had a relationship with a dressmaker in Mississippi — she had this yellow dress made and thought it was fantastic," recalled costume designer Ann Roth. "But when she saw those city women in the fancy Chicago hotel, she knew the fur had to come out even though it was July. It was her armor.”https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ann-roth-accepts-her-1996-oscar.jpgAnn Roth accepts her 1996 Oscarhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/the-world-of-henry-orient-poster.jpgThe World of Henry Orient posterhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/chadwicks-yellow-shoes.jpgChadwick's yellow shoes2021-05-31T19:00:32+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/05/28/john-mccain-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-rings-true-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mccain09.jpgmccain09Naval pilot John McCain (right) with his squadron and T-2 Buckeye trainer, circa 1965. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mccain08.jpgmccain08John McCain (left) with his father, Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. (right) after the latter was reeleased from a North Vietnamese prison camp in 1973. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mccain07.jpgmccain07John McCain (left) standing with his father, Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. (right) in front of a plaque dedicated to Senator McCain's grandfather, Admiral John McCain, Sr. Photo courtesy the McCain Family/HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mccain02.jpgFILE PHOTO - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) listens during rally in DenverU.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) listens as he is being introduced at a campaign rally in Denver, Colorado, October 24, 2008. Photo: REUTERS/ REUTERS/Brian Snyder. Courtesy HBO. 2021-04-25T18:35:18+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/04/05/ken-burns-and-lynn-novick-tackle-hemingway-in-new-pbs-series/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/s1530-1.jpgBox8Folder8Ernest Hemingway's second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer, cutting his hair.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/s1718.jpgErnest Hemingway and third wife, war correspondent Martha Gellhorn, en route to China in 1941. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/s0411-jfk.jpgS0411 JFKErnest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley Richardson, in Chamby, Switzerland, circa 1922. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/s1644-jfk.jpgEH2722PHemingway family portrait, circa October 1903, from left: Ursula, dad Clarence, Ernest, mom Grace and sister Marcelline Hemingway. Photo courtesy Ernest Hemingway Collection. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/s0311.jpgEH2535PErnest Hemingway in the American Red Cross Hospital in Milan, Italy, 1918, recovering from injuries suffered as a volunteer for the American Red Cross during World War I. e American Red Cross during World War I. Photo: c Henry Villard. Ernest Hemingway Collection. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/s1540.jpgEH-C06143DErnest Hemingway's 1923 passport photo. Photo courtesy Ernest Hemingway Photographic Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hemingwarys0010.jpgHotchner_0004American novelist, short story writer, journalist and sportsman ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899 - 1961) at his home in Cuba, circa 1950s. Photo courtesy A. E. Hotchner. 2021-04-18T22:26:33+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/03/27/tina-turner-is-simply-the-best-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tina-turner.jpgtina-turnerTina Turner and her husband, Erwin Bach, now live in happy retirement in a beautifully appointed home in Zurich, Switzerland.  Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tina-turner-in-concert-in-versailles-france-1990-.jpgPortrait de Tina TurnerTina Turner in concert at Versailles, France, circa June 1990. Photo: ARNAL/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tina-turner-and-her-children-1967-.jpgtina-turner-and-her-children-1967-Tina Turner and her four sons' home life was not happy and healthy as fans and the media were led to believe. Photo courtesy Rhonda Graam/HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tina-and-ikettes-performing-january-1976-.jpgTina Turner and the Ikettes performing in January 1976. Photo courtesy Rhonda Graam/HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tinaposter.jpgTinaPoster2021-03-29T21:40:11+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/02/21/hbos-allen-v-farrow-sheds-new-light-on-family-trauma/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dylan-farrow.jpgdylan-farrowDylan Farrow. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dylan-farrow-woody-allen-ronan-farrow.jpgdylan-farrow-woody-allen-ronan-farrowWoody Allen shares a bit of news with adopted daughter Dylan (left) and son Satchel (Ronan). Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ronan-farrow-lark-previn-woody-allen-dylan-farrow-fletcher-previn-daisy-previn-soon-yi-previn-moses-farrow-mia-farrow.jpgWoody Allen and Mia FarrowWoody Allen and Mia Farrow and family in happier times. Photo: Globe Photos/mediapunch/Shutterstock. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dylan-farrow-mia-farrow.jpgdylan-farrow-mia-farrowMia Farrow and her toddler daughter Dylan. Photo courtesy HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dylan-farrow-1.jpgdylan-farrow (1)Dylan Farrow, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, is now an adult and tells her side of the story in HBO's riveting 4-part documentary series ALLEN V. FARROW. Photo courtesy HBO.2021-06-07T03:37:46+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/02/15/marian-andersons-civil-rights-legacy-shapes-voice-of-freedom-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/marianandersonbtjex8.jpgSinger Marian Anderson signs a contract with Metropolitan Opera representative Rudolf Bing (right). She was the first black perfMarian Anderson with her manager Sol Hurok (left) signs a contract proferred by Rudolf Bing (right) to appear at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955. Photo courtesy CSU Archives/Everett Collection/Alamy Stock Photo.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/marianandersonhrhftr.jpgMarian Anderson, American Opera SingerYoung contralto Marian Anderson defied convention and danger in Jim Crow America. Photo courtesy Science History Images/Alamy Stock Photo.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/marianandersondd770g.jpegMarian Anderson singing at her concert at the Lincoln Memorial, April 9, 1939. (BSLOC_2013_8_268)Photo courtesy Everett Collection Historical/Alamy Stock Photo.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/marianandersond98d6t.jpgMarian Anderson (1897-1993) African American contralto singing at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, Easter Sunday, 1939.Internationally renowned contralto MARIAN ANDERSON (1897-1993) defied racist threats and defilement to sing to an audience of 75,000 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Easter Sunday 1939. Photo courtesy World History archive/Alamy Stock Photo.2021-02-15T19:51:24+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2013/04/16/the-central-park-five-debuts-on-pbs-tonight/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/central-park-five-courtroom-proceedings.jpgCentral Park Five courtroom proceedingshttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/central-park-jogger-headline.jpgCentral Park Jogger Headline2021-02-05T18:18:34+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/01/31/the-long-song-sings-slaverys-truth-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/thelongsong_ep3_1.jpgTheLongSong_EP3_1https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/thelongsong_ep3_2.jpgTheLongSong_EP3_2July (Tamara Lawrance) must walk a fine line to protect her daughter Emily in THE LONG SONG on PBS MASTERPIECE. Photo: Carlos Rodriguez © Heyday Television.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/thelongsong_ep3_3.jpgTheLongSong_EP3_3July (Tamara Lawrance) and her mistress Caroline (Hayley Atwell) are forever bound together in THE LONG SONG on PBS MASTERPIECE. Photo: Carlos Rodriguez © Heyday Television.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cicely-tysonroots-e1612124262915.jpgCicely TysonRootsCicely Tyson and Maya Angelou, respectively, greet newborn son and grandson Kunta Kinte, in the first episode of the groundbreaking 1977 ABC miniseries, ROOTS, based on Alex Haley's novel. Photo: ABC Photo Archives.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/kuntakinteroots.jpgKuntaKinteRootshttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/thelongsong_ep2_2-e1612041608709.jpgThe Long SongAdapted from Andrea Levy's award-winning novel, THE LONG SONG BBC miniseries debuting on PBS MASTERPIECE follows the tumultuous life story of July (Tamara Lawrance), a ladies maid on a Jamaican sugar plantation before and after the Christmas Rebellion slave uprising of 1831. Photo: Carlos Rodriguez, c Heyday Television. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/thelongsong_ep1_2.jpgThe Long Song. Shown: Kitty (SHARON DUNCAN BREWSTER) For editorial use only. 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Photo courtesy Joseph Sinnott//2016 THIRTEEN PRODUCTIONS LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hummer2sg16.jpgNature: Super HummingbirdsA green-crowned brilliant hummingbird guards his nectar turf from another hungry hummer as seen in NATURE: SUPER HUMMINGBIRDS. Photo courtesy Ann Johnson Prum/THIRTEEN Productions LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hummerh2sg24.jpgNature: Super HummingbirdsThe Chestnut-breasted Coronet Hummingbird drinks from a flower in the Ecuadorian cloud forest.Photo courtesy Ann Johnson Prum/THIRTEEN Productions LLC.2021-01-24T19:48:01+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/11/14/a-squirrels-guide-to-success-on-pbs-is-no-tall-tail/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nw_super-squirrels_001.jpgNatural World_Super Squirrelshttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nw_super-squirrels_010.jpgNatural World_Super SquirrelsArctic ground squirrels survive cold temperatures by hibernating in underground burrows during the winter. Photo courtesy Jukka Jantunen/Shutterstock.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nw_super-squirrels_008.jpgNatural World_Super SquirrelsPrairie dogs, as seen in NATURE: A SQUIRREL'S GUIDE TO SUCCESS on PBS, live on North America’s prairies and open grasslands. Photo courtesy John DeWinter/Shutterstock.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nw_super-squirrels_004-1.jpgNatural World_Super SquirrelsSheelagh McAllister, Scottish SPCA's Head of Small Mammals, hand feeds Billy, an orphan red squirrel every hour. Billy's progress is documented in NATURE: A SQUIRREL'S GUIDE TO SUCCESS. Photo courtesy Sheelagh McAllister.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nw_super-squirrels_006.jpgNatural World_Super SquirrelsThe fox squirrel is the largest tree squirrel species in North America. Photo courtesy TessarTheTegu/Shutterstock.2025-08-01T09:18:14+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2020/04/08/remarkable-rabbits-are-hopping-on-pbs-nature/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rabbit1-jpg.jpgU043_C013_0101I5Two-week-old baby Cottontail rabbits in Port Rowan, Ontario, Canada. Photo Remarkable Rabbits Inc.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rabbit3-jpg.jpgJ032_C023_0324RPDespite their name, Antelope Jackrabbits, here in Tucson, Arizona, are hares not rabbits. Photo © Remarkable Rabbits Inc.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rabbit5-jpg.jpgRabbit5 jpgCoifed to perfection, this Lionhead rabbit, a domestic breed, competed at the American Rabbit Breeders Association rabbit show in 2018. Photo © Remarkable Rabbits Inc.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rabbit8-jpg.jpgU051_C013_0101QYhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rabbit7-jpg.jpgH013_C024_0101Z12021-01-24T19:29:34+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/01/17/pbs-delves-inside-the-mind-of-agatha-christie/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mousetrapjpg.jpgMousetrap,jpghttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/m710-agathachristie-mind.jpegM710 AgathaChristie MindAgatha Christie with her first husband, Archie Christie. Following the breakdown of their marriage, Christie mysteriously disappeared for 11 days, which became a national news story. Photo courtesy Christie Archive Trust.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/agatha-christie-as-a-child.jpgAgatha Christie as a childRare childhood photos, as seen on PBS in INSIDE THE MIND OF AGATHA CHRISTIE, capture Christie's startling ethereal beauty.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mindof-agatha-christie-wm.jpegMindof Agatha Christie WMAGATHA CHRISTIE (1890-1976) published 66 murder mysteries featuring such iconic sleuths as Miss Marple and Hercule Poiret, numerous short stories and plays, including the longest-running play ever to hit the boards. Sales of her novels have only been surpassed by the Bible and Shakespeare, making her the third most successful writer of all time. Photo courtesy Christie Archive Trust.2021-01-25T05:00:56+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/01/11/the-double-life-of-pioneer-codebreaker-exposed-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/codebreaker-toappearinfederalcourt_1934-1-1.jpegCodebreaker toAppearInFederalCourt_1934 (1) (1)Elizebeth Smith Friedman in Washington, D.C., circa 1934, en route to present evidence in Federal court. Photo courtesy George C. Marshall Foundation Library.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/codebreaker-riverbanklabs_1917.jpegCodebreaker RiverbankLabs_1917William F. Friedman and Elizebeth Smith Friedman on the grounds of Riverbank Laboratories in Geneva, Illinois, circa 1917. Photo courtesy George C. Marshall Foundation Library.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/codebreaker-fabyan_riverbanklabs_1916.jpegCodebreaker Fabyan_RiverbankLabs_1916Elizebeth Smith with her mentor, George Fabyan, at Riverbank Laboratories in Geneva, Illinois, circa 1916. Photo courtesy George C. Marshall Foundation Library.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/codebreaker-portrait-1.jpegCodebreaker Portrait (1)ELIzABETH SMITH FRIEDMAN (1923-1980), the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work to decode thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison in the 1920s and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring during WWII. Photo courtesy George C. Marshall Foundation Library.2021-01-11T20:11:36+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2021/01/03/glenda-jackson-illuminates-elizabeth-is-missing-on-pbs-masterpiece/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/eim_3.jpgELIZABETH IS MISSINGMaud (Glenda Jackson) faces many obstacles in her efforts to learn the whereabouts of her best friend in ELIZABETH IS MISSING on PBS. Photo: Mark Mainz, courtesy of STV Productions.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/eim_2.jpgEIM_2MASTERPIECE Elizabeth Is Missing Sunday, January 3, 2020 on PBS Two-time Academy Award®–winner Glenda Jackson (A Touch of Class, Women in Love) stars as a woman desperately trying to solve two mysteries as she declines ever deeper into dementia, in Elizabeth Is Missing, an adaptation of Emma Healey’s acclaimed novel. Shown: Maud (GLENDA JACKSON) For editorial use only. (C) STV Productionshttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/glenda-jackson-oscar-women-in-love.jpgGlenda-Jackson-Oscar-Women-in-LoveGlenda Jackson won her first Academy Award® for WOMEN IN LOVE (1970), a controversial adaptation of the D.H Lawrence novel, directed by Ken Russell. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/eim_1.jpgElizabeth Is MissingGlenda Jackson fearlessly portrays a woman struggling to come to terms with her dementia in ELIZABETH IS MISSING on PBS MASTERPIECE. Photo: Mark Mainz, courtesy of STV Productions. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/eim_iconic.jpgAcclaimed actress Glenda Jackson stars as Maud whose struggles with dementia do not deter her from trying to solve two mysterious disappearances in ELIZABETH IS MISSING. The adaptation of Emma Healey’s acclaimed novel debuts on PBS MASTERPIECE. Photo: Mark Mainz, courtesy of STV Productions.2021-01-05T19:01:44+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2020/11/29/i-was-undone-by-hbos-the-undoing/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/nicole-kidman_0-1.jpgnicole-kidman_0 (1)Psychotherapist Grace Fraser (Nicole Kidman) walks the streets of Manhattan at all hours of the day and night to clear her head in THE UNDOING. Photo: Niko Tavernise for HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/donald-sutherland-noah-jupe.jpgdonald-sutherland-noah-jupeRetired financier Franklin Reinhardt (Donald Sutherland) will do whatever it takes to protect his grandson, Henry Fraser (Noah Jupe) in THE UNDOING. Photo: David Giesbrecht for HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/the-undoing_-hugh-grant-nicole-kidman-1.pngThe Undoing_ Hugh Grant Nicole Kidman (1)A marriage unravels with tragic consequences in THE UNDOING. From left: Hugh Grant, Noma Dumezweni and Nicole Kidman. Photo courtesy HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/the-undoing-key-art.jpgThe Undoing Key Art2021-08-10T09:44:10+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/07/16/robin-williams-come-inside-my-mind-debuts-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/mrs-doubtfire-poster.jpgMrs. Doubtfire posterhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dead-poets-society-poster.jpgDead Poets Society posterhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/mork_and_mindy_cast_36856l.jpgmork_and_mindy_cast_36856lMork (Robin Williams) , Mindy (Pam Dawber) and Jonathan Winters on the set of MORK & MINDY. Photo courtesy ABC-TV.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/robin06.jpegrobin06Valerie Valardi and Robin Williams on their wedding day in 1976. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/robin01-1.jpgROBIN WILLIAMSActor/comedian Robin Williams (1949-2014) takes center stage in HBO's ROBIN WILLIAMS: COME INSIDE MY MIND. Photo: Mark Sennet Life Pictures Collection. Courtesy HBO. 2020-12-04T02:57:36+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/09/24/jane-fonda-in-five-acts-takes-center-stage-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fonda04.jpgON GOLDEN POND, from left: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, 1981. ©Universal/courtesy EvON GOLDEN POND, from left: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda, 1981. Photo: Everett Collection ©Universal/HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fonda06-e1537767499288.jpgfonda06Ted Turner and Jane Fonda in Montana in 1994. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fonda09.jpgBAREFOOT IN THE PARK, from left: Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, 1967Jane Fonda and Robert Redford co-starred in the romantic comedy, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, in 1967. Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fonda01.jpegJane Fonda speaking at an anti war rally in San Francisco, 8/24/72Jane Fonda speaking at an anti-war rally in San Francisco in 1972. Photo: Everett Collection. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fonda03.jpgfonda03Jane Fonda posing for "The Jane Fonda Workout Book," circa 1981. Photo: Steve Schapiro. Courtesy HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/fonda07.jpgfonda07The Oscar winner's men, movies and political missteps are revisited in JANE FONDA IN FIVE ACTS. Photo courtesy HBO.2021-06-06T17:33:19+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/01/28/breslin-and-hamill-deadline-artists-headlines-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/breslinhamill04.jpgbreslinhamill04Journalist and NY and Hollywood A-lister, Pete Hamill enjoyed a close relationship with JFK and RFK. Photo courtesy Pete Hamill and HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/breslinhamill03.jpgbreslinhamill03Journalist Jimmy Breslin was known for his brash, take-no-prisoners approach to a story on and off the page. Photo: Paul Schwartzman. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/breslinhamill01.jpgbreslinhamill01Legendary NYC columnists, Pete Hamill and Jimmy Breslin, compare notes in their heyday. Photo: Pete Hamill courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bresinhamillposter.jpgbresin&hamillposter2020-12-01T17:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/02/09/fred-rogers-celebrated-in-wont-you-be-my-neighbor-on-hbo-and-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/505322fredfrancoispool10rc.jpg505322FredFrancoisPool10RCFred Rogers cools his feet on a hot summer day with Officer Clemmons (Francois Scarborough Clemmons on an episode of MR. ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD. Photo courtesy John Beale. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/5001005fredjefferlanger.jpg5001005FredJeffErlangerFred Rogers touched the hearts of generations of children. Photo: Jim Judkis.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/johnson_rogers_fld002-06_life_1992-06-10_neg_125053-3c33_08_speedy_delivery_r.jpgFred Rogers and David Newell in costume on porch set of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in WQED studioDavid Newell (Mr. McFeely) and Fred Rogers take a moment on MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD. Photo: Lynn Johnson.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/504951freddanieltiger.jpgWON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBORFred Rogers with his puppet pal, Daniel Striped Tiger, from his show MR. ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD. Photo courtesy The Fred Rogers Company.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/503003croppedupres.jpgWON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBORhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wybmn03.jpgwybmn03Fred Rogers (1928-2003) on the set of his PBS show, MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD. From the film, WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR. Photo: Jim Judkis, courtesy Focus Features.2020-12-01T17:54:55+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/03/18/tech-visionary-or-fraud-the-inventor-out-for-blood-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/inventor04.jpgInventor04Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, segued from profiling Scientology and Sinatra to visionary dreamer and potential jailbird Elizabeth Holmes in HBO'S THE INVENTOR. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/inventor03-1.jpgInventor03 (1)Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, was a master storyteller. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/inventor02.jpgInventor02Former self-made healthcare billionaire, media darling and Steve Jobs wannabe Elizabeth Holmes pitched a blood-testing device that she claimed would revolutionize the healthcare industry. She has been indicted for conspiracy to commit fraud. Photo: https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/inventor01.jpgInventor01Elizabeth Holmes and Yoda, happy together. Photo courtesy HBO.2020-12-01T17:44:40+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/04/22/gentleman-jack-proves-she-aint-no-gentleman-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/anne-lister-painting.jpgAnne Lister PaintingAnne Lister.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gentjack2.jpegGentJack2Anne (Suranne Jones) Lister's young French maid, Eugenie (Albane Courtois), has a time-sensitive secret in GENTLEMAN JACK on HBO. Photo: Matt Squire/HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gentjack1.jpegGentJack1Anne Lister (Suranne Jones) defiantly communicates her role as manager of her estate's tenant farmers and rich coal mines in the HBO/BBC miniseries, GENTLEMAN JACK. Photo: Matt Squire/HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gentjack4_.jpgGentJack4_Anne Lister (Suranne Jones) works her magic on shy heiress Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle) in GENTLEMAN JACK on HBO. Photo: Matt Squire.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gentjackposter_-e1555953445347.jpgGentJackposter_2020-12-01T17:39:15+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/05/07/foster-debuts-on-hbo-during-national-foster-care-month/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/foster07-1.jpgFoster07At 18, Mary has transitioned out of the L.A. County Foster Care system and into college and an apartment with her biological sister. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/foster09.jpgFoster09Until Raenne has worked through her substance abuse issues, she loses custody of her newborn to the child's father. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/foster03.jpgFoster03Onetime foster child, Jessica now advocates as a professional for foster children in Los Angeles County. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/foster06.jpgfoster06FOSTER zeroes in on the challenges and successes, big and small, faced by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/foster07.jpgFoster07https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/foster02.jpgFoster02With one in eight children facing abuse and neglect in the U.S., social service professionals and foster moms like Mrs. Earcylene Beavers (pictured here with eight-year-old Casi) are making a positive difference in the lives of foster kids in Los Angeles County. FOSTER, on HBO, tells their story. Photo courtesy HBO.2020-12-01T17:36:06+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/06/06/remembering-d-day-band-of-brothers-the-war-and-the-cold-blue/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/coldblue04.jpgcoldblue04Footage shot by William Wyler and his crew, during an actual bombing raid over Germany, circa 1943, now seen in THE COLD BLUE. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/coldblue07.jpgcoldblue07A member of director William Wyler's crew filming from the cockpit of a B-17 during an actual combat mission, circa 1943. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/band_of_brothers.jpgBand_of_Brothershttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/civil-war-montage.jpgCivil War MontagePhoto courtesy Florentine Films. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/civil-war-graphic.jpgcivil war graphicPhoto courtesy Florentine Films.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/coldblue03.jpgcoldblue03Eighth Air Force Bombers in formation enroute to Germany. Footage shot by William Wyler and his crew, circa 1943, now as seen in THE COLD BLUE. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/coldblue06.jpgcoldblue06Nine surviving Eighth Air Force veteran recall their experiences on the ground and in the cockpits of their B-17 bombers circa 1943 in THE COLD BLUE, Erik Nelson's frame-by-frame restoration of William Wyler's classic documentary THE MEMPHIS BELLE (1944). restored 2020-12-01T17:32:14+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/06/20/gloria-vanderbilt-documentary-to-be-rebroadcast-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/nothingleftunsaid03-1.jpgnothingleftunsaid03A public figure since childhood and muse of many legendary photographers, heiress and artist Gloria Vanderbilt (1924-2019) weathered high family drama and personal tragedies. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/nothingleftunsaid02.jpgnothingleftunsaid02Anderson Cooper and his mom, Gloria Vanderbilt, as they appear in NOTHING LEFT UNSAID. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/nothingleftunsaid03.jpgnothingleftunsaid03A public figure since childhood and muse of many legendary photographers, heiress and artist Gloria Vanderbilt (1924-2019) weathered high family drama and personal tragedies. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/nothingleftunsaid05.jpgnothingleftunsaid052020-12-01T17:27:35+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/09/11/in-the-shadow-of-the-towers-stuyvesant-high-on-9-11/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/whathappened07.jpgWhathappened079/11 Memorial Plaza. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/intheshadow02.jpgIntheShadow02Stuyvesant HS student Liz O'Callahan was interviewed in a 9/11 news clip. She is one of eight alumni featured in IN THE SHADOW OF THE TOWERS. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/intheshadow04.jpgIntheShadow04Students at Stuyvesant High School witnessed the attacks on the World Trade Center from their classroom windows. Photo: Gary He courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/intheshadow01.jpgIntheShadow01Stuvesant High School students watched the planes hit the Twin Towers on 9/11 from their classroom windows. Their memories of that day and the aftermath are powerful reminders of the collateral damage that haunts them to this day. Photo: Ethan Moses, Stuyvesant HS Class of '02, courtesy of HBO.2020-12-01T17:24:16+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/11/12/very-ralph-makes-its-stylish-debut-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/veryralph03.jpgVeryRalph03Ralph Lauren, formerly Ralph Lifshitz, as seen in Susan Lacy's VERY RALPH. Photo: Les Goldberg, courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/veryralph04.jpgVeryRalph04https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/veryralph01-e1573536341982.jpgcookhouse-dinningrm2_264.tifRalph Lauren in his fifties and one of his vintage cars. Photo: Les Goldberg. Courtesy HBOhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/veryralph02.jpgPL00764025.epsHBO's VERY RALPH explores the genesis of designer Ralph Lauren's brand and cultural impact. Photo: Les Goldberg, courtesy Ralph Lauren. 2020-12-01T17:18:38+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/10/24/buckle-up-for-saudi-womens-driving-school-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/saudi05.jpgsaudi05250 cars await students in the SAUDI WOMEN'S DRIVING SCHOOL, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/saudi01.jpgsaudi01Competitive race car driver Amjad Al-Amri, featured in SAUDI WOMEN'S DRIVING SCHOOL, has her sights set on winning a world championship. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/saudi02.jpgsaudi02Sarah Saleh earns her coveted driver's license at the SAUDI WOMEN'S DRIVING SCHOOL. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/saudi-womens-driving-school-key-art_v3.jpgSaudi Women's Driving School - Key Art_v32020-12-01T17:15:16+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2020/05/10/ruffalo-panjabi-and-odonnell-shine-in-hbo-literary-adaptation/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/iktmit_101.jpgIKTMIT_101Former married couple, Dessa Constantine (Kathryn Hahn) and Dominick Birdsey (Mark Ruffalo), reestablish ties in I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE. Photo: Atsushi Nishijima for HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mark-ruffalo-archie-panjabi.jpgmark-ruffalo-archie-panjabiDr. Patel (Archie Panjabi) attempts a last ditch effort to repair the Birdsey brothers' emotional scars in I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE. Photo: Atsushi Nishijima for HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mark-ruffalo_0.jpgmark-ruffalo_0Mark Ruffalo tackles the roles of twin brothers Thomas and Dominick Birdsey in I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE. Photo: Atsushi Nishijima for HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mark-ruffalo-rosie-o-donnell.jpgmark-ruffalo-rosie-o-donnellSocial worker Lisa Sheffer (Rosie O'Donnell) is determined to help Dominick Birdsey (Mark Ruffalo) save his brother from incarceration in I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE. Photo: Atsushi Nishijima/HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/iknowthismuchistrue_ka_po2.jpgIKnowThisMuchIsTrue_KA_PO[2]2020-12-01T17:11:31+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2020/11/03/freedom-summer-tackles-timely-voter-and-civil-rights/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ruth-bader-ginsburg-vote-poster.jpgRuth Bader Ginsburg Vote Posterhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fannie-lou-hamer-m00575-mh-e1604428398242.jpgFannie Lou Hamer M00575 MHFannie Lou Hamer rallied volunteers and the nation with pleas for justice and voter rights. Photo: George Ballis/Take Stock.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/m00320-newseum-1.jpgM00320-Newseum (1)Mississippi Summer Project volunteers and locals canvas for new voters. Photo: Ted Polumbaum/ Newseum.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/freedomsummer-poster-1.jpegFreedomSummer-Poster (1)2020-11-10T18:19:04+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2020/10/20/walter-winchell-the-power-of-gossip-makes-timely-debut-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ww0178-m_wwnexttonbcmicrophoneduringhauptmanntrial_newjersey_1935.jpgWW0178-M_WWNextToNBCMicrophoneDuringHauptmannTrial_NewJersey_1935Walter Winchell reported from the courthouse in Flemington, NJ, during the 1935 Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder "Trial of the Century." https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ww0720m-ww-fbc-microphone-c1930s.jpgWW0720M WW FBC microphone c1930sWinchell's distinctive voice and snappy repartee, aka "Winchellese," were highlights of his immensely popular radio show. Photo courtesy Granger.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/walterwinchell.jpgwalterwinchellhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ww0011-m_classicwwathisdesk_ny_1934-3.jpgWalter Winchell Talking on Telephone in His OfficeWalter Winchell snags a scoop for his New York Daily Mirror column. Photo: Getty Images.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ww0261-m-youngwwsitsinfrontoffbcmicrophone-3-1.jpgWALTER WINCHELL©PHOTO BY GLOBE PHOTOS, INC.WALTER WINCHELL (1897-1972). Photo ©Globe Photos, Inc.2020-10-26T13:24:38+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2020/08/19/the-time-is-still-right-for-a-time-for-burning/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/rev.-pontierbook.jpgRev. PontierBookhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/a-time-for-burning2.jpgA-Time-for-Burning2Systemic racism stymied Pastor Bill Youngdahl's mission to bridge the racial divide in Omaha, Nebraska, circa 1965.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/best-bjpromo.jpgbest BJpromoBILL JERSEYhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/a-time-for-burning-cover.jpgA Time for Burning coverhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/burning.jpgburningA TIME FOR BURNING explores Lutheran pastor Bill Youngdahl's failed attempt in 1965 to integrate his congregation in Omaha, Nebraska. Photo courtesy Bill Jersey.2020-08-24T19:46:47+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/06/05/if-youre-not-in-the-obit-eat-breakfast-debuts-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/obit081.jpgobit08They're 95 and still laughing. Carl Reiner and Betty White share the secrets of their long, fruitful lives in IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE OBIT. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/obit07.jpgobit0795-year-old comedy legend Carl Reiner examines healthy productivity in his peers as host and prime subject of IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE OBIT, EAT BREAKFAST debuting on HBO. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/obit08.jpgobit08They're 95 and still xxx. Carl Reiner and Betty White share the xxx of their long, fruitful lives in IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE OBIT. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/obit10.jpgobit10At 101, Ida Keeling works out an hour every day. In IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE OBIT, she and her daughter recall her transition at age 67 from a depressed mom mourning the murder of two of her sons to a healthy marathon runner. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/obit05.jpgobit05Dick Van Dyke and his wife, Arlene Silver, explore the reasons for their successful May-December marriage in IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE OBIT, EAT BREAKFAST. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/obit01.jpgobit01Three of these guys discuss the benefits of living well into their nineties in IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE OBIT, EAT BREAKFAST on HBO. From left: Carl Reiner, George Shapiro, Mel Brooks and Norman Lear. Photo courtesy HBO.2020-06-30T17:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2020/06/16/mae-west-dirty-blond-takes-center-stage-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/belle-of-the-nineties-poster_.jpgBelle of the Nineties poster_https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/john-huston-and-mae-west-in-myra-breckinridge_.jpgJohn Huston and Mae West in Myra Breckinridge_John Huston and Mae West in MYRA BRECKINRIDGE (1970).https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/mae-west-and-george-raft-in-night-after-night-1932_.jpgMae west and George Raft in Night After Night (1932)_Mae West and George Raft in NIGHT AFTER NIGHT (1932). Photo: John Springer Collection.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/mae-west-3.jpgMAE WEST I'M NO ANGEL (1933)BP9XED MAE WEST I'M NO ANGEL (1933)https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/rafaela-ottiano-and-mae-wset-in-she-done-him-wrong-1933.jpgRafaela Ottiano and Mae Wset in She Done Him Wrong (1933)Rafaela Ottiano and Mae West in SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933). Photo © Paramount Pictures.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/mae-west.jpgNo Angelcirca 1933: Mae West (1892 - 1980) as she appears in a highly successful Paramount film, 'I'm No Angel' with Cary Grant. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)2020-06-27T04:24:13+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2020/03/23/fauci-cuomo-and-feel-good-media-help-us-heal/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kermitrelaxes-with-a-cup-of-tea.jpegKermitRelaxes with a cup of teahttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/misterrogerstomhanks.jpgMisterRogersTomHankshttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/trump-faucibriefings.jpgTrump-FauciBriefingshttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/andrewcuomovirus.jpgAndrewCuomoVirusNew York State Governor ANDREW M. CUOMO2020-03-30T15:12:50+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2015/03/23/its-me-hilary-the-man-who-drew-eloise-debuts-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hilary-chats-with-girl0006.jpgHilary chats with girl0006Hilary Knight and a young fan. Photo: Paul Scheck.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/itsmehilary03.jpgitsmehilary03Hilary Knight and Kay Thompson in happier times. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/itsmehilary04.jpgitsmehilary04Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/itsmehilary05.jpgitsmehilary05Lena Dunham's tattoo honors her childhood heroine, Eloise, who gave "a slightly weird child a lot to relate to." Photo courtesy Lena Dunham/HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/its-me-hilary-doc-poster-1.jpgIt's Me Hilary doc poster-1https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/itsmehilary01.jpgitsmehilary01Photo: Hilary Knight, 1969. Used by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc./Courtesy of HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/itsmehilary06.jpgitsmehilary06Eloise in repose. Photo: Hilary Knight, 1969. Used by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc./Courtesy of HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/itsmehilary02.jpgitsmehilary022020-02-01T21:38:49+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2020/01/28/the-poison-squad-provides-food-for-thought-on-american-experience/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/period-cartoon.jpgPeriod cartoonhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/blumbook.jpgBlumBookhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/the-jungle.jpgThe Junglehttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/poison-squad_archival-still_00185_as_m_fda.jpgPOISON SQUAD_ARCHIVAL STILL_00185_AS_M_FDAIn 1902, Congress authorized funds for human trials of controversial food additives to determine their safety. Dr. Harvey Wiley (third from left in back row), then Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, tested the additives on 12 young men who became known as "the Poison Squad." 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Photo ©Michele Hall.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/nature_the-whale-detective_007-1.jpgNatural World_Humpback Whale - A Detective StoryA humpback whale breaches very close to whale watchers. PBS NATURE wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill revisits his near-death experience with a breaching Humpback whale while in a kayak in California's Monterey Bay. DETECTIVE on PBS. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/nature_the-whale-detective_010.jpgNatural World_Humpback Whale - A Detective StoryTom and Charlotte holding onto other kayaks after surviving the whale breaching onto them2020-01-15T00:09:16+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2020/01/01/animal-reunions-tug-heartstrings-on-nature-rebroadcast/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/next-of-kin.jpgNext of Kinhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/head-keeper-edwin-lusichi-and-lempaute-elephant.jpgHead Keeper Edwin Lusichi and Lempaute elephantHead Keeper Edwin Lusichi with once-traumatized orphan elephant, Lempaute, as the pals reunite after the elephant’s reintroduction into the wild at Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. Lusichi recalls his tender relationships with elephants under his care in NATURE: ANIMAL REUNIONS. Photo courtesy Tigress Productions.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/damian-aspinall-with-kwibi-hugging-aspinall.jpgDamian Aspinall with Kwibi hugging AspinallConservationist Damian Aspinall reunited with chum Kwibi after the gorilla, who was raised in Aspinall’s animal sanctuary in the UK, had been released for five years in a West African national park. Kwibi’s journey is documented in NATURE: ANIMAL REUNIONS. Photo courtesy Tigress Productions.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dr-jane-goodall-receives-spontaneous-embrace-from-wounda.jpgDr Jane Goodall receives spontaneous embrace from WoundaDr. Jane Goodall receives a spontaneous goodbye embrace from Wounda, once a traumatized orphaned chimp, now grown-up, healthy and about to be released back into the wild. From NATURE: ANIMAL REUNIONS. Photo courtesy of Tigress Productions.2020-01-08T06:03:04+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/12/20/the-ricardos-and-the-mertzes-together-again-for-christmas-cbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/lucyparis20.jpgLucyParis20Will Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel end up in the Bastille? Find out in the PARIS AT LAST! EPISODE of THE I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL on CBS. Photo: CBS ©2019 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reservedhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/lucybirth.jpgLucyBirthThe benchmark I LOVE LUCY birthing episode is now colorized and recalled in the I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL on CBS.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/i-love-lucy-christmas-special.jpgI Love Lucy Christmas SpecialWho's the guy with the beard? Lucy and Santa, together again, are featured in the annual I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL broadcast on CBS. Photo ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/paris3-2.jpgParis3 (2)In PARIS AT LAST!, the newly colorized, 1956 episode of the I LOVE LUCY SHOW, Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) proves there's nothing quite so unappetizing as a plate of snails and a pocket full of counterfeit cash to stifle her passion for Paris. Photo: CBS ©2019 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.2019-12-23T20:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/10/08/whos-your-daddy-finding-your-roots-returns-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/rosemarysbabyposter.jpgRosemarysBabyPosterhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/rosemarys-baby_.jpgRosemary's Baby_https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/fyrs6_anjelicahuston.jpgFYRS6_AnjelicaHustonFINDING YOUR ROOTS writer/producer/host Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has surprises in store for actress Angelica Huston when he reveals some painful truths about her ancestors. Photo courtesy McGee Media.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tarzan-osullivan.-jpg.jpgTarzan O'Sullivan. jpghttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/rossellini.jpgRosselliniHost Henry Louis Gates, Jr. with actress Isabella Rossellini while taping Finding Your Roots. Photo Credit: Courtesy of McGee Media/Ark Media For editorial use only in conjunction with the direct publicity or promotion of this program for a period of three years from the program's original broadcast date, unless otherwise noted. No other rights are granted. All rights reserved.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/notoriousbergman.jpgNotoriousBergman2019-10-11T19:42:35+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/09/15/16-hours-of-ken-burns-country-music-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/episode-1_s05392.jpgEpisode 1_S05392DeFord Bailey, harmonica virtuoso and one of the original headliners of the Grand Ole Opry. Photo courtesy Les Leverett Collection.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/episode-1_s02052.jpgEpisode 1_S02052Jimmie Rodgers, Kerrville, Texas, circa 1930. Photo courtesy Jimmie Rodgers Properties I.L.P.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/episode-1_s00080.jpgEpisode 1_S00080The original Carter Family, circa 1930. From left: A.P. Carter, Maybelle and Sara Carter. Photo courtesy Carter Family Museum, Rita Forrester.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/daytonjulieken.jpgDaytonJulieKenThe COUNTRY MUSIC creative team (from left): screenwriter Dayton Duncan, producer Julie Dunfey, and producer/director Ken Burns. Photo: Evan Barlow.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/countrymusic_ecard_new.jpgCountryMusic_Ecard_new2019-09-18T04:07:40+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2015/12/23/i-love-lucy-christmas-special-debuts-another-tasty-episode-on-cbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lucy_0001.jpgLUCY_0001Photo ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reservedhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/i-love-lucy-christmas-special.jpgI Love Lucy Christmas Specialhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lucyvita_dp030_2b.jpgLucyVita_DP030_2bLucy Ricardo, the eternal show biz wannabe, tackles an especially tasty TV commercial gig in the newly colorized classic episode: "Lucy Does a TV Commercial." Photo ©2015 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. 2019-09-16T22:50:42+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/09/17/the-write-stuff-screenwriter-geoffrey-c-ward-and-the-vietnam-war/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/s4437-copy.jpgUSA. New York. 1970. "Hard-Hats" demonstrate in favor of the Vietnam War."Hard-Hats" demonstrate in New York City, circa 1970, in favor of the Vietnam War. Photo courtesy Burt Glinn/Magnum Photos.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/s2773.jpgS2773U.S. Marines marching in Danang, Vietnam, March 15, 1965. Photo courtesy Associated Press.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/s6885.jpgS6885Released POW, Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm, is greeted by his family at Travis Air Force Base, March 17, 1973. Photo courtesy AP Photo/Sal Veder.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/s3575.jpgS3575Civilians huddle together after an attack by South Vietnamese forces, Dong Xoai, June 1965. Photo courtesy AP/Horst Fass.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/s5178.jpgS5178Soldier of the 25th Infantry Division, Vietnam, circa 1969. Photo courtesy Charles O. Haughey.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/s1430.jpgS1430Mary Ann Vecchio kneels over the body of fellow student Jeffrey Miller, who was killed by Ohio National Guard troops during an antiwar demonstration at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Photo courtesy John Filo/Getty Images.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/s5813.jpgGeneral William Westmoreland, President Lyndon B. Johnson at luncheon meeting. April 4, 1968.General William Westmoreland and President Lyndon B. Johnson, April 4, 1968. Photo courtesy Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, Audiovisual Archives.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/s3580.jpgS3580This 12-year-old girl was killed in the May Offensive (Mini-Tet) in Saigon, 1968. The Saigon fire department had the job of collecting the dead from the streets during the Tet offensive. They had just placed this young girl, killed by U.S. helicopter fire, in the back of their truck, where her distraught brother found her. When The New York Times published this photograph, it implied there was no proof that she was killed by American firepower. Photo courtesy Philip Jones Griffith/Magnum Photos.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/s3984.jpgS3984Horst Faas, Associated Press Chief of photo operations, with his Leica cameras around his neck, accompanied U.S. troops in War Zone C, Vietnam, circa 1967. Photo courtesy AP/Horst Faas.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dsc_0086.jpgDSC_0086Author/screenwriter Geoffrey C. Ward is the sole scriptwriter for the 18-hour PBS series,THE VIETNAM WAR. Photo: Diane Raines Ward. 2019-09-15T03:58:57+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/09/10/the-hatfields-and-mccoys-face-off-in-the-feud-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/hillbilly-hare.jpgHillBilly Hare"No part of the country has suffered more from crude stereotypes than Appalachia."--Mark Samels, Executive Producer of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE FEUD. Photo from HILLBILLY HARE, circa 1950, Warner Bros.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/maclowryrandall_headshot_ericlevin.jpgMacLowryRandall_headshot_EricLevinRandall MacLowry, director/writer/producer of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE FEUD. Photo: Eric Levin.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fd2069m_wvrhc-1.jpgFD2069M_WVRHC (1)William Anderson Hatfield, aka "Devil Anse," stands in the snow outside a cabin, circa 1890's. Photo courtesy of West Virginia and Regional History Center, WVU Libraries.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fd3061m_upike.jpgFD3061M_UPikeJohn CC Mayo (center) and his colleagues consolidate ownership of natural resources in the Tug Fork Valley in the late 1800's. Photo courtesy of University of Pikeville, Frank M. Allara Library Special Collections, Mayo Collection.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fd3809m_loc-1.jpgFD3809M_LoC (1)Hatfield Family Portrait, circa 1897. Patriarch William Anderson Hatfield, known as Devil Anse, seated next to his wife, Levisa "Levicy" Hatfield, surrounded by their family. Photo courtesy Library of Congress.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/fd2059m_wvrhc.jpgFD2059M_WVRHCHatfield family patriarch William Anderson Hatfield, aka "Devil Anse," sitting cross-legged with his rifle across his lap, enjoyed a photo op with members of his family and local workers, circa 1880-1890's. Photo courtesy of West Virginia and Regional History Center, WVU Libraries.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/f03_feud_vertical-2_signature-crop.jpgF03_FEUD_VERTICAL 2_Signature crop2019-09-10T15:05:34+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/08/06/i-love-lucy-lollapalooza-hits-theaters-on-lucys-birthday/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lucyethelfredrickyr.jpgI LOVE LUCY, William Frawley, Vivian Vance, Richard Kieth, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, 1951-1957The beloved I LOVE LUCY "family": William Frawley (Fred Mertz), Vivian Vance (Ethel Mertz), Richard Keith (Little Ricky Ricardo), Lucille Ball (Lucy Ricardo), and Desi Arnaz (Ricky Ricardo). https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/i-love-lucy-millionidea.038_rgb.jpgi-love-lucy-Millionidea.038_rgbPhoto: CBS Broadcasting, Inc.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/i-love-lucy-and-william-holden.jpgi-love-lucy-and William HoldenStarstruck Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) is no match for her movie star prey (William Holden) in L.A. AT LAST! Photo: CBS Broadcasting, Inc. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lucybaking.jpgLucyBakingToo much yeast? Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance) have their hands full of dough in the newly colorized 1952 I LOVE LUCY episode, PIONEER WOMEN. Photo ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lucyvita_dp030_2b.jpgLucyVita_DP030_2bIt's so tasty, too! Showbiz hopeful Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) tackles a 23% proof TV commercial gig in the now colorized classic episode, LUCY DOES A TV COMMERCIAL. Photo 2015 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lucychoc_dp28_1.jpgLucyChoc_DP28_1Too many chocolates, too little time. Lucy and Ethel aim to prove to their husbands that they can make a living in JOB SWITCHING. Photo CBS Broadcasting, Inc.2019-08-12T14:29:26+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2014/12/07/i-love-lucy-christmas-special-sweetens-the-pot/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lucycostumemakeup6.jpgLucyCostumeMakeup6Photo courtesy CBS.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lucycostumemakeup3.jpgLucyCostumeMakeup3Rare footage of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez's 1951 costume and makeup tests round out the 2014 I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. Photo courtey CBS. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lucy_0001.jpgLUCY_0001The more the merrier in the Ricardo household. Photo courtesy CBS.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lucychoc_dp28_1.jpgLucyChoc_DP28_1Too many chocolates, too little time. Lucy and Ethel tackle "Job Switching." Photo courtesy CBS.2019-08-05T00:59:26+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/04/09/gloria-vanderbilt-and-anderson-cooper-leave-nothing-left-unsaid-in-new-doc/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/andersoncooper.jpgandersoncooperAnderson Cooper. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/anderson-cooper-profile-large-169.jpganderson-cooper-profile-large-169https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nothingleftunsaid02.jpgnothingleftunsaid02Anderson Cooper and his mom, Gloria Vanderbilt. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nothingleftunsaid01.jpgnothingleftunsaid01Gloria Vanderbilt Cooper relaxing with her family in her NYC apartment, circa 1972. Photo: Jack Robinson/Vogue. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gloria-vanderbilt-as-a-child.jpgGloria Vanderbilt as a childYoung Gloria Vanderbilt.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nothingleftunsaid04.jpgnothingleftunsaid04Anderson and Carter Coooper, circa 1974. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nothingleftunsaid03.jpgnothingleftunsaid03 A public figure since childhood and muse of many legendary photographers, heiress and artist Gloria Vanderbilt has weathered high family drama and personal tragedies. Her resilience is explored with her son, Anderson Cooper, in NOTHING LEFT UNSAID. Photo courtesy HBO.2019-06-20T02:48:17+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2019/01/09/attenborough-and-the-sea-dragon-marvels-on-pbs-nature/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/attenboroughseadragon_002.jpgAttenborough and The Sea DragonSir David Attenborough and archaeologist Chris Moore preview the finished cleaned "sea dragon" fossil. Photo: Robin Cox.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/attenboroughseadragon_001.jpgAttenborough and The Sea DragonNaturalist Sir David Attenborough helped to reveal the 200- million-year-old bones of the sea dragon, a newly discovered Ichthyosaur. Photo: Robin Cox.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/attenboroughseadragon_009.jpgAttenborough and The Sea DragonIn NATURE; ATTENBOROUGH AND THE SEA DRAGON, Sir David joins colleagues as they document their discovery on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, UK, of a new species of Ichthyosaur. Their painstaking forensics enabled them to replicate this fearsome, air breathing fish lizard via this computer-generated image. Photo courtesy BBC. 2019-01-09T19:05:10+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/12/14/lucy-bakes-a-big-loaf-in-i-love-lucy-christmas-special/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/LucyEthelFredRickyr.jpgI LOVE LUCY, William Frawley, Vivian Vance, Richard Kieth, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, 1951-1957Beloved I LOVE LUCY cast, from left: William Frawley, Vivian Vance, Richard Keith, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/LucyBirth.jpgLucyBirthThe benchmark I LOVE LUCY birthing episode is now colorized and recalled in the I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL on CBS.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/LUCY_00012-1.jpgLUCY_00012Too many Santas, too little time. The quartet are featured in the I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL annually broadcast on CBS. Photo ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reservedhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/LUCY_00012.jpgLUCY_00012I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Friday, Dec. 14: (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) Featuring two back-to-back episodes of the classic series, the colorized "Christmas Episode" (first presented in black and white on Christmas Eve, 1956) is paired with the newly colorized "The Fashion Show." In this episode (first presented on Feb. 28, 1955), Lucy convinces Ricky to allow her to spend up to $100 on a dress at the fashionable Don Loper Salon in Beverly Hills. However, when an opportunity arises for Lucy to participate in a Loper fashion show featuring glamorous movie star wives, Lucy winds up spending five times that! Lucy hopes that if she gets a mild sunburn, Ricky will feel sorry for her and forgive her for spending so much, though, as always, she goes a bit too far! ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reservedhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/XmasLUCY_0001.jpgXmasLUCY_0001I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (Wednesday, Dec. 23th 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) -- Featuring two back-to-back classic episodes of the 1950s series, this year the "Christmas Episode" (first presented in December 1956), now colorized in its entirety, is paired with the newly colorized "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" (aka "Vitameatavegamin," first broadcast on April 5, 1952). Both were colorized with a nod to the decade in which the shows were filmed. The main titles and end credits of the two episodes are seamlessly combined into one set -- at the beginning and end of the hour -- with no interruption between the episodes (New) Photo: Screen Grab/CBS ©2015 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reservedhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/LucyBaking.jpgLucyBakingToo much yeast? Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance) have their hands full in the newly colorized 1952 "I Love Lucy" episode, PIONEER WOMEN. Photo ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.2019-10-10T16:11:54+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/09/22/remembering-perry-miller-adato-1920-2018/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/0072_pma.jpg0072_PMAAlice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein and their fellow expatriates are featured in Perry Miller Adato's GERTRUDE STEIN: WHEN THIS YOU SEE, REMEMBER ME (1970). https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/0489_pma-w-camera.jpg0489_PMA-w-CameraPERRY MILLER ADATO (1920-2018)https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/perry-miller-adato-on-set.jpgPerry Miller Adato on setPerry Miller Adato on set filming PARIS THE LUMINOUS YEARS. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/0600_plycover-e1366044523817.jpg0600_PLYCover-e1366044523817https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/georgia-okeeffe.jpgGeorgia OkeeffeDirector Perry Miller Adato was the first woman to receive the Director's Guild of America Award for directorial achievement in documentary in 1977 for her film, GEORGIA O'KEEFFE.2018-09-25T03:36:14+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2013/01/17/perry-miller-adato-remembers-paris-the-luminous-years/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/it-perrymilleradato-e1537547087346.jpgit-perrymilleradatoPerry Miller Adato (1920-2018)https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/perry-miller-adato.jpgPerry Miller AdatoPerry Miller Adato.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/james-joyce-and-syvia-beach.jpgJames Joyce and Syvia BeachLiterary giants Sylvia Beach and James Joyce ponder the fate of Joyce's controversial oeuvre in Beach's iconic Paris bookstore, Shakespeare and Company, circa 1922. From PARIS THE LUMINOUS YEARS (PBS/Princeton University Library).2018-09-21T16:14:17+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/06/18/questthedoc-on-pbs-champions-family-resilience/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/pjdrums.jpgPJDrumsMusical prodigy Patricia "PJ" Rainey and her dad, Christopher "Quest" Rainey, share a beat. Photo" Jonathan Olshefski.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/quest-filmstill2-qmapj-16x9.jpgQuest-FilmStill2-Q+Ma+PJ-16x9Patricia "PJ" Rainey (left) matures from preteen to young womanhood in QUEST. Here with her mother, Christine'a "Ma Quest" Rainey (center), and dad, Christopher "Quest" Rainey (right). Photo: Jonathan Olshefski.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/quest-filmstill3-stoop.jpgQUEST-FilmStill3-stoophttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/quest-filmstill-qma.jpegQuest-FilmStill-Q+Ma-Love and commitment to marriage and family bind Christopher "Quest" Rainey and Christine'a "Ma Quest" Rainey as they face challenges as a family in their North Philadelphia neighborhood via QUEST. Photo: Colleen Stepanian.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/questkeyartposter.jpgQuestkeyartposter2018-08-09T01:55:36+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2014/04/04/finding-vivian-maier-and-20-feet-from-stardom/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/new-york-city-vm1955.jpg1955, New York, NYNew York City, circa 1955. c Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20-feet-from-stardom-poster1.jpg20 Feet from Stardom Posterhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/chicago-kids-vm19.jpgUndated, Chicago, ILChicago street kids. c Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1950s-canada-vm195.jpg1950s, Canadahttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/finding-vivian-maier-1.jpgFinding Vivian Maier 1Vivian Maier. c Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection.2018-07-19T16:07:42+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/05/18/bombshell-the-hedy-lamarr-story-ignites-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/bombshell_03.jpgZIEGFELD GIRL, Hedy Lamarr, 1941Hedy Lamarr's beauty was never more evident than in ZIEGFELD GIRL, circa 1941.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hedy_spencer-tracy_i-take-this-woman_1940.jpgI TAKE THIS WOMAN, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, 1940Hedy Lamarr shared the screen with Spencer Tracey in I TAKE THIS WOMAN (1940).https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hedy_algiers_1938.jpgALGIERS, Joseph Calleia, Hedy Lamarr, 1938Hedy Lamarr broke into Hollywood films starring with Charles Boyer in ALGIERS, 1938.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/bombshell_03-2.jpgHedy Lamarr - Glamorous portrait of movie actress Hedy Lamarr wearing white fox fur short jacket.193Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) captivated movie-goers with her exotic beauty during the Thirties, Forties and Fifties. But she was most proud of her unheralded contributions to the war effort as an inventor. Photo ©Diltz/RDA/Everett Collection.2018-05-28T01:26:47+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/04/04/sex-lies-and-butterflies-soars-on-pbs-nature/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/butterflies_03.jpgNature: Sex, Lies and ButterfliesA beautiful Heliconia Butterfly photographed in Mindo Ecuador. Photo courtesy Ann Johnson Prum/ THIRTEEN Productions LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/butterflies_09-1.jpgNature: Sex, Lies and ButterfliesBirdwing Butterflies mating in Deerfield, Mass. This process can take hours or not. Photo courtesy Ann Johnson Prum/ ©THIRTEEN Productions LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/butterflies_02.jpgNature: Sex, Lies and ButterfliesThis butterfly in Tambopata, Peru, was ready for its close-up. One of the many "wow" moments captured in NATURE: SEX, LIES AND BUTTERFLIES on PBS. Photo courtesy Mark Carroll/ ©THIRTEEN Productions LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/butterflies_06.jpgNature: Sex, Lies and ButterfliesClose-up of a Postman butterfly gathering pollen in Deerfield, Mass., one of the many gorgeous close-up images featured in SEX, LIES AND BUTTERFLIES debuting on PBS NATURE. Photo courtesy Ann Johnson Prum/ ©THIRTEEN Productions LLC. 2018-04-04T21:18:23+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/03/19/playwright-arthur-miller-profiled-by-daughter-rebecca-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/all-my-sons-playbill.jpgAll My Sons playbillhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/the-misfits-on-set.jpgThe Misfits on setDirector John Huston, actress Marilyn Monroe and screenwriter Arthur Miller confer on the troubled set of THE MISFITS (1961). In ARTHUR MILLER: WRITER, the playwright vividly recalls the difficulties faced by cast and crew due to Monroe's crippling insecurities.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/arthur03.jpgarthur03Rebecca Miller's interviews her dad, Arthur Miller, filmed over several decades, are highlights of ARTHUR MILLER: WRITER. Photo Inge Morath The Inge Morath Foundation/Magnum Photos. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/arthur04.jpgarthur04Arthur Miller and third wife Inge Morath. Photo: Dennis Stock/Magnum Photos. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/death-of-a-salesman-playbill.jpgDeath of a Salesman playbillhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/arthur02.jpgarthur02Playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2006). Photo: Robert Miller/Arthur Miller Archive. Courtesy HBO.2018-03-19T22:34:34+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/02/19/celebrating-black-history-month-on-hbo-and-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/23607660414_d302826f11_o.jpg23607660414_d302826f11_oChicago teenager Robert Henderson’s determination to graduate from high school and college despite the roadblocks that threaten to derail him is a journey worth sharing in ALL THE DIFFERENCE. Photo courtesy Tod Lending.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/tellthemwear_1-6i_pubstills_07.jpgTELLTHEMWEAR_1-6i_PubStills_07A group of freed slaves with books, from TELL THEM WE ARE RISING: THE STORY OF BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. Photo courtesy Cook Collection/The Valentine.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/tellthemwear_1-6i_pubstills_15.jpgTELLTHEMWEAR_1-6i_PubStills_15 A Spelman College class, circa 1898. From TELL THEM WE ARE RISING: THE STORY OF BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. Photo courtesy Spelman College.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/tellthemwear_1-6i_pubstills_14.jpgTELLTHEMWEAR_1-6i_PubStills_14https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/trafficstop01.jpegtrafficstop01https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/trafficstop02.jpegtrafficstop02As documented in TRAFFIC STOP, school teacher Breaion King suffered horrifying treatment at the hands of a traffic cop in Austin, Texas. Photo: Tom Bergmann. Courtesy HBS.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/tellthemwear_1-6i_pubstills_08.jpgTELLTHEMWEAR_1-6i_PubStills_08Students at Atlanta University, circa 1900s. from Stanley Nelson's TELL THEM WE ARE RISING: THE STORY OF BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES debuting on PBS. Photo courtesy Atlanta University Center.2018-02-19T22:51:28+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/02/13/1920-bombing-of-wall-street-revisited-on-american-experience/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/bombingws0086m.jpgBombingWS0086MA blown out car and dead horse are collateral damage as the police hold back curious post-bombing crowds in lower Manhattan, on September 16, 1920. Photo courtesy Library of Congress.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/bombingws0763.jpgBombingWS0763The September 16, 1920 Wall Street "bomb wagon" as reconstructed from recovered fragments. The case was never solved. Photo courtesy Library of Congress.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/bombingws0117m-e1518553528945.jpgBombingWS0117MJ. Edgar Hoover. Photo courtesy Library of Congress.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/bombingws0705m.jpgBombingWS0705MAnarchists (reportedly in dark hats) gathered in Union Square, New York City, May 1, 1914. Note Baker and Taylor Company Booksellers in the background. Photo courtesy Library of Congress.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/bombingws0110m.jpgBombingWS0110M A huge crowd gathered immediately following the explosion of a horse-drawn cart packed with dynamite exploded in front of Morgan Bank on Wall Street, September 16, 1920. WS facing west, crowd gathered following the explosion on Wall St., car overturned in FG, 'Volunteer Hospital' ambulance behind it, firemen and policemen in center, smoke rising from ground in center, Sub-Treasury in BG, man in FG looks up at camera, huge crowd in BGhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/bombingws0099m.jpghalf-length portrait of A. Mitchell Palmer in suit and tie, looking at camerahalf-length portrait of A. Mitchell Palmer in suit and tie, looking at camera2021-09-22T16:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/01/23/a-time-for-burning-revisited-at-the-film-forum-in-nyc/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/burning.jpgScene from A Time for Burning. Photo courtesy Bill Jersey.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/scan0043.jpgScan0043https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/best-bill-jersey-photo-with-camea.jpgbest Bill Jersey photo with cameaBill Jersey.2018-01-23T05:43:16+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2018/01/19/lorraine-hansberry-sighted-eyes-feeling-heart-debuts-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/10_hansberryhandshakestudentstbygb_lh4550m.jpg10_HansberryHandshakeStudentsTBYGB_LH4550MLorraine Hansberry congratulates two winners of the United Negro College Fund's Creative Writing Award in May 1964. Photo courtesy of Cosmo Baklar/Lorraine Hansberry Properties Trust.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/09_hansberryatmicnightclub_ginbriggs_lh4567m-neg.jpg09_HansberryAtMicNightclub_GinBriggs_LH4567M-neghttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/11_hansberrysimoneatbikelwsncc_lh3067m.jpg11_HansberrySimoneAtBikelwSNCC_LH3067MLorraine Hansberry holds hands with singer Nina Simone and other activists at a pre-benefit gathering for the Student NonViolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in June 1963. Photo courtesy Lorraine Hansberry Properties Trust.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/800px-a_raisin_in_the_sun_1959.jpg800px-A_Raisin_in_the_Sun_1959A scene from the first Broadway production of A RAISIN IN THE SON. From left: Ruby Dee (Ruth Younger); Lena Younger (Claudia McNeil); Glynn Turman (Travis Younger); Sidney Poitier (Walter Younger); and John Fielder (Karl Lindner). All except Turman reprised their roles in the 1961 film version.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/raisin-in-the-sun-playbill-06-59.jpgRaisin-In-The-Sun-Playbill-06-59https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/lhansberry2856_lhtypewriter_copyrightdavidattie_300dpi.jpgLHansberry2856_LHtypewriter_copyrightDavidAttie_300DPILorraine Hansberry (1931-1965), at home in Greenwich Village with her ever present typewriter, April 1959. Photo courtesy David Attie.2018-01-23T17:45:33+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/03/06/the-music-of-strangers-yo-yo-ma-and-the-silk-road-ensemble-debuts-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/silkroad03.jpgA023_C001_09064MKayhan Kalhor, an Iranian kamancheh player and composer, shares the stage with fellow Silk Road performer Aynur Dog. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/silkroad05.jpgsilkroad05https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/silkroad01.jpgsilkroad01https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/silkroad02.jpgA023_C001_09064Mhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/silkroad06.jpgsilkroad06Cellist Yo-Yo Ma reminds us of the universal ties that bind us in THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE. Photo courtesy HBO.2018-01-08T00:45:16+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/12/03/carol-burnett-celebrates-a-golden-jubilee-on-cbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/100001cburnttcbs1-1.jpg100001CBurnttCBS1 (1)THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW featured the collaborative genius of (clockwise from left) Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence, Harvey Korman and Carol Burnett. Photo: 2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/burnett-and-gang56185_r5_f27.jpgBurnett and Gang56185_R5_F27Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway and Carol Burnett go for the laughs in a classic "Mama's Family" sketch on THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW. Photo: CBS Broadcasting, Inc.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781101904657.jpg9781101904657https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/burnett-at-cbs111180_0047b2.jpgBurnett at CBS111180_0047B2Relive the laughs as Carol Burnett celebrates her award-winning CBS comedy series with THE CAROL BURNETT 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, a two-hour star-studded event on CBS. Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. 2017-12-10T01:39:08+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2014/01/03/carol-burnett-awarded-the-kennedy-center-mark-twain-prize/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/carol-burnett-headshot.jpgCarol Burnett headshotCarol Burnetthttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/risko_carolburnett_8_13.jpgRisko_CarolBurnett_8_132017-12-01T17:10:33+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/10/30/edgar-allan-poe-buried-alive-debuts-on-american-masters/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/poe-stange-4-l-brandon-photo.jpgPoe - Stange 4 L Brandon photoEdgar Allan Poe (Denis O'Hare) takes pen to hand on AMERICAN MASTERS. Photo c Liane Brandon. Executive Producer/Writer/Director: Eric Stange Photo (c) Liane Brandonhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/poe-publicity-11_poe-ultima-thule-portrait.jpgPoe Publicity 11_Poe Ultima Thule Portrait"Ultima Thule" daguerreotype of Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1848.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/poe-stange-2-l-brandon-photo-key-art.jpgPoe - Stange 2 L Brandon photo KEY ARTAward-winning stage, film and TV actor Denis O'Hare's dramatic reenactment of the life and loves of literary icon Edgar Allan Poe enliven the American Masters documentary Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive on PBS. Photo courtesy Liane Brandon. Executive Producer/Writer/Director: Eric Stange2017-10-31T19:09:47+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/10/07/steven-spielbergs-close-encounter-of-the-first-kind-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/spielberg06.jpghttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/spielberg04.jpgSteven Spielberg and Tom Hanks on the set of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998). Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/spielberg03.jpgSteven Spielberg directing several actors playing concentration camp prisoners in SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993). Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/e-t-the-extra-terrestrial.jpgE-T-the-extra-terrestrialDrew Barrymore and her new best friend, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982).https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/spielberg01.jpgspielberg01The trajectory of prolific film director/producer Steven Spielberg's career takes center stage in SPIELBERG on HBO. Photo courtesy HBO.2017-10-07T19:52:37+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/09/08/american-masters-celebrates-bambi-artist-tyrus-wong/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/am_tyrus_kite_1.jpgAmercan MastersTyrus Wong holding one of his fanciful kites. Photo: Sara Jane Boyers.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/am_tyrus_self-portrait.jpgAmerican MastersTyrus Wong Self Portrait, circa late 1920s. Photo: Tyrus Wong.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/jc_tw_1.jpgJC_TW_1Tyrus Wong and John Canemaker. Photo courtesy John Canemaker.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/am_tyrus_bambi-visual-development_2.jpgAmerican MastersBAMBI (visual development) by Tyrus Wong, 1942. Watercolor on paper.. Photo: Tyrus Wong.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/am_tyrus_kite_2.jpgAmercan MastersTyrus Wong with his owl kites. Photo: Sara Jane Boyers.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/am_tyrus_bambi-visual-development.jpgAmerican MastersCredit: Tyrus Wong Tyrus Wong, Bambi (visual development), 1942. Watercolor on paper.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/am_tyrus_bambi-visual-development-150x150.jpgAM_TYRUS_Bambi-visual-development-150x150BAMBI (visual development) by Tyrus Wong, 1942. Watercolor on paper. Photo courtesy Tyrus Wong.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/am_tyrus_bambi-visual-development_3.jpgAmerican MastersBAMBI (visual development) by Tyrus Wong, 1942. Watercolor on paper. Photo courtesy Tyrus Wong.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/am_tyrus_wild-bunch.jpgAmerican MastersTyrus Wong's pre-production illustration for Warner Brothers' THE WILD BUNCH (1969). Opaque watercolor and ink on board. Photo courtesy Tyrus Wong.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/am_tyrus_pamela-tom_tyrus_kite-studio.jpgAmerican MastersFilmmaker Pamela Tom and Tyrus Wong in his studio. Photo: Ildiko Lazslo.2017-09-12T02:28:38+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/08/22/diana-her-story-premieres-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/di_ms0047_diving_board_diana_getty_542261058.jpgLady Diana on holiday in PortofinoLady Diana, Princess of Wales, sitting on the diving board of Mohammed Al Fayed's private yacht. Photo: Stephane Cardinale/Sygma via Getty Images.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dianalittle_tot_getty_3304367.jpgBaby DianaLady Diana Frances Spencer, later Princess of Wales, age 2, at Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk. Photo courtesy Keystone/Getty Images.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ms0018_diana_camilla_walking_ludlow_getty_2352014.jpgDiana & Camilla At Ludlow RacesLady Diana Spencer and Camilla Parker-Bowles at Ludlow Races where Prince Charles was competing in 1980. Photo courtesy Express Newspapers/Archive Photos.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ms0098bwportraitdianagetty72760875.jpgPrincess DianaDiana, Princess of Wales (1961 - 1997), on her own circa 1995. Photo: Gemma Levine/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.2017-09-07T13:01:26+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/08/02/american-experience-remembers-the-boys-of-36/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/boysm_corbis_42_81620846_19362.jpgBoysM_Corbis_42_81620846_1936(2)The University of Washington's varsity crew team at the Poughkeepsie Regatta Races in June 1936. Photo courtesy of Corbis.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/boysof36_27x40.jpgBOYSOF36_27x402017-08-01T20:14:08+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/08/01/pbs-rebroadcasts-the-boys-of-36-on-american-experience/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/boysof36_27x40.jpgBOYSOF36_27x402017-08-01T20:10:39+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/07/17/presenting-princess-shaw-makes-its-broadcast-debut-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/shaw4.jpgShaw4Happy Endings prevail as Samantha "Princess Shaw" Montgomery and Kutiman meet and collaborate in PRESENTING PRINCESS SHAW, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy Magnolia Pictures.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/presenting-princess-shaw_34148854012_o-e1500303769633.jpgpresenting-princess-shaw_34148854012_oIsraeli video artist/ composer/musician Ophir "Kutiman" Kutiel became Princess Shaw's unlikely benefactor. Photo: Ido Haar. Courtesy Atzmor Productions.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/presenting-princess-shaw_33496320853_o.jpgpresenting-princess-shaw_33496320853_oFilmmaker Ido Haar recalls singer/songwriter Samantha Montgomery's journey from anonymity to YouTube sensation in PRESENTING PRINCESS SHAW. Photo: Ido Haar. Courtesy Atzmor Productions.2017-07-18T05:01:42+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/06/19/transgender-teen-speaks-out-as-a-real-boy-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/real_boy-press-02.jpgreal_boy-press-02https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/real_boy-press-08.jpgreal_boy-press-08Transgender teen Bennett explores his transition in REAL BOY debuting on the PBS series, Independent Lens. Photo courtesy Shaleece Haas.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/real_boy-press-01.jpgreal_boy-press-01https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/real_boy-press-06.jpgreal_boy-press-062022-07-04T18:02:44+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/07/04/watch-and-remember-the-words-that-built-america/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/words06.jpgwords06Alexandra Pelosi, producer/director of THE WORDS THAT BUILT AMERICA. Photo: Janet Van Ham. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/signing-declaration-large1.jpgsigning declaration-large1Congress adopts The Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, PA, on July 4, 1776.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/usconstitution.jpgWe The PeopleThe United States Constitutionhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/declaration-of-independence308.jpgDeclaration of Independence308The Declaration of Independence2017-07-04T17:49:40+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2013/05/20/mel-brooks-makes-a-noise-on-american-masters-tonight/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mel_carl_reiner_20011.jpgMEL_CARL_REINER_2001https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mel_carl_reiner_2001.jpgMEL_CARL_REINER_2001https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/am-mel-brooks_keyart_cmichael-grecco.jpgAM-Mel-Brooks_keyart_cMichael-Grecco2017-06-05T19:41:50+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/10/25/norman-lear-just-another-version-of-you-debuts-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/normanlear-master1050.jpgnormanlear-master1050Norman Lear loves his family, his signature hat and his morning cup of coffee. Photo: Andrew Renneisen/The New York Times.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nl-sa-01376m.jpgAmerican Masters: Norman Lear - Just Another Version of YouNorman Lear also cherishes his own tight knit family. Photo courtesy Act III Productions.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/norman-lear-1.jpgnorman-lear-1Norman Lear always has hishttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nl-sa-00842m.jpgAmerican Masters: Norman Lear - Just Another Version of YouFrom left: Jean Stapleton, Carroll O'Connor, Norman Lear, Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers on the set of ALL IN THE FAMILY. Photo: CBS Photo Archive.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nl-sa-00001m.jpgAmerican Masters: Norman Lear - Just Another Version of YouNorman Lear, circa the 1920s. Photo courtesy Act III Productions.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nl_headshot2cccrop-1.jpgWriter/producer Norman Lear's ever-youthful spirit and groundbreaking sitcoms are the stuff of a true AMERICAN MASTER. Photo courtesy Norman Lear. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nl_headshot2cccrop.jpgNorman.tifNorman Lear. Photo:2017-06-05T19:35:36+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/05/20/de-niro-and-pfeiffer-debut-on-hbo-in-the-wizard-of-lies/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wizard-of-lies-book-images.jpgWizard of Lies book imageshttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wizardliestwol_cb_145.jpgWizardLiesTWOL_CB_145The con man and his sons, Andrew Madoff ( Nathan Darrow) and Mark Madoff (Alessandro Nivola) approach their fall in THE WIZARD OF LIES. Photo: Craig Blankenhorn. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wizardliestwol_cb_003.jpgWizardLiesTWOL_CB_003Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro as longtime husband Bernie Madoff and wife Ruth Madoff in THE WIZARD OF LIES. Photo: Craig Blankenhorn. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wizardlies1-twol_09142015_cb_037-e1495216863891.jpgWizardLies1 TWOL_09142015_CB_037Robert De Niro not only looks the part of Bernie Madoff in HBO's THE WIZARD OF LIES, but he also perfectly walks the walk of inexplicably bloodless family-man cum Ponzi-schemer. Photo: Craig Blankenhorn. Courtesy HBO.2017-05-24T15:46:19+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/04/22/oprah-owns-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-winfrey-leslie.jpegImmortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Winfrey LeslieDorothy Lacks (Oprah Winfrey) and her mother's friend Sadie (Leslie Uggams) share memories of the past. Photo: Quantrell Colbert. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rose-byrne-as-rebecca-skloot-credit-quantrell-colbert-hbo.jpgRose Byrne as Rebecca Skloot credit Quantrell Colbert-HBOhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/renc3a9e-elise-goldsberry-as-henrietta-lacks-2-credit-quantrell-colbert-hbo.jpgRenée Elise Goldsberry as Henrietta Lacks (2) credit Quantrell Colbert-HBORenée Elise Goldsberry stars as Henrietta Lacks in THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS. Photo: Quantrell Colbert. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rose-byrne-as-rebecca-skloot-oprah-winfrey-as-deborah-lacks-credit-quantrell-colbert-hbo.jpgRose Byrne as Rebecca Skloot Oprah Winfrey as Deborah LacksHBO Films' THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS centers on her daughter Deborah Lacks' search for her mother's truth. The best seller's adaptation stars Rose Byrne as the book's author and Oprah Winfrey as Deborah Lacks. Photo: Quantrell Colbert. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/oprah-winfrey-as-deborah-lacks-credit-quantrell-colbert-hbo.jpgOprah Winfrey as Deborah Lacks credit Quantrell Colbert-HBODorothy Lacks (Oprah Winfrey) struggled with emotional demons stemming from the loss of her mother at an early age. From THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS. Photo: Quantrell Colbert. Courtesy HBO.2017-05-07T18:09:08+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/11/21/marathon-powerfully-revisits-the-patriots-day-bombing-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/marathon04.jpg130612walterreed0425.JPGJP Norden, a Boston Marathon bombing survivor, visits his doctors and amputees who served in the U.S. military at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He and his brother, Paul, were both badly injured but survived the Boston Marathon bombing. Photo: Yoon S. Byun/The Boston Globe. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/marathon05.jpg18-year-old Sydney Corcoran, a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing, gets ready for her Lowell (Mass.) Senior Prom. Her mom, Celeste , who lost both her legs in the bombing, changes the bandages on her daughter's injured foot. Photo: John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe. Courtesy of HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/marathon03.jpgLove truly conquers all. The extraordinary resilience of newlyweds Patrick Downes and Jessica Kensky is chronicled in MARATHON: THE PATRIOTS DAY BOMBING. Photo: Allana Taranto. Courtesy of HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/marathon02.jpgPhoto: ©Tom Green/ ZUMAPRESS.com. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/marathon081.jpgTwo-year-old Wesley Brillant of Natick, Massachusetts kneels in front of a memorial to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings near the scene of the blasts on Boylston Street in BostonTwo-year-old Wesley Brillant of Natick, Massachusetts kneels in front of a memorial to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings near the scene of the blasts on Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts, April 21, 2013. Investigators were seeking a motive for the Boston Marathon bombings and whether others were involved as they awaited a chance on Sunday to interview the surviving ethnic Chechen suspect. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST) - RTXYUT8https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/marathon08.jpgTwo-year-old Wesley Brillant of Natick, Mass.Two-year-old Wesley Brillant of Natick, Massachusetts kneels in front of a memorial to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings near the scene of the blasts on Boylston Street in Boston, Mass., April 21, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Jim Bourg. Courtesy HBO. 2017-04-15T18:34:01+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/04/12/endangered-wildlife-makes-a-comeback-in-viva-puerto-rico/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/6-a-baby-manatee-recovering-in-its-rehabilitation-pool.jpg_6 - A baby manatee recovering in its rehabilitation poolWho can resist the face of this baby Puerto Rican manatee recovering in its rehabilitation pool? Photo courtesy George Woodcock/©BBC/ Windfall Films.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2-carlos-diez-catches-a-critically-endangered-hawksbill-turtle-to-gather-data-for-its-conservation.jpg_2 - Carlos Diez catches a critically endangered Hawksbill Turtle to gather data for its conservationCarlos Diez catches a critically endangered Hawksbill turtle to gather data for its conservation in NATURE: VIVA PUERTO RICO. Photo courtesy George Woodcock/©BBC/ Windfall Films.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/tony-mignucci-and-the-vet-inspect-a-manateephotographer-george-woodcock-copyright-bbc-windfall-filmsjpg.jpegTony Mignucci and the vet inspect a manateePhotographer George Woodcock Copyright BBC Windfall FilmsjpgDr. Antonio "Tony" Mignucci and a veterinarian inspect a rescued manatee in NATURE: VIVA PUERTO RICO on PBS. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1-jafet-velez-inspects-the-health-of-a-rare-puerto-rican-parrot.jpg_1-Jafet Velez inspects the health of a rare Puerto Rican ParrotJafet Velez-Valentin has devoted his entire career to saving the dwindling population of Puerto Rican parrots. His work is featured in NATURE: VIVA PUERTO RICO. Photo courtesy George Woodcock/©BBC/ Windfall Films. 2017-04-12T22:12:35+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/04/03/school-shooting-in-newtown-recalled-on-independent-lens/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/newtown-press-01.jpgnewtown-press-01Nicole Hockley, mother of Sandy Hook victim Dylan Hockley, with first responder Sgt. William Cario. Photo courtesy of Derek Weisehahn.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/newtownap.jpgNewtownAPConnecticut State Police lead a line of children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, after the shooting at the school. Photo: c Newtown Bee/APhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/newtown-press-02.jpgnewtown-press-02Daniel Barden used to love racing his school bus. When he was 7, he was killed at Sandy Hook. His dad, Mark Barden, is featured in NEWTOWN, airing on INDEPENDENT LENS. Photo courtesy Mark Barden.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/newtown-press-03.jpgnewtown-press-03Twenty-six funerals, most of them for children, consumed the Newtown, CT, community following the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 12, 2012. Photo courtesy Jennifer Cox. 2017-04-05T19:19:37+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/03/29/yosemite-and-climate-change-converge-on-pbs-nature/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/yosemite10491.jpgYosemite1049Yosemite National Park, California, as shown in NATURE: YOSEMITE on PBS. After suffering through years of drought, the region experienced a blanket of snow. Photo courtesy Joseph Pontecorvo/©THIRTEEN Productions LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/giant-sequoia1005-1.jpgGiant Sequoia1005 (1)Researchers Wendy Baxter and Anthony Ambrose (center and lower right) measure a giant sequoia to gage the impact of climate change in NATURE: YOSEMITE. Photo courtesy Nimmida Pontecorvo/THIRTEEN Productions LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/yosemite1140.jpgA006_C022_0805Q9Pikas are poor thermal regulators and are highly sensitive to temperature changes. They are considered the "canary" of climate change. Photo courtesy Joseph Pontecorvo/THIRTEEN Productions LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/yosemitedsc07633.jpgNature: YosemiteThe Giant Forest in Winter. Sequoia National Park, California, is home to the largest trees on Earth. They depend upon water from the Sierra's snowpack in order to survive. Photo courtesy Nimmida Pontecorvo/THIRTEEN Productions LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/yosemite1007.jpgYosemite1007El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California. Photo courtesy Joseph Pontecorvo/THIRTEEN Productions LLC.2017-03-29T21:41:38+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/03/21/dorothea-lange-grab-a-hunk-of-lightening-rebroadcast-on-pbs/2017-03-24T21:42:51+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2014/08/29/dorothea-lange-grab-a-hunk-of-lightning-debuts-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/82_83_6_149_reduced.jpg82_83_6_149_reducedJapanese-Americans were tagged en route to internment camps in 1942. Photo: Dorothea Lange © 1942.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/a6713733001reduced.jpgA6713733001reducedhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/langes-granddaughter.jpgThe Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of CaliforniaDorothea Lange's granddaughter, Dyanna, grew up to become an award-winning cinematographer and the chronicler of her grandmother's life story. Photo: Dorothea Lange © 1961.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dl-dying-camera-31.jpgDL dying camera (3)Dorothea Lange in her San Francisco Bay area home studio in 1964. Photo courtesy Rondal Partridge Archives.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dorothea-lange-by-rondal-partridge.jpgDorothea Lange by Rondal PartridgeDorothea Lange in 1937. Photo courtesy Rondal Partridge Archives.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/migrant-mother.jpgMigrant MotherDorothea Lange's haunting portrait of a Depression-era "Migrant Mother," is just one of many Lange photographs that powerfully capture the desperation of poverty in America. Photo: Dorothea Lange ©1936.2021-05-22T21:14:09+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/02/21/maya-angelou-and-still-i-rise-debuts-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/maya-shoot-2014.jpgmaya-shoot-2014Dr. Maya Angelou with the film crew at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C., January 2014. From left, standing: co-directors and producers Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack with D.P. Keith Walker. Photo: The People's Media Group, LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ma-with-caged-bird-book-corbis.jpgMAYA ANGELOUMaya Angelou, circa 1971, was hired to write the script and music, as well as direct the film version of her best-selling 1969 autobiography, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS. Photo: © WF/AP/Corbishttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/maya-at-fence-headscarf-wayne-miller-magnum.jpgmaya-at-fence-headscarf-wayne-miller-magnumDr. Maya Angelou at home in Sonoma, Calif., in the late 1970s/early '80s. Photo: Magnum.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ma-studio-portrait-oprah-master-class-rainbow.jpgma-studio-portrait-oprah-master-class-rainbowDr. Maya Angelou on the set of OPRAH'S MASTER CLASS, circa January 2011. Photo courtesy OWN.2017-02-22T16:51:24+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/02/14/tower-debuts-on-pbs-and-revisits-austin-massacre/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tower-press-05.jpgtower-press-05https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tower-press-02.jpgtower-press-02Local news director Neal Speice reported on the shooting as the action unfolded. His radio reports gripped the nation. Photo courtesy TOWER Documentary LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tower-press-04.jpgtower-press-04Paperboy Aleck Hernandez was shot off his bike while delivering newspapers on August 1, 1966. Photo courtesy TOWER Documentary LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tower-press-01.jpgtower-press-01A stranger named Rita dodged a barrage of bullets to lay beside wounded, pregnant Claire on the pavement during the entire ordeal. Photo courtesyTOWER Documentary LLC. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tower-press-07.jpgtower-press-07Eighteen-year-old college freshman Claire Wilson was eight months pregnant when she was shot by a sniper on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin on August 1, 1966. Her ordeal and that of other victims and heroes are documented in TOWER. Photo courtesy TOWER Documentary LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tower-press-06.jpgtower-press-06Claire Wilson and Tom Eckman were the first two victims of a sniper perched on the University of Texas tower in 1966. Photo courtesy TOWER Documentary LLC.2017-02-21T21:30:02+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/02/10/john-lewis-inspires-us-to-get-in-the-way/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lewis-civil-rights-memorial.jpglewis-civil-rights-memorialJohn Lewis at the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. Photo courtesy Early Light Productions.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lewis-arrested-1961-the-tennessean.jpglewis-arrested-1961-the-tennesseanTwo Nashville Police officers carry the group’s leader, John Lewis, to a waiting police paddy wagon after he failed to obey police orders to move away from the Herschel’s Tic Toc restaurant Dec. 2, 1962.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/johnlewis-1961-the-tennessean.jpgjohnlewis-1961-the-tennesseanMetro policemen grabbed John Lewis, one of the leaders of the Civil Rights demonstrators, at Morrison's Cafeteria in Nashville on April 29, 1964. Lewis was the first of many to be arrested by the police. Photo courtesy The Tennessean.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/johnlewis-about-to-vote-5-800x438.jpgjohnlewis-about-to-vote-5-800x438Civil Rights activist and Congressional leader John Lewis at his polling station in Atlanta, GA. Photo courtesy Early Light Productions.2017-02-11T02:57:23+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/01/23/the-witness-takes-the-stand-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/the_witness-press-01.jpgthe_witness-press-01THE WITNESS explores Kitty Genovese's life story, as well as the collateral damage of her brutal murder. Photo courtesy of June Murley and The Witnesses Film, LLC. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/the_witness-press-04.jpgthe_witness-press-04The Genovese family, circa early 1950s, from left: Kitty, Bill, Frank, Rachel, Vincent, Susan and Vinnie. Photo courtesy of The Witnesses Film, LLC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/the-witness_fr_11-copy-398x450.jpgThe-Witness_FR_11-Copy-398x450Kitty Genovese was brutally attacked and murdered on a street in Kew Gardens, Queens, on March 13, 1964. She became the poster child for "urban apathy." Did 38 neighbors witness the murder being played out on the street below and do nothing as reported? THE WITNESS attempts to set the record straight. Photo courtesy The Witnesses Film, LLC.2017-01-25T04:11:59+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/01/07/hbo-debuts-bright-lights-starring-carrie-fisher-and-debbie-reynolds/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/brightlights05.jpgbrightlights05Mom and super star Debbie Reynolds never let her children go (Todd and Carrie Fisher). Photo: Fisher Family Archives. Courtesy of HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/brightlights03.jpgbrightlights03Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds and Todd Fisher in one of many lovely family photos featured in BRIGHT LIGHTS. Photo: Fisher Family Archives. Courtesy of HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/brightlights01.jpgbrightlights01Carrie Fisher and her mom, Debbie Reynolds, share the stage. As seen in BRIGHT LIGHTS. Photo: Fisher Family Archives. Courtesy HBO. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/brightlights02.jpgbrightlights02First love. Mother and daughter bond at the dawn of their life together. From BRIGHT LIGHTS : STARRING CARRIE FISHER AND DEBBIE REYNOLDS. debuting on HBO tonight, Saturday, January 7, 2017 (8:00 - 10:00 p.m. ET/PT).Photo: Fisher Family Archives. Courtesy HBO. 2017-01-08T21:33:39+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2017/01/03/by-sidney-lumet-launches-new-season-of-american-masters/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bysidneylumet_photo6-fugativekind-brando-11.jpgTHE FUGITIVE KIND, l-r: director Sidney Lumet, Marlon Brando on set, 1959.Sidney Lumet (left) and Marlon Brando on the set of THE FUGITIVE KIND circa 1959. Photo: courtesy Everett Collection. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bysidneylumet_photo10-verdict-rampling-newman.jpgVERDICT, Charlotte Rampling, Paul Newman, Sidney Lumet, 1982, directing the actorsSidney Lumet directing Charlotte Rampling and Paul Newman in THE VERDICT in 1982. Photo courtesy of the Everett Collection.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bysidneylumet_photo9-dogdayafternoon-pacino.jpgDOG DAY AFTERNOON, Sidney Lumet, Al Pacino, 1975Sidney Lumet (front) and Al Pacino (far right) filming DOG DAY AFTERNOON in 1975. Photo courtesy Everett Collection.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bysidneylumet_photo6-fugativekind-brando-1.jpgTHE FUGITIVE KIND, l-r: director Sidney Lumet, Marlon Brando on set, 1959.THE FUGITIVE KIND, l-r: director Sidney Lumet, Marlon Brando on set, 1959.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bysidneylumet_photo2.jpgbysidneylumet_photo2In BY SIDNEY LUMET, director Sidney Lumet (192 -2011) grapples with the over riding with the moral core of his films. Photo courtesy Augusta Films.2017-01-04T03:32:54+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/12/02/lucy-mangles-her-movie-debut-in-i-love-lucy-christmas-special/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/i-love-lucy-christmas-special.jpgi-love-lucy-christmas-specialWho's that lurking over Lucy Ricardo's shoulder? Watch the I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL on CBS and find out! Photo courtesy CBS Broadcasting, Inc.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/xmaslucy_0001.jpgxmaslucy_0001There's a faux Santa around every corner in the classic, now colorized 1956 I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS EPISODE. Photo: 2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/lucy_116_tiffs_group02-047.jpgLUCY_116_tiffs_group02.047.tiffLucy Ricardo faces a heady costume malfunction in the newly colorized episode LUCY GETS IN PICTURES. Photo: CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.2016-12-02T18:59:28+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/11/08/vote-for-all-that-is-good-true-and-decent/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/jfk.jpgJFK sloganhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/denial_2016_film.jpgdenial_2016_filmhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ct-skr-elie-wiesel-commemoration-tl-0714-20160-001.jpgct-skr-elie-wiesel-commemoration-tl-0714-20160-001ELIE WIESEL (1928-2016). Photo: Bela Szandelszky/AP.2016-11-08T23:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/11/02/nature-spotlights-the-story-of-cats-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc01343.jpgdsc01343Animal Behaviorist Kevin Richardson bonds with a pride of lions in in the Kevin Richardson Sanctuary, South Africa. THE STORY OF CATS. Photo: Anwar Mamon/Plimsoll Productions.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc00852.jpgdsc00852A baby Cheetah in the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre, Namibia. Photo: Anwar Mamon/Plimsoll Productions.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cats_poster_web.jpgCAT_HUL_Prog_70wx210.inddhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc00756.jpgdsc00756https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/pump6532.jpgpump6532A Rusty Spotted cat doing what comes naturally, as seen in NATURE: THE STORY OF CATS on PBS. Photo: Ruth Campbell/©Plimsoll Productions.2016-11-07T17:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/10/22/weiner-the-man-the-myth-the-documentary-makes-its-showtime-debut/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/weiner02-r.jpgWEINERAnthony Weiner runs on empty by election day. From the documentary WEINER. Photo courtesy of SHOWTIME.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/weiner03-r.jpgWEINERAnthony Weiner took to the streets of NYC to rebuild his political career. From the documentary WEINER. Photo courtesy of SHOWTIME.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/weiner_ka_01-r1.jpgweiner_ka_01-rKey art for the Showtime documentary WEINER. - Photo: Courtesy of SHOWTIME - Photo ID: WEINER_KA_01.Rhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/weiner_ka_01-r.jpgweiner_ka_01-rPhoto courtesy of Showtime. 2016-10-25T22:43:55+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/10/17/sexual-assault-and-dissent-timely-subjects-of-hooligan-sparrow-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/childhood-1.jpgchildhood-1Photo by Nanfu Wanghttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hooligan-sparrow_25405257343_o.jpghooligan-sparrow_25405257343_oChinese human rights lawyer, Wang Yu, handed out UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to passersby at a rally in May 2013 to protest the rape of school girls by their principal and a government official. She brings clarity to the case in HOOLIGAN SPARROW on PBS; but, as a result of her fearless advocacy of the girls and their parents, she was charged with subversion and jailed. Photo courtesy Nanfu Wang.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hooligan-sparrow_27700914562_o.jpghooligan-sparrow_27700914562_oIn May 2013, women's rights activisit Ye Haiyan held up a sign at a protest against an elementary school principal and a government official accused of raping six female students, ages 11 to 14, in Wanning City, Hainan Province, China. The backstory is documented in HOOLIGAN SPARROW on PBS. Photo courtesy POV Digital. 2016-10-18T05:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/09/12/find-out-who-makes-all-the-difference-on-pov/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/24236662965_2cf3580a36_o.jpg24236662965_2cf3580a36_oAward-winning producer, director, cinematographer Tod Lending documents the personal and academic struggles faced by two African-American teens in ALL THE DIFFERENCE. Photo courtesy Wonjung Bae.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/all-the-difference_27522906180_o.jpgall-the-difference_27522906180_oKrishaun Branch returned to his Chicago high school, Urban Prep, to encourage students by his example. Photo courtesy Tod Lending.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/all-the-difference_24153351661_o.jpgall-the-difference_24153351661_oKrishaun Branch celebrates on his Urban Prep High School graduation day. Photo courtesy Tod Lending.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/23607660414_d302826f11_o.jpg23607660414_d302826f11_oChicago teenager Robert Henderson's resolve to graduate high school and college despite the many roadblocks that threaten to derail him is a journey worth sharing in ALL THE DIFFERENCE. Photo courtesy Tod Lending. 2016-09-12T17:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/07/18/open-your-eyes-and-skip-the-trump-dog-and-pony-show/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/trump-mortgage-company.jpgtrump-mortgage-companyhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/openyoureyes02.jpgopenyoureyes02After sight-restoring cataract surgery, Manisara is able to see her grandchild, Gauri, for the first time. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/openyoureyes01.jpgopenyoureyes01Nepali farmer Manisara, and her husband of 50 years, have their eyesight restored via free cataract surgery documented in OPEN YOUR EYES. Photo courtesy HBO.2016-08-05T03:25:07+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/05/27/the-highwaymen-were-friends-till-the-end/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/05_c000296_00789_35_neg_n_bw_orig_v001.jpg05_C000296_00789_35_NEG_N_BW_ORIG_V001Johnny Cash (19xx-2003) died less than two years after his close pal, Waylon Jennings (19xx-2002) passed away. Photo JT Phillips, courtesy Sony Music Archives.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/07_c5393_00004_35_trn_p_col_orig_v001.jpg07_C5393_00004_35_TRN_P_COL_ORIG_V001Johnny Cash (19xxx-2003) died less than two years after his good pal Waylon Jennings (19xx-2002) passed away. Photo: Don Hunstein, courtesy Sony Music Archives.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/03_-kristofferson_kris-10269-c1-15-ss_.jpg03_-Kristofferson_Kris.10269.C1.15.SS_Kris Kristofferson recalls his first meeting and subsequent friendship with Johnny Cash in THE HIGHWAYMEN: FRIENDS TILL THE END. Photo: Sandy Speiser, courtesy Sony Music Archives.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/highwaymen-group-shot-2722_resized-2.jpgHighwaymen-Group-Shot-2722_resized-2AMERICAN MASTERS looks back at the pioneering outlaw country music group, The Highwaymen, featuring (from left): Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. Photo: Jim McGuire, courtesy Sony Music Entertainment.2016-05-27T20:08:27+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/05/18/jungle-animal-hospital-saves-lives-and-nabs-criminals/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/02_img_0202_scarletmacaw.jpg02_IMG_0202_scarletmacawAdult scarlet macaw. Photo: Alejandro Morales.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/alejandro-morales-and-anna-bryant-w-baby-parrot.jpgNATURE - Jungle Animal HospitalDr. Alejandro Morales and zoologist Anna Bryant examine a rescued baby parrot. Photo ©BBC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/alejandro-morales-baby-northern-potoo-bird.jpgNATURE - Jungle Animal HospitalVeterinarian Alejandro Morales wakes up his patient, a baby northern potoo bird, after surgery. Photo ©BBC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/03_img_2562_annaplace_baby-parrots.jpg03_IMG_2562_AnnaPlace_baby-parrotsMore than 100 baby parrots a month arrive at ARCAS during breeding season, the prime time for pet traffickers to snatch and smuggle them out of Guatemala. Photo: Anna Place/BBC.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/01_img_2730_annaplace.jpg01_IMG_2730_AnnaPlaceThe future looks bright for this adorable baby spider monkey. A near casualty in the Guatemalan illegal pet trade, this orphan was rescued by the ARCAS animal hospital staff. Her plight is documented in NATURE: JUNGLE ANIMAL HOSPITAL on PBS. Photo: Anna Place/BBC. 2016-05-20T00:33:06+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/03/30/nature-series-documents-powerful-caregiver-animal-reunions/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/head-keeper-edwin-lusichi-and-lempaute-elephant.jpgHead Keeper Edwin Lusichi and Lempaute elephantHead Keeper Edwin Lusichi with once traumatized orphan elephant, Lempaute, as they reunite during the elephant's reintroduction to the wild at Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. From NATURE; ANIMAL REUNIONS. Photo courtesy Tigress Productions. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/damian-aspinall-with-kwibi-hugging-aspinall.jpgDamian Aspinall with Kwibi hugging AspinallConservationist Damian Aspinall reunited with chum Kwibi after the gorilla, who was raised in Aspinall's animal sanctuary in the UK, had been released for five years in a West African national park. Kwibi's journey is documented in NATURE: ANIMAL REUNIONS. Photo courtesy Tigress Productions.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dr-jane-goodall-receives-spontaneous-embrace-from-wounda.jpgDr Jane Goodall receives spontaneous embrace from WoundaDr Jane Goodall receives spontaneous goodby embrace from Wounda, formerly a baby orphaned chimp, now grown, healthy and released back into the wild. Photo courtesy of Tigress Productions.2016-05-18T15:15:28+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/03/21/nora-ephron-scripted-and-unscripted-in-everything-is-copy/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/everythingiscopy02.jpgeverythingiscopy02College days at Wellesley. Photo: Wellesley College. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/everythingiscopy04.jpgeverythingiscopy04Nora Ephron, film director. Photo courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/everythingiscopy01.jpgeverythingiscopy01On the cusp of greatness, young and feisty journalist Nora Ephron in the 1960s. Photo: Dan Greenburg. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/everythingiscopy05.jpgeverythingiscopy052016-04-05T17:46:59+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/02/29/mavis-takes-us-there-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/mavis03.jpgmavis03Mavis Staples sings solor in the mid-1970s. Photo: Marc PoKempner. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/mavis02.jpgmavis02The Staples Singers, from left: Pops Staples, Yvonne, Pervis and Mavis, perfom during the 1960's. Photo: Joe Alper Photo Collection LLC. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/mavis01.jpgmavis01Be prepared to get caught up in Mavis Staples' glorious spirit in MAVIS! Photo: Miikka Skaffari/Film First. Courtesy HBO. 2016-03-21T16:26:35+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/02/22/becoming-mike-nichols-on-hbo-recalls-his-early-triumphs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/toc-cover.jpgtoc-coverPhoto courtesy Playbill.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/becomingmikenichols01.jpeg"The Graduate" Dustin Hoffman, director Mike Nichols1967 United ArtistsDustin Hoffman floats, while Mike Nichols directs THE GRADUATE, circa 1967. Photo courtesy United Artists.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/nichols_and_may_-_1961.jpgElaine May and Mike Nichols circa 1961.An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May opened on Broadway in October 1960.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/mikenichols2.jpgmikenichols2Mike Nichols (1931-2015).2016-02-23T00:22:48+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/01/29/mike-nichols-launches-american-masters-30th-anniversary-season/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cw_mike-in-desert_everett-nichols-on-cww-set.jpgCHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, director Mike Nichols, on set, 2007. ©Universal/courtesy Everett CollectionDirector Mike Nichols on the set of CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, 2007. Photo: ©Universal/courtesy Everett Collection.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mike-about-seven-at-carps001.jpgAmerican Masters: Mike NicholsMike Nichols and his mother. Photo courtesy of the Nichols family.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/elaine-seduces-1_148080150_10.jpgNichols & MayElaine May and Mike Nichols on stage in 1958. Photo courtesy NBC/NBCU Photo Bank.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/pbdmini_ec004_h.jpgMike Nichols at the time of CATCH 22, 1970The limelight suited him just fine. Mike Nichols circa 1970, post THE GRADUATE. Photo courtesy Everett Collection.2016-02-20T04:13:59+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/02/10/moose-life-of-a-twig-eater-makes-heart-tugging-debut-on-pbs/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/little-calf-5-days-old-copy-2.jpgNature: MooseLittle Calf at five days old. Jasper National Park Alberta, Canada. Photo ©Twig Eaters Inc.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/little-calf-mom-ms-october2014-copy-2.jpgNature: MooseLittle Calf and mom Fall 2014, Jasper National Park Alberta, Canada. Photo c Twig Eaters Inc.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/little-calf-aug2014-copy-2.jpgNature: MooseIs this the face only a mother can love? Little Moose calf, one of the stars of MOOSE: LIFE OF A TWIG EATER, circa August 2014, Jasper National Park Alberta, Canada. Photo: Twig Eaters Inc. 2023-06-16T03:09:21+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/02/06/jim-the-james-foley-story-wins-at-sundance-and-debuts-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/jim03.jpgjim03Jim in the Karm Jebel neighborhood of Aleppo, that was being heavily fought over. November 5, 2012. He was kidnapped weeks later on Thanksgiving and killed two years later. Photo: Nicole Tung. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/jim01.jpgJames Foley, Syria 2012James Foley in Syria in 2012 Photo: Nicole Tung. Courtesy HBO.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/jim02.jpgjim02Photojournalist James Foley was a fearless advocate for the oppressed and voiceless victims of the carnage in the Middle East until he became a victim himself. Photo courtesy HBO.2016-02-10T18:52:44+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2016/01/19/bonnie-clyde-revisited-on-american-experience/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/real-bonnie-with-cigar.jpgReal Bonnie with cigarhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/806x1075_bonnie-and-clyde-film.jpg806x1075_bonnie-and-clyde filmhttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bonnieclydefinal-1.jpegBONNIECLYDEFinal (1)https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bonnie-and-clyde2-1.jpgBonnie and Clyde2 (1)2024-01-15T23:21:59+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2015/07/13/liz-swados-takes-the-high-road-in-my-depression-on-hbo/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mydepression01.jpgmydepression01https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mydepression02.jpgmydepression02https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mydepression03.jpgmydepression03https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mydepression04.jpgmydepression042016-01-07T18:18:16+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2015/09/18/pedro-e-guerrero-a-photographers-journey-debuts-on-american-masters/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/calderstabile-3.jpgCalderStabile-3Sculptor Alexander Calder with his stabile in Sache, France, photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Photo: Pedro E. Guerrero Archives.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/pedro-on-american-masters-set16-img_0003.jpgPedro on American Masters set16-IMG_0003https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/franklwright0501-p-reisley.jpgFrankLWright0501-P-reisleyArchitect Frank Lloyd Wright photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero at Usonia in Pleasantville, NY, in 1947. Photo: Pedro E. Guerrero Archives.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/pedro-0551-p-withcamera1939.jpgPedro 0551-P-WithCamera1939Pedro E. Guerrero landed in his first photography class by accident at the Art Center School in Los Angeles, circa 1935. Photo: Pedro E. 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Photo courtesy HBO.2015-11-30T04:15:05+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2013/09/09/the-heat-women-on-the-verge-pt-1/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/blue-jasmine.jpgBlue Jasminehttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/blue-jasmine-2.jpgBlue Jasmine 2https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/the-heat.jpgThe Heathttps://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/bruce-michael-ladida-and-judy-may-18-2013.jpgBruce Michael, LaDiDa and Judy May 18, 2013https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/cutieandtheboxer_1.jpgCutieandtheBoxer_12015-11-27T18:52:14+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2015/11/14/listen-to-me-marlon-a-must-see-on-showtime/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/listentomemarlon_20-r.jpgListenToMeMarlon_20.RMarlon Brando and Jessica Tandy in Brando's breakthrough Broadway performance in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire," circa 1947. Photo: CORBIS/SHOWTIME.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/listentomemarlon_22-r.jpgListenToMeMarlon_22.RMarlon Brando circa 1951. Photo: Getty Images/SHOWTIME. https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/listentomemarlon_46-r-2.jpgListenToMeMarlon_46.R (2)Young Marlon on the beach. Photo courtesy Brando Estate/SHOWTIME.https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/stella-adler-quotes-5-8x6.jpgStella-Adler-Quotes-5-8x6https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/listentomemarlon_01-r.jpgListenToMeMarlon_01.R2015-11-14T20:42:34+00:00monthlyhttps://judithtrojan.com/2015/11/06/james-bond-is-back-and-i-finally-got-him/https://judithtrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/spectre-_l3a8257_r_rgb.jpgSPECTREDaniel Craig is fleet of foot, wrinkle-free and a perfect fit as James Bond in SPECTRE. 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