Tag Archives: Political Activism

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes Feeling Heart Debuts on PBS

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Judith Trojan

“We had her voice for as long as we really needed it, if we were wise enough to listen.” Actress/activist Ruby Dee makes that startlingly prophetic statement (Dee died in June 2014) about her lifelong friend and colleague at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Theater, TV | Tagged A Raisin in the Sun, African-American Studies, American Masters, Anika Noni Rose, Lloyd Richards, Lorraine Hansberry, Playwrights, Political Activism, Racism, Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier, Tracy Heather Strain, Women's Studies | 2 Comments

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song To Be Rebroadcast on PBS

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Judith Trojan

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s oft-quoted, “there are no second acts in American lives,” has clearly become a cliché in this age of uber-reinvention; and there is no better example of the latter than Pete Seeger, who defied that cliché well into his ninth “act.” Pete Seeger (1919 … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, TV | Tagged American Masters, Christopher Awards, Environmentalism, Folk Music, HUAC, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Jim Brown, Music and Musicians, Pete Seeger, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, Political Activism, Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Social Issues, The Weavers | 1 Comment

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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes Feeling Heart Debuts on PBS

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