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Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In part 2 of this film, learn about the Rococo era and its devotion to the pursuit of pleasure. During this era, art was freed of its religious and societal obligations and encouraged to pursue beauty alone. Learn about its influence in architecture, fashion, furniture, porcelain, sculpture and painting. Look at the works of Gainsborough, Boucher, Watteau, and gain in-depth knowledge of the subtle and not-so-subtle messages they are communicating....
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law 50 years ago. Gwen Ifill examines its legacy and unfinished business with President Johnson’s daughter, Lynda Johnson Robb; Shirley Franklin, the former mayor of Atlanta; Ranjana Natarajan of the University of Texas School of Law; and former House Republican aide Robert Kimball.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Volkswagen Bug is one of the most recognizable and beloved vehicles on the planet. From its dark past in pre-WWII Germany, to the Summer of Love, this car captured the hearts and minds of millions around the world. This film explores not only the history of this automotive icon, but also the intense emotional connection it has with its owners past and present.
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
The Westinghouse Science awards are something like Nobel prizes for teenagers; they recognize outstanding work in science by high-school students. In 1988, one New York City public school had eleven Westinghouse semifinalists; every one of them was of Asian background. Was it a fluke, as the principal said? Or do Asians bring something to the study of science which the rest of us had better learn to emulate? In this program with Bill Moyers, Physics...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This episode tracks the ethical, ecological, and social evolution of our symbiotic relationship with animals starting in the Neolithic period right up to the Middle Ages. By following the long journey of this complex and changing relationship, we document how animals were tamed, optimized, trivialized, and humanized.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Globalization is on its deathbed, says economist Mike O'Sullivan. The question now is: What's next? Tracing the historical successes and failures of globalization, O'Sullivan forecasts a new world order where countries come together over shared values rather than geography. Learn how big regional powers like the United States and China will be driven by distinct ways of governing trade, technology and people -- while smaller nations will forge new...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This episode takes an in-depth look at the value of our symbiotic relationship with animals even in modern times. While pets today often live more prosperous lives than many humans, for most farm animals modernity is a soulless force fueled by mass production. The program ends by exploring the impact of new developments—such as robotics, genetic research, the promise of AI, and the climate crisis—on the continuation or extinction of this unique...
11) This Is Nowhere
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Each year tens of thousands of travelers steer their RVs into Wal-Mart parking lots to "camp" for a night or two. Full of irony, This is Nowhere humorously captures the essence of American attitudes toward nature, equality, and civic values as it documents RV travelers' interactions with landscape, technology, communities, and each other.
12) Bancoco
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A New Yorker, Brad King, travels through the jungles of Panama to find the indigenous people he photographed and befriended twenty years ago. It becomes apparent that photos have the power to breach time and cultural divides in a beautiful way.
13) Wisconsin Rising
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Wisconsin was a testing ground for the nation in 2011 as big money attempted to undo basic workers' rights when newly elected Republican Governor Scott Walker suddenly stripped collective bargaining power from the state's public employees. Wisconsin Rising catapults the viewer into the days, weeks, and months when Wisconsinites fought back against power, authority, and injustice.
14) Freeing Willy
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In the wake of the 1993 hit movie Free Willy, activists and fans campaigned to release the movie’s star—a captive killer whale named Keiko—and launched a story Hollywood couldn’t invent.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Born out of a social media post, the Black Lives Matter movement has sparked discussion about race and inequality across the world. In this spirited conversation with Mia Birdsong, the movement's three founders share what they've learned about leadership and what provides them with hope and inspiration in the face of painful realities. Their advice on how to participate in ensuring freedom for everybody: join something, start something and "sharpen...
16) Tough Bond
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Tough Bond is about our irrepressible need as humans for family. The film follows fourkids who find family and a new identity as Survivors, living together on the streets of Kenya, huffing glue to endure the hell of street life. Recorded over threeyears, Tough Bond illustrates the alarming trajectory of the new generation of Kenya's indigenous tribes that has abandoned its broken villages in search of a new life in the nearby towns and exploding city...
Pub. Date
[1973]
Language
English
Description
This is a visually splendid coverage of the semi-annual Bakhtiari migration which takes about five weeks and covers 200 torturous miles. Half a million people and millions of sheep and goats cross the rugged Zagros mountains in southern Iran twice yearly to move between summer and winter pastures. Persian folk-singer Shushu is featured.
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