documentary

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/12/2021
  

  When the Young Lords Took Over a Hospital and Changed Public Health Care

  by Emma Francis-Snyder

  "The dramatic takeover of Lincoln Hospital produced one of the first Patient’s Bill of Rights, changing patients’ relationship with hospitals and doctors nationwide."

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/27/2021
  

  Ken Burns's Documentary Shows We Can't Quit Ali

  by Jay Caspian Kang

  "The odd thing about American sainthood is that we seem to prefer those who, like Ali and Jackie Robinson, did not engage directly in the dirty world of politics, but rather stood as trailblazers or icons in sports or Hollywood."

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• SOURCE: Forbes
  8/6/2021
  

  Filmmaker Greg Mitchell on the Government's Suppression of Scientists' Film about A-Bombs

  "I’ve always wanted to promote an honest debate about what happened. I want all of the facts out there. I want Americans to have conversations and examine moral issues."

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/2/2021
  

  Ken Burns Argues He's not "Taking Up Too Much Space"

  The documentarian joins Kara Swisher's "Sway" podcast, focusing on how digital technology is changing the practice of reconstructing the past and whether Burns's films are taking too much airtime as PBS seeks to diversify its stable of producers. 

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• SOURCE: UChicago News
  5/25/2021
  

  The Hidden History Of “Guerrilla Television”: UChicago Scholars Preserve Decades-Old Videos

  Technological innovation in the 1960s allowed more people to shoot video and push for community-based television. University of Chicago scholars are working to digitize and preserve "guerrilla television." 

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• SOURCE: PBS American Experience
  2/8/2021
  

  Goin' Back to T-Town

  PBS's American Experience is offering online viewing of its 1993 documentary on the Greenwood district of Tulsa and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. 

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• SOURCE: Public Radio Tulsa
  5/17/2021
  

  "The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: A Photographic History"

  Historian Karlos K. Hill discusses his new book, a compilation of photographs of the Greenwood section of Tulsa before, during, and after the 1921 racist pogrom against the "Black Wall Street." 

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• SOURCE: Public Books
  4/23/2021
  

  Urban Democracy's Documentarian

  Frederick Wiseman's documentaries valorize not only the institutions but the labor that makes local government function against the odds. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/31/2021
  

  A Black WWII Veteran Was Beaten and Blinded, Fueling Civil Rights Movement

  A new documentary examines the attack on Isaac Woodward in 1946, which catalyzed demands for full citizenship and civil rights. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  4/2/2021
  

  Review: ‘Hemingway’ Is a Big Two-Hearted Reconsideration

  “Can you separate the art from the artist?” is a heated and dogmatic argument these days. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick force the viewer to consider if that separation is possible or desirable. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/22/2021
  

  Filmmaker’s Suit Says A&E Networks Suppressed ‘Watergate’ Series

  A documentarian is suing the A&E cable network claiming it didn't promote his 2018 Watergate series out of deference to Trump voters. The network says the decision was based on ratings and defends its record of airing controversial subjects. 

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

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

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

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• SOURCE: Slate
  8/18/2020
  

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

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

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  6/30/2020
  

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

  by André Robert Lee

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

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/23/2020
  

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

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

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• SOURCE: WTOP
  6/23/2020
  

  Kennedy Center Board Chairman David Rubenstein Hosts New PBS History Series

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

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/23/2020
  

  New Film Tells Tale of North Korean Orphans Sent to Europe

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

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
  5/26/2020
  

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

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

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• SOURCE: LA Times
  5/11/2020
  

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

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

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• SOURCE: TIME
  5/11/2020
  

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

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