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Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Rory Kennedy, Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House profiles the iconic journalist, a legend in political reporting, who has covered the White House and every president since John F. Kennedy. In this program Thomas, still as sharp as ever, sits down for a one-on-one interview in which she reflects on her storied career, the distinct personalities and foibles of the presidents she has covered,...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Though the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade protected a woman's right to choose, abortion remains one of the most divisive issues in America today. In the last several years, many states have imposed restrictions on access to abortion, including Missouri, where only one abortion clinic remains open in the entire state, and where patients and their doctors must navigate a 72-hour waiting period. In "Abortion: Stories Women Tell", awarding-winning...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
According to the National Sleep Foundation, 40 million Americans suffer from some form of sleep problem. This documentary offers an intimate look at the insomniac's world via the personal reflections of the filmmaker, lifelong night owl Alan Berliner. Conversations with leading sleep disorder specialists are also included. As Berliner explores his past and talks with loved ones, the factors behind his insomnia emerge, including genetics, family dynamics,...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Literal and creationist interpretation of the Bible is the fastest-growing branch of Christianity in the U.S. and around the world, with 46% of Americans believing the Genesis account of creation is the literal truth. Directed by award-winning British documentarian Antony Thomas, Questioning Darwin takes an in-depth look at the views of creationist Christians, who reject Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, while also examining how Darwin handled...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Every Brilliant Thing strikes a delicate balance between sobering loss and cathartic laughter. Adapting the one-character stage show of the same name starring British comedian Jonny Donahoe and written by Duncan Macmillan with Donahoe, this poignant film, shot in the round at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York City before a live, interactive audience, recounts a life lived, and loved, in the shadow of one parent's repeated attempts at suicide....
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
For children with a learning or physical disability, the focus is often on what's wrong. Miss You Can Do It celebrates what's right. This uplifting HBO Documentary Film chronicles the efforts of Abbey Curran, a former Miss Iowa USA and the first woman with a disability to compete in the Miss USA Pageant®, and eight girls with various disabilities as they participate in the Miss You Can Do It pageant. Created in 2004 by Curran (who has cerebral palsy),...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This feature documentary chronicles how five generations of one American family have shared the "glorious burden" of collecting, preserving and documenting a treasure trove of photographs, rare books and artifacts relating to Abraham Lincoln. In the years following the Civil War, Peter Kunhardt's ancestors - in particular, his great- grandfather, Frederick Hill Meserve - collected photographs that might have been lost forever, including now-iconic...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A soldier's last words. A family's lasting memories. HBO and The New York Times, in association with LIFE Books, present a poignant tribute to American soldiers who have died in the war in Iraq. From the soldiers' hometowns, family members read the "last letters home" from eight men and two women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Filmed in Chattanooga, Tennessee, this documentary is a personal journey that follows a year in the life of Katrina Gilbert, a 30-year-old woman earning just above the minimum wage as a certified nursing assistant. Katrina never expected to be a single mother of three young children, living paycheck to paycheck and barely scraping by. But after leaving her husband Jeremy - whose addiction to painkillers destroyed their marriage and gutted their finances...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
What mental and ethical lapses led average American soldiers to use torture at Abu Ghraib? What roles did "group think" and blind obedience play? How did the scandal impact America's credibility as a global defender of freedom and human rights? This program investigates how and why the atrocities took place as well as their long-term implications. The program features the voices of Iraqi victims-interviewed in Turkey after arduous attempts to meet...
11) Risky Drinking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
From Oscar and Emmy-winning filmmaker Ellen Goosenberg Kent and journalist/producer Perri Peltz, Risky Drinking takes a case-study look at the risks of alcohol use and the ways in which the medical community is viewing and treating "risky drinkers" today. Profiling four subjects (filmed over the course of several months in 2014), who fall at different points on the spectrum of problem drinking, from binge drinking to alcohol dependence, the film provides...
12) Redemption
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Redemption follows a cast of characters from the five boroughs of NYC as they scrape together a living - five cents at a time. Emmy® - winning filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill follow several men and women over the course of a year, providing a poignant glimpse into the daily lives and struggles of those who scavenge the city's garbage cans and recycling bins. This documentary highlights the sense of community among the canners, many of whom...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
They took over a city square - and in 18 days, they brought down a regime. Shot in the center of Egypt's Tahrir Square from the beginning of the battles to the climax of the celebration, In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution brings viewers into the streets of Cairo to share the sights, sounds and passion of a modern day revolution. On January 25, 2011, thousands of Egyptians began gathering in Cairo's Tahrir Square to peacefully...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
San Francisco has long enjoyed a reputation as the counterculture capital of America, attracting bohemians, mavericks, progressives and activists. With the onset of the digital gold rush, young members of the tech elite are flocking to the West Coast to make their fortunes, and this new wealth is forcing San Francisco to reinvent itself. But as tech innovations lead America into the golden age of digital supremacy, is it changing the heart and soul...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Produced and directed by Alexandra Pelosi, Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County follows children living in California motels as their families struggle to survive in one of the wealthiest zip codes in America. The documentary chronicles a summer in the lives of a class of homeless kids who attend a year-round school serving the children of the working poor in Orange County California.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Distinguished poet, translator, critic, and teacher Edwin Honig received worldwide praise, as well as honorary knighthoods from Spain and Portugal. First Cousin Once Removed is acclaimed filmmaker Alan Berliner's deeply personal portrait of Honig - his friend, cousin and mentor - and Honig's journey through the ravages of Alzheimer's disease. Shot over five years, the film documents his metamorphosis by weaving intimate conversations with Honig, his...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
On December 23, 2008, the General Motors assembly plant in Moraine, Ohio, shut its doors, leaving 2,500 men and women without jobs. This program follows the final months of the plant through the eyes of workers cast adrift. Interviews reveal the emotional toll of losing not just a job, but a sense of self-as Kathy, a body shop employee and mother of three, mourns the loss of her GM family; as Popeye, a toolmaker, views the plant's demise as the end...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Directed and produced by award-winning photographer/filmmaker Neil Leifer, this 31-minute documentary demonstrates, through an extreme example, how creative people with disabilities are transcending their limitations to create art. The subjects in Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers have been drawn to photography for different reasons, whether to create an image for the sighted world that they hold in their mind, or to capture an image experienced...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Civil War doctors called it hysteria. During the First World War it was known as shell shock, and in World War II it became combat fatigue. Today it is clinically known as post-traumatic stress disorder, a crippling anxiety that results from exposure to life-threatening situations such as combat. This compelling program examines case studies of PTSD spanning 150 years and six American wars. Soldiers' stories are told through letters and journals,...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Warning: This Drug May Kill You takes an unflinching look at the devastating effects of opioid addiction in the U.S., profiling four families who have seen their lives tragically changed by abuses involving their loved ones, whose addictions arose due to doctors' prescriptions of dangerous painkillers. Through the personal and emotional stories of those who have dealt with addiction, either as a user or concerned family member, the film sheds light...