Bill Moyers in the New York Times today. …Mr. Moyers noted, [that] PBS announced an additional version of “Antiques Roadshow” just a few weeks after the Census Bureau released figures showing the number of people living in poverty had risen to more than 46 million. Moyers also points out the lack of concerted vision and [...]
“We’re not going to kill Big Bird,” Romney said. “But Big Bird is going to have advertisements. Alright?” via hollywoodreporter.com
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Watch the full episode. See more POV. If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front explores two of America’s most pressing issues — environmentalism and terrorism — by lifting the [...]
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This segment is a few months old, but creative hacking is pretty timeless. How ‘gesture technology’ like Microsoft Kinect will change the way we live | Need to Know Here’s a term you may not have heard yet — but we can just about guarantee that you will. It’s called “gesture technology” — using our [...]
This award winning doc will show on Mountain Lake PBS on Sunday June 11 at 10:30. I’ll be tuning in for sure. Watch the full episode. See more Independent Lens.
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The New Yorker delved into producer Cragi Gilbert’s regrets after creating the seminal “An American Family” series. Verite film making presents many difficult situations – ones typically skirted in today’s semi-scripted “reality” programs by the cast members’ knowledge of or indifference to the creator’s willingness to distort the story. In 1973, the filmmaker and his [...]
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An American Family is an amazing time capsule from 1973 and was a groundbreaking documentary series that pre-saged reality television. It featured an openly gay 22-year old, Lance Loud and a family that supported him despite marital and other tensions. All of this at a time when Hollywood was bringing us the Brady Bunch. Catch [...]
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Bill Shireman brings a less-than-typical view from the conservative camp. I share his interest in seeing a show as thoughtful as “Firing Line” return to public media. Perhaps he should anchor it? If we defund PBS, should we defund commercial media, too? I have been struggling in recent weeks with the conservative attack on public [...]
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