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FRONTLINE | A Death in Tehran | PBS (#2805)
Full Program: The life and death of a woman who remains a potent symbol of the Iranian reform movement. 55:42
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Independent Lens | OBJECTIFIED | Film Clip #3 | PBS (#1107)
"You can now buy into good design and good taste." How does the design of your cell phone, toothbrush or couch impact your life? Did you ever stop to think about it? Director Gary Hustwit (HELVETICA) ... 02:12
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NOVA | Becoming Human Part 3 | PBS (#3615)
Full Program: Last Human Standing: Many human species once shared the globe. Why do we alone remain? 51:32
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Independent Lens | OBJECTIFIED | Film Clip #2 | PBS (#1107)
Apple's Jonathan Ive gets obsessive. 04:12
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Independent Lens | OBJECTIFIED | Trailer | PBS (#1107)
How does the design of your cell phone, toothbrush or couch impact your life? Did you ever stop to think about it? Director Gary Hustwit (HELVETICA) looks at our complex relationship with manufactured ... 01:45
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Independent Lens | NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: Laszlo & Vilmo | PBS
"It was very clear. As long as we are out of our country and can't go back, let's just go Hollywood." They took Hollywood by storm—escaping the brutal Soviet oppression of the Hungarian Revolution and ... 04:20
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Independent Lens | NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: Laszlo & Vilmos | Clip #3 | PBS (#1106)
"A camera was considered a weapon by the Russians. They shot you on the spot." They took Hollywood by storm—escaping the brutal Soviet oppression of the Hungarian Revolution and rising to fame with classic ... 05:14
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Nature | Fellowship of the Whales | PBS (#2704)
Full Program: Follow a baby humpback whale as she travels from Hawaii to Alaska, and back again. 50:38
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Independent Lens | NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: Laszlo & Vilmos | PBS (#1106)
"I said to Laszlo, 'If you move the camera and I see you do it, you lose a finger.'" They took Hollywood by storm—escaping the brutal Soviet oppression of the Hungarian Revolution and rising to fame with ... 02:50
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FROM MAO TO THE MET WITH HAO JIANG TIAN | Jambalaya | PBS
Metropolitan Opera singer Hao Jiang Tian performs Hank Williams' "Jambalaya" in his new PBS special FROM MAO TO THE MET WITH HAO JIANG TIAN. FROM MAO TO THE MET is a true American story about one man's ... 02:43
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Independent Lens | NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: Laszlo & Vilmos | Trailer | PBS (#1106)
They took Hollywood by storm—escaping the brutal Soviet oppression of the Hungarian Revolution and rising to fame with classic films like Easy Rider, Deliverance, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and ... 02:09
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FRONTLINE | "A Death in Tehran" | PBS (#2805)
FRONTLINE examines the life and death of Neda Agha Soltan -- whose murder during Iran's post-election protests was filmed on a camera phone and uploaded to the web -- and how her name became a rallying ... 00:31
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POV | The Way We Get By | PBS (#2213)
Full Program: Senior citizens in Maine have greeted over 900,000 US troops at a tiny local airport. Available until 12/10/09. 01:21:46
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Independent Lens | D TOUR | PBS (#1105)
Full Program: A budding rock star faces his own mortality when his kidney fails on the road. Watch until 11/17/09. 01:25:09
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Independent Lens | Young@Heart Preview | PBS
Watch the full film 1/12/10, 9PM on PBS. 02:02
Video Collections
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America at a Crossroads
The series of 11 documentaries over 12 hours will examine the war on terrorism; the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; the experience of American troops; the struggle for balance within the Islamic world and Muslim life in America; and America's ...
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American Experience
As television's longest-running, most-watched history series, American Experience brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form this nation.
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American Masters
AMERICAN MASTERS is an ongoing series of award-winning primetime specials examining the lives, works, and creative processes of our most outstanding cultural artists. Created in 1984 by Susan Lacy and produced by Thirteen/WNET for national ...
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: American Experience
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Bill Moyers Journal
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers returns to PBS with a weekly public affairs series that features interviews and news analysis on a wide range of subjects, including politics, arts and culture, the media, the economy and issues facing democracy. ...
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Botany of Desire
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Brain Fitness 2: Sight and Sound
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Buffalo Bill: American Experience
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Carrier
CARRIER is a character-driven, edge-of-your-seat, nonfiction drama and a once-in-a-lifetime total immersion in the high-stakes world of a nuclear aircraft carrier. CARRIER follows a core group of film participants aboard the USS Nimitz, from ...
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Civilian Conservation Corps: American Experience
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Crash of 1929: American Experience
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Dayton Duncan
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Frontline
Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years ...
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Frontline/World
Developed by FRONTLINE producers in conjunction with public television stations KQED San Francisco and WGBH Boston, FRONTLINE/World is a national public TV series that turns its lens on the global community, covering countries and cultures ...
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Global Voices
A new international independent documentary series from the Independent Television Service (ITVS), GLOBAL VOICES samples the best of international documentary. In its premiere season, the series features five all-new global docs and 21 notable ...
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Great Performances
GREAT PERFORMANCES, the longest-running performing arts anthology on television, continues to feature the best in the performing arts.
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Independent Lens
Airing weekly on PBS, the Emmy award-winning series Independent Lens is like an independent film festival in your living room. Each episode introduces new documentaries and dramas made by independent thinkers: filmmakers who are taking creative ...
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Intelligent Talk Television
Intelligent Talk Television showcases recent lectures given by guest speakers at colleges and universities across Iowa. The collaborative effort between IPTV and participating colleges and universities provides mentoring to students, giving ...
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Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times
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Iowa Natural Disasters 2008
Video from around the state of the effects of the floods, storms and tornadoes that ravaged the state in summer 2008.
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Latin Music USA
Latin Music USA is a film about American music. Fusions of Latin sounds with jazz, rock, country, rhythm and blues - music with deeper roots and broader reach than most people realize. It's a fresh take on our musical history, reaching across ...
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Living In Iowa
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Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work
In the year of her 80th birthday, Queen Elizabeth II granted the filmmakers of MONARCHY, THE ROYAL FAMILY AT WORK an exclusive look inside the modern British monarchy. In this intimate series, viewers join Queen Elizabeth II and the rest of ...
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Moyers On America
Bill Moyers returns to primetime to examine three critical topics in America -- the environment, the corruption of media ownership and campaign finance. Taking a look at today's news, the program explores the religious, economic and political ...
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National Parks: America's Best Idea
The film is a human history set against the most stunning backdrop imaginable. The film works its way chronologically through the history of the national parks featuring characters -- some famous, most not, from every walk of life -- who dedicated ...
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Nature
NATURE, television's longest-running weekly natural history series, has won more than 200 honors from the television industry, parent groups, the international wildlife film community and environmental organizations, including the only award ...
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NOVA
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA programs demystify science and technology and highlight the people involved in scientific pursuits.
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NOW on PBS
This series engages viewers with documentary segments and interviews that probe the most important issues facing democracy, including media policy, corporate accountability, civil liberties, the environment, money in politics and foreign affairs. ...
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P.O.V.
P.O.V. presents an array of groundbreaking and distinctive perspectives on contemporary life as chronicled by some of America' s and Europe's most visionary non-fiction filmmakers.
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Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley, the first African American to have his own signature talk show on NPR, hosts a new late-night television talk show - a hybrid of news, issues and entertainment, featuring interviews with newsmakers, politicians, celebrities and ...
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This Emotional Life
THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE is a three-part series that takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the science of human emotions in an effort to truly understand what makes us tick. Every day, it seems, some new study reveals a previously hidden epidemic ...
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The Principal Story
THE PRINCIPAL STORY follows the journey of two elementary school principals throughout a school year as they strive to improve student achievement and implement school reform.
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We Shall Remain: American Experience
This five-part series spans 300 years to tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective. It begins in the 1600s with the Wampanoags, who used their alliance with the English to strengthen their position ...
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Wide Angle
WIDE ANGLE was created in 2001 as a response to the lack of in-depth international news coverage in the United States. Seven years later, WIDE ANGLE is the only program exclusively dedicated to international current affairs documentaries. For ...
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WW II Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West
"WW II: Behind Closed Doors" provides a new history of World War II -- one that is full of surprises, even for those who think they know the history. Drawing on material only available since the opening of archives in the East, the documentary ...
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