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Independent Lens | Soul Food Junkies | PBS (#1405)
Full Program: Watch this film now through February 11. 56:46
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NOVA | Decoding Neanderthals | PBS (#4002)
Full Program: Shared DNA reveals a deep connection with our long-vanished human cousins. 53:07
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POV | Reportero | PBS (#2513)
Full Program: Journalists in Mexico risk their lives to cover the drug war. 55:12
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FRONTLINE | Preview "Inside Obama's Presidency" | PBS (#3103)
to.pbs.org Coming January 15th, 2013. As Barack Obama is sworn in for his second term, FRONTLINE takes a probing look at the first four years of his presidency. As Barack Obama is sworn in for his... 00:32
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FRONTLINE | Preview "The Education of Michelle Rhee" | PBS (#3102)
to.pbs.org Coming January 8th, 2013. FRONTLINE examines the legacy of one of America's most admired & reviled school reformers. FRONTLINE correspondent John Merrow was granted unprecedented access... 00:32
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Independent Lens | Soul Food Junkies | Trailer | PBS (#1405)
Premiering January 14, 2013 (check local listings): www.pbs.org Baffled by his dad's reluctance to change his traditional soul food diet in the face of a health crisis, filmmaker Byron Hurt sets... 02:14
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American Masters | Film: Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance | PBS (#2601)
Full Program: It's the life and times of The Joffrey Ballet on American Masters. 01:22:19
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NATURE | Attenborough's Life Stories: Life on Camera Preview | PBS
In "Life on Camera," Sir David Attenborough revisits key places and events in his wildlife filmmaking career, reminisces through his old photos and reflects on memorable wildlife footage, including... 00:33
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NATURE | Attenborough's Life Stories: Understanding the Natural World Preview | PBS
In "Understanding the Natural World," Sir David Attenborough shares his memories of the scientists and the breakthroughs that helped shape his own career. He also recalls some of his more... 00:32
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NATURE | Attenborough's Life Stories: Our Fragile Planet Preview | PBS
In "Our Fragile Planet," Sir David Attenborough reflects on the dramatic impact that human beings have had on the natural world during his lifetime. He tells surprising, entertaining and deeply... 00:32
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NOVA | Decoding Neanderthals | Preview | PBS (#4002)
Decoding Neanderthals premieres Wednesday, January 9th at 9PM/8c on PBS. www.pbs.org/nova Over 60000 years ago, the first modern humans—people physically identical to us today—left their African... 00:31
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NOVA | Doomsday Volcanoes | Preview | PBS (#4001)
Doomsday Volcanoes premieres Wednesday, January 2nd at 9PM on PBS. www.pbs.org/nova In April, 2010 the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano turned much of Europe into an ash-strewn no-fly... 00:31
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Independent Lens | Soul Food Junkies | Trailer | PBS (#1405)
Premiering January 14, 2013 at 10pm ET on PBS. Filmmaker Byron Hurt sets out to learn more about the soul-food tradition and its relevance to black cultural identity. Hurt discovers that the... 02:11
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AMERICAN MASTERS | Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock and Roll | PBS
Uncover the life, music and influence of African-American gospel singer and guitar virtuoso Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973). AMERICAN MASTERS "Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock and... 01:37
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Winter Spring Season Sizzle 2013 | Preview | PBS
Witness a bonanza of new dramas & documentaries with PBS this winter and spring. 00:31
Video Collections
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18 Voices Sing Kol Nidre
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2501 Migrants: A Journey
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A Promise Called Iowa
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Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided: American Experience
Elected president only to see the nation fracture in two, Abraham Lincoln led a confused and frightened people through the most terrible war in their history. At the same time, his own household mirrored the fissures that rent the...
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Adirondacks
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Adopted: For the Life of Me
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The Adventists
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AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange
AFROPOP: THE ULTIMATE CULTURAL EXCHANGE, the innovative documentary series on contemporary life, art and pop culture in the African Diaspora. Four films introduce powerful stories: African boxers journey across the Atlantic to match their...
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After The Wall - A World United
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Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers
Alan Alda brings his unique blend of curiosity and humor to the exploration of the latest trends in science, medicine, technology and the environment.
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Alma's Jazzy Marriage
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Alzheimer's: The Cost of Growing Old
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Amelia Earhart: American Experience
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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...
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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 Family: Anniversary Edition
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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...
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American Values: American Wilderness
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Among The Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust in Arab Lands
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Anyone and Everyone
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Apache 8
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Apollo Wives
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Architect Robert A.M. Stern: Presence of the Past
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As Long As I Remember: American Veteranos
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Asian and Abrahamic Religions: A Divine Encounter in America
To many Americans, the Asian religions remain a mystery despite a well-established presence on U.S. soil that dates back centuries. Asian religious practices, over time, began to influence and transform the American landscape - in the...
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: American Experience
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Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale
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Bad Blood: The Border War That Triggered The Civil
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Bag It
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Balloon Fiesta
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Barnstorming
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Bear Island
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Behind the Britcom: From Script to Screen
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Beijing Taxi
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Benjamin Latrobe: America's First Architect
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Betty Ford: The Real Deal
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Beyond The Light Switch
This two-part, two-hour documentary series thoughtfully considers the trade offs of carbon capture and storage, hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, a nuclear renaissance, the costs of solar power, the sprawl of wind power and the...
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Bhutan - Taking the Middle Path to Happiness
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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...
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Black in Latin America
Black in Latin America, a new four-part series on the influence of African descent on Latin America, is the 11th and latest production from renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., writer and presenter of the acclaimed PBS series...
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Bloody Thursday
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Blueprint America: Road to the Future
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Bombing of Germany: American Experience
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Bonaparte's Retreat
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Bonecrusher
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Botany of Desire
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Boxing Gym
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Boyfriends
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Brain Fitness 2: Sight and Sound
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The Buddha
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Buffalo Bill: American Experience
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Buffalo Flows
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Carhenge: Genius Or Junk?
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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...
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Changing Seas
CHANGING SEAS takes viewers on an exciting adventure to the heart of our liquid planet. The documentary series offers an unprecedented look at how oceanographers and experts study earth's vast underwater wilderness, while shedding light...
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Chautauqua: An American Narrative
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Children of the Amazon
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Circus
This series goes behind the scenes to follow the lives of the performers and crew of the Big Apple Circus for the entirety of the 2008-2009 touring season.
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Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit Of the Rural Studio
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The Civil War
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns' landmark series portrays the terrible conflict that tore America apart and defined it as a nation. The series embraces the entire sweep of the war using archival photographs, period...
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Civilian Conservation Corps: American Experience
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A Class Apart: American Experience
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Class C: The Only Game In Town
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Clinton: American Experience
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Closer to Truth
Closer To Truth is the definitive series on Cosmos, Consciousness and God, a global journey in search of the vital ideas of existence. It is the most complete, compelling, and accessible series on Cosmos, Consciousness and God ever...
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Colorblind
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Columbus Day Legacy
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Craft in America
CRAFT IN AMERICA visits America's premier craft artists in their studios to witness the creation of handmade objects and into homes, businesses and public spaces where functional art is employed and celebrated. Using archival footage and...
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The Crash of 1929: American Experience
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Creation of the Universe
In their ongoing exploration of subatomic particles, scientists are turning up clues to the origin and evolution of the entire universe. THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE identifies and explaines some of the most challenging ideas and...
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Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice
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Csi On Trial
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Curious
CURIOUS immerses viewers into a fascinating world where science touches people's lives. Two one-hour episodes profile the innovative men and women pushing the limits of knowledge and applying cutting-edge science to improve lives. Short,...
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Death and the Civil War: American Experience
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Demystifying Dyslexia
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Desert Oasis - Creating A Wetlands Park in Las Vegas
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The Dhamma Brothers
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Dinosaur Wars: American Experience
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Discovering Secrets of the Vatican
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Dolley Madison: American Experience
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Donner Party: American Experience
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Dust Bowl
In this series, Ken Burns and producer Dayton Duncan chronicle the Dust Bowl in all its complexities and profound human drama. It is both an oral history, using interviews of 30 survivors, and an historical accounting of what happened...
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Dayton Duncan
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Earth Days: American Experience
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Earth: The Operators' Manual
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Eden at the End of the World
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Edge of the Everglades: Big Cypress National Preserve
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Egalite for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution
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Emperors of the Ice
Antarctica. The last place on Earth. It's a continent lost to eternal ice - yet in this frozen desert, there is life. Antarctica is home to a unique ecosystem - and no other creature embodies this frozen continent like the Emperor...
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Erma Bombeck: Legacy of Laughter
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Everest: A Climb for Peace
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Every War Has Two Losers: A Poet’s Meditation on Peace
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Eyes on the Prize: American Experience
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Faces of America
What made America? What makes us? These two questions are at the heart of this series. Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. turns to the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 11 renowned Americans....
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Fat: What No One is Telling You
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Final Hours: Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
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Fixing the Future: Now on PBS
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Flea Market Documentary
A FLEA MARKET DOCUMENTARY travels from the gigantic Rose Bowl Market in Pasadena, California, to the busy but modest-sized Eastern Market in Washington, DC, talking with organizers, vendors, food merchants and shoppers. This program is a...
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Following Dreams
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For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
FOR LOVE OF LIBERTY: THE STORY OF AMERICA'S BLACK PATRIOTS is an inspiring, definitive and unprecedented look at the largely untold history of African-American participation in America's armed forces, from the earliest days of the...
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Forgotten Ellis Island
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Forgotten War: The Struggle for North America
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Fort Niagara: The Struggle for a Continent
The story of Fort Niagara is the story of a struggle for a continent. For over 150 years, four nations struggled to control this strategic point at the mouth of the Niagara River, and thus control the critical water artery it...
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Four Days at Dragon*Con
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Four Hands, One Heart: Ed and Mary Scheier
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Free Or Equal: A Personal View By Johan Norberg
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Freedom from Famine: The Norman Borlaug Story
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Freedom Riders: American Experience
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Fritz: The Walter Mondale Story
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From The Ground Up
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Frontline
As PBS' premier public affairs series, FRONTLINE's stature is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human, social and political experience.
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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...
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Food, Inc.
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Games of the North
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The Gefilte-Fish Chronicles
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Get Off Your Knees: The John Robinson Story
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Gettysburg and Stories of Valor
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Glacier Park's Night of the Grizzlies
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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...
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God in America
GOD IN AMERICA tells the sweeping and dramatic history of religion in the public life of America, from the arrival of Columbus in 1492 to the 2008 election. The series explores the potent and complex interaction between religion and...
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Going On 13
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The Golden Game: Baseball in Sacramento
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The Great Famine: American Experience
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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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The Greely Expedition: American Experience
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The Greenest Building
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Growing Hope Against Hunger
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Hairworld: The Pursuit of Excellence
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Hard Problems: The Road to the World's Toughest Math Contest
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Harp Dreams
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Heart Strings: The Story of the Kamaka 'ukulele
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Herbert Hoover: Landslide
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Hold at All Costs
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Hoover Dam: American Experience
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Horses of Gettysburg
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Hubert H. Humphrey: The Art of the Possible
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Human Spark
THE HUMAN SPARK explores one central question: what makes humans unique? Three and a half billion years of evolution have produced uncountable billions of living species. But only one -- humans -- can think in symbols; recombine those...
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Hurricane of '38: American Experience
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In The Footsteps of Marco Polo
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Independent Lens
This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of their independent producers. INDEPENDENT LENS...
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Influenza 1918: American Experience
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Intelligent Talk Television
Intelligent Talk Television showcases recent lectures given by guest speakers at colleges, universities, and libraries across Iowa. The collaborative effort between IPTV and participating institutions provides top-notch programs featuring...
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Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World: American Experience
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Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times
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Iowa Ingredient
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Irena Sendler: in the Name of Their Mothers
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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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Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
Commanding shoguns and samurai warriors, exotic geisha and exquisite artisans - all were part of the Japanese "renaissance" - a period between the 16th and 19th centuries when Japan evolved from chaos and violence to ritual refinement and...
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Japanland
JAPANLAND is a journey into the soul of Japan. For an entire year, adventure filmmaker and author Karin Muller immersed herself in Japanese society. Speaking Japanese and living with geisha and samurai archers, mountain ascetics and pearl...
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Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures
This series follows expeditions of Jean-Michel Cousteau and his young crew of divers and ocean scientists as they explore an array of natural phenomena, investigate little-known territories and undersea ecosystems, and come face to...
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Jim Thorpe: World's Greatest Athlete
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Jimmy Carter: American Experience
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John Wooden: The Indiana Story
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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple: American Experience
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Journey of the Broad-Winged Hawk
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Journey to Palomar
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Ken Burns American Stories
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Killer Stress: A National Geographic Special
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Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America
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Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
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Kit Carson: American Experience
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Knee Deep
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Lafayette: The Lost Hero
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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...
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Lessons from the Real World
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Life (Part 2)
LIFE (PART 2) is a smart, daring series on the subject of aging. The program doesn't offer a Pollyannaish vision of growing old. It's a straight-talking show filled with honesty, integrity and humor. Each week, host Alan Rosenberg and a...
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Life Is A Banquet: The Rosalind Russell (Expired)
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Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency
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Little Manila: Filipinos in California's Heartland
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Living in Iowa
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Living in the Big Empty
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Living Weapon: American Experience
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Lobotomist: American Experience
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The Lord Is Not On Trial Here Today
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Losing Lambert: A Journey Through Survival & Hope
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Lost in History: Alexander Clark
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Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
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Making Sense of Place
MAKING SENSE OF PLACE examines the complex questions of urban planning and regional identity by exploring the ways in which people participate in and experience their cities. The two-part series illuminates the tensions among growth,...
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Making Sense of Place: Portland
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Martin Luther
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Medal of Honor
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The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
From a small Italian community in 15th century Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth and unprecedented...
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Michael Feinstein's American Songbook
This series is a documentary-style road trip and cultural primer with Michael Feinstein as the leader of an expedition through the history of American popular song. Viewers follow him both on stage and backstage, hear personal stories...
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Moment In Time
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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...
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More Than A Game: 6-On-6 Basketball In Iowa
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The Mormons
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of America's fastest growing religions, and its influence circles the globe. The church has 11 million members today and over half of them live outside the U.S. Yet the birth of...
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Morristown: Where America Survived
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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...
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Music's Gonna Get You Through
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My Lai: American Experience
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My Vietnam Your Iraq
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Mystery of Chaco Canyon
Chaco Canyon, located in northwest New Mexico, is perhaps the only site in the world constructed in an elaborate pattern that mirrors the yearly cycle of the sun and the 19-year cycle of the moon. How did an ancient civilization, with no...
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Mystic Voices: The Story of the Pequot War
The Pequot War was a pivotal event in early American history that set the stage for the ultimate domination of all Native Americans by Europeans. Narrated by two-time Academy Award nominee Roy Scheider, MYSTIC VOICES: THE STORY OF THE...
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Nancy Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime
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National Geographic Special
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National Geographic Specials
The new season of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SPECIALS explores compelling topics in the areas of science adventure, wildlife and history.
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National Geographic's Inside The White House
With extraordinary access to "America's Home," viewers journey through basement corridors, kitchens, and even into the private quarters of the First Family in "National Geographic's Inside the White House." Narrated by actor Morgan...
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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...
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Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist
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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...
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Need to Know
NEED TO KNOW is an integrated broadcast and online current affairs project, uniting broadcast and web in an innovative approach to newsgathering and reporting. It breaks through the limitations of the broadcast schedule by means of a...
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New Metropolis
THE NEW METROPOLIS - two new half-hour documentaries by award-winning filmmaker Andrea Torrice - highlights the struggle to revitalize and rebuild America's original suburbs. "A Crack in the Pavement," narrated by actor Peter Coyote,...
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New Recruits
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Next Frontier: Engineering the Golden Age of Green
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No Tomorrow
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Not in Our Town: Light in the Darkness
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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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NOVA scienceNOW
This science magazine series features four stories in each themed episode, tackling an array of thought-provoking topics.
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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...
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Objects and Memory
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Okie Noodling
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Okie Noodling II
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Olmsted and America's Urban Parks
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On A Wing and a Prayer: An American Muslim Learns to Fly
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The Open Mind XIX
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Orphan Orca: Saving Springer
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Our Summer in Tehran
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Over 90 and Loving It
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P. Buckley Moss - The Lady Behind the Brush
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P.O.V.
POV 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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Panama Canal: American Experience
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Paris The Luminous Years
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Passing Poston: An American Story
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Paving the Way: The National Park-to-Park Highway
PAVING THE WAY details the story of twelve motorists who took a 5, 000-mile epic road trip before there were gas stations and fully paved roads. In 1920, the inaugural tour of the Park-to-Park Highway connected all twelve National Parks...
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PBS Arts from Chicago: American Masters Bill T. Jones: A Good Man
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PBS Arts from Seattle: American Masters Pearl Jam Twenty
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PBS NewsHour
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The People in the Pictures: Stories from the Wettach Farm Photos
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People V. Leo Frank
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People's Palace
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Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution
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Phoenix Mars Mission: Ashes to Ice
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Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice
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Pilgrimage to Karbala, A Wide Angle Special
For 12 days during the summer of 2006, while the Iranian-backed Hezbollah fought off Israelis in Lebanon and President Ahmadinejad faced down President George Bush, "Wide Angle" followed a bus full of Iranian pilgrims through the...
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Pioneers of Television
The four-part series examines the people who left their imprint on sitcoms, late-night, variety and game shows in the early days of the medium. The program features interviews with legendary stars, including Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler...
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The Polio Crusade: American Experience
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POV
POV 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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Power of the Poor
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The Price of Freedom
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Prisoner of Her Past
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Prohibition
This 3-part, 5 1/2 hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the era it encompassed. The culmination of nearly a...
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Protecting Paradise: The Western Everglades
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Rape of Europa
This documentary tells the story of the systematic theft and deliberate destruction of Europe's art treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War.
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Reagan: American Experience
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Renewal: Stories from America's Religious Environmental Movement
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Retirement Revolution
This documentary illustrates the origins of the retirement concept and how it has evolved over the past several decades. Everyday stories are coupled with expert perspectives to help alleviate anxieties and empower viewers to take...
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RFK in the Land of Apartheid: A Ripple of Hope
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Ride Along the Lincoln Highway
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Riding The Rails: American Experience
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Right to Risk: A 15 Day Journey Through Arizona's Grand Canyon
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River of Renewal
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Roads to Memphis: American Experience
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Roadtrip Nation
ROADTRIP NATION follows a group of roadtrippers as they traverse the United States and meet fascinating leaders who share stories of following their passions and realizing their dreams.
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Robert E. Lee: American Experience
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Roberto Clemente: American Experience
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Rock Prophecies
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Roman Empire in the First Century
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Rude: Where Are Our Manners
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Saving the Bay
Narrated by Robert Redford, this award-winning documentary explores one of America's greatest natural resources - San Francisco Bay. Shot in high definition, SAVING THE BAY consists of four one-hour episodes focusing on the geological,...
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Seabiscuit: American Experience
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Searching for Buxton
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Secrets of Lost Empires: A "Nova" Special Presentation
Following the blueprint established in SECRETS OF LOST EMPIRES - an archaeology series that eschewed talking heads and inert artifacts - the second series follows teams of living, breathing, passionate, inquisitive people as they...
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Secrets of the Dead
Part detective story, part true-life drama, SECRETS OF THE DEAD unearths evidence from around the world, challenging prevailing ideas and throwing fresh light on unexplained events. Using the most up-to-date science in the laboratory...
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Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Cuidad Rodrigo
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Seeing in the Dark
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A Sense of Wonder
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Sgt. Fitch: The Legacy of Sarg Records
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Sleeping Monsters, Sacred Fires: Volcanoes of New Mexico
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Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders (Pilot)
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Soundtrack for a Revolution: American Experience
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Statue of Liberty
This Ken Burns film chronicles the creation and history of the Statue of Liberty and what it represents to all Americans.
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Steve Jobs - One Last Thing
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Stonewall Uprising: American Experience
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The Storied Life of Millie Benson
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The Storm That Swept Mexico
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Street Stops Here
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Surviving the Dust Bowl: American Experience
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Surviving The Tsunami: A NOVA Special Presentation
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Swim for the River
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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,...
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Tavis Smiley Reports
This landmark series will showcase Tavis' unique perspective on the issues facing Americans today.
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Teenage Witness: The Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Story
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Telling Amy's Story
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Tenth Inning
Thousands of bats, three home run records and one "curse" have been broken since Ken Burns last explored the history of America's national pastime with his 1994 series BASEBALL. Now, Burns and co-director Lynn Novick update the series...
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The Supreme Court
Examining the complex and delicate balance between the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the federal government, the four-hour series will trace the Court's evolution from its establishment to the present day. The...
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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...
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Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam
THREE FAITHS, ONE GOD: JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM thoughtfully examines the religious beliefs and practices shared by Jews, Christians and Muslims to illustrate how many in the Abrahamic faith communities are dealing with historical...
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Through a Dog's Eyes
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To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe
This weekly news analysis program is the only woman-centered national news/talk show on television. Dedicated to the premise that women of all ethnic backgrounds and political persuasions are an important part of the national...
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Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of WWII
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Tracks Across The Sky
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Train to Nowhere: Inside an Immigrant Death Investigation
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Transformation Age: Surviving A Technology Revolution with Robert X. Cringley
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Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer: American Experience
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Triangle Fire: American Experience
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True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers
Exploring the personal and heartfelt story of the Navajo Code Talkers, TRUE WHISPERS tells the stories of the young Navajo men recruited fro m harsh government boarding schools into the Marines during World War II. From 1942-1945,...
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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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U.S. Grant: Warrior: American Experience
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Ultimate Resource
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Unconquered Seminoles
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Under Our Skin: A Health Care Nightmare
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Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
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Unforgettable: The Korean War
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Unlisted: A Story of Schizophrenia
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Veiled Voices
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Victory in the Pacific: American Experience
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Vietnam War Stories
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Virginia Lee Burton: A Sense of Place
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Wall - A World Divided
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The War
This series, directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, explores the history and horror of World War II from an American perspective by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary men and women who become caught up in one of the...
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War Letters: American Experience
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War That Made America
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Way of the Warrior
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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...
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The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!
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West Point
This program tells the 200-year story of The United States Military Academy and reveals its tremendous influence on the nation. Anecdotes of the people, places and traditions of the Academy are featured, including tales of famous West...
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When Worlds Collide
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Who Does She Think She Is
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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...
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Wildflowers: Seeds of History
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Will Rogers and American Politics
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Window to the Sea
WINDOW TO THE SEA features stories from four of America's leading aquariums: Shedd Aquarium, Chicago; Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey; the New England Aquarium in Boston, and the Waikiki Aquarium in Honolulu. The program introduces...
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Wolves In Paradise
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Women, War & Peace
WOMEN, WAR & PEACE is a new five-part series on the changing roles of women in war and peace. The vast majority of today's conflicts are not fought by nation states and their armies, but rather by informal entities: gangs, insurgent...
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Woody Allen: American Masters
His is one of the longest and most prolific careers in show business -- beginning with joke-writing and stand-up comedy in the 1950s and morphing into the world of film in the late 1960s. As a writer, director and/or actor, he has...
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Worse Than War
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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...
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Wyatt Earp: American Experience
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You Don't Know Jack Soo
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Your Kids Are Drinking
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Your Life, Your Money















