23 posts tagged “pbs”
On many PBS stations, it will be followed the Wordplay on Independent Lens (check local listings). Until it airs (or you watch it on DVD), you can work on this crossword puzzle. And you can listen to Will Shortz every Sunday morning on NPR.
I saw the documentary last fall at a San Francisco Film Society screening and bought the band's wonderful CD (they are touring).
Also tonight on most PBS stations and online later this week is the last episode of this season of Frontline/World (though they will be posting a new story or photo essay each week this summer - subscribe to the newsletter to get updates).
Producer Michael Kirk took part in an online discussion. He also was on the media roundtable (direct audio link) on Your Call Radio on June 15th. Also see Frontline's past programs on Iraq (probably the best coverage on television in the US).
Update: It is now at both the Opera Plaza and Balboa. Co-direcotr Richard Berge will do a Q&A after the 4 pm Saturday, June 9th show at the Opera Plaza, after the 6:30 pm show at the Balboa and he will introduce the 8 pm show. On Sunday, June 10th, he will do a Q&A after the 3:50 pm show at the Balboa and introduce the 6:30 pm show. Subscribe to the Balboa's newsletter for updates.
The documentary, based on the book of the same name by Lynn Nicholas, focuses on the massive theft of art by the Nazis which continues to have an impact today. It doesn't ignore the impact of the Allies telling the story of the military's Monuments Men (including Taper) who worked to protect the culture of the cities in the path of the war.
Michael Guillén interviewed Berge and Cohen. Cohen, Nicholas, and Taper were also on Forum this morning. Co-producer Robert Edsel has a blog on issues related to the film. There are more video clips from the film online.
Cohen was executive producer of Wonders are Many which also screened at SFIFF, and Newnham directed Sentenced Home which has been airing this week on Independent Lens on PBS.
When Kids Get Life airs on most PBS stations on Tuesday as part of Frontline (it will also be online).
Ofra Bikel's latest documentary looks at five of the 45 prisoners in Colorado who are serving life without parole for crimes they committed when they were juveniles.
Bikel's has done a series of documentaries on the criminal justie system for Frontline. Some of them have helped innocent people be freed from prison.
They include The Case for Innocence, Requiem for Frank Lee Smith, Snitch, An Ordinary Crime, The Burden of Innocence, and The Plea (the last two are online).
It becomes clear that some of the inmates in When Kids Get Life should never have gone to jail and others should not spend the rest of their lives in jail.
Colorado once had one of the most progressive juvenile justice systems. Jeffrey Fagan is interviewed about it. But, in the early 90s like many states, they changed the law to allow for juveniles to be tried as adults and sent to prison for life without parole. And the choice was left to the prosecutor, not the judge.
In 2006, Colorado became the first state to change from life to being eligable for parole after 40 years. But a compromise to pass the bill over the objections of district attorneys and the families of murder victims dropped a provision to make it retroactive.
The Pendulum Foundation was started by the parents of Eric Jenson who is in tonight's documentary.
It is also clear that there was physical and/or sexual abuse in many of the cases. There needs to be more resources put into child abuse prevention and treatment programs.
Even if you aren't wearing something now that was made in China, something in your closet probably was. This documentary introduces you to some of the women who make clothes and the conditions they work under.
Actually, many aren't even women. Some are as young as 14 and work up to 20 hours a day with no overtime. For about 6 cents an hour.
Bay area filmmaker (and former Media Alliance exec director) Micha Peled is able to show a story few people have seen before.
He became interested in how our clothes when they made the website for his previous documentary, Chain Wars - When Wal-Mart Comes to Town.
He made the film illegally in China. And if you watch it, you can see why they don't want films like this made.
One former factory supervisor describes how they were warned when there would be an inspection. A worker describes how there are two sets of timecards. One for when there is an inspection. The other for their real wages.
An interview (mp3) with Peled from Your Call Radio.
Also on PBS tonight is So Much, So Fast (on KQED at 9 pm).
the role race played in them.
witness the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams. More Community Cinema screenings.
complete program will be online Wednesday). Fora.tv has a video online of the Commonwealth Club speech by Lowell Bergman and Steve Talbot.
After Frontline on many PBS stations (check local listings), Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes airs on Independent Lens. The documentary by Byron White takes a critical look at the sexism and homophobia in rap.
In San Francisco, Frontline is on at 10 pm on KQED and IL at 11 pm.
I'll write more about next week's episode, but I wanted to let people know he four part series, News War, begins airing Tuesday, Feb. 13th on PBS stations (and the programs will be available online).
Update: The full website has launched and it is huge - and it only covers the first two weeks so far (including a transcript of the interview with Josh Wolf).
Audio from the talk at the Commonwealth Club is now online and will air on KQED FM at 8 pm on March 17th (and around that time on other stations - they now also have podcasts) .
Bergman was also interviewed on Fresh Air.
The Feb. 20th episode includes an interview with Josh Wolf. People will be holding house parties to watch the episode.
Steve Talbot (seated in the CC photo) produced the third episode which air on Feb. 27th and will look at old media (with a focus on the LA Times) and new media (including a behind the scenes look at the Daily Show).
Josh Wolf was interviewed on Democracy Now. In the video version, they use photos from my
Free Josh Wolf set towards the end of the interview.
Twisted, Laurel Chiten's documentary on dystonia begins airing on Independent Lens on Tuesday, Jan. 30th (check local listings). In San Francisco, it is on KQED at 11 pm.
Chiten who also made Twitch and Shout about Tourette Syndrome was in a car accident when she was 17. It
took many years before she was correctly diagnosed with dystonia, "a neurological disorder that forces your muscles into abnormal, often painful, movements or postures." Talk show host Diane Rehm and pianist Leon Fleisher (who is the subject of Nathaniel Kahn's Oscar nominated short "Two Hands") also were eventually diagnosed with dystonia.
