Join author, activist and commentator Margaret Hoover for a public affairs talk show that delivers a civil and engaging contest of ideas among the brightest minds and voices from across the ideological spectrum.
Straßen bauen, Leitungen legen oder Reparaturen durchführen? Kein Problem für Bob den Baumeister! Ab sofort schaufelt und hämmert er mit seiner lustigen Truppe, wo immer er gebraucht wird. Die Bagger Baggi und Budel, Dampfwalze Rumpel, Zementmischer Mixi und Kran Heppo gehören zu Bobs starkem Team. Die kraftvollen Maschinen sind wie eine liebenswerte Gruppe von Kindern, die spielt, streitet und lacht und den Baumeister und seine Assistentin und Geschäftspartnerin Wendy auf Trab hält. Verstärkung kriegen sie durch Bobs Katze Kuschel, seinen Vogel Feder und der Vogelscheuche...
Part detective story, part true-life drama, long-running series explores some of the most iconic moments in history to debunk myths and shed new light on past events. Using the latest investigative techniques, forensic science and historical examination, it shatters accepted wisdom, challenges prevailing ideas, overturns existing hypotheses, spotlights forgotten mysteries, and ultimately rewrites history.
Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
The Great American Dream Machine was a weekly satirical variety television series, produced in New York City by WNET and broadcast on PBS from 1971 to 1973. The program was hosted by humorist and commentator Marshall Efron. The show centered around skits and satirical political commentary. The hour and a half long show usually contained at least seven different current event topics. In the second season, the show was trimmed down to an hour. Other notable cast members included Chevy Chase. Contributors included Albert Brooks and Andy Rooney. Some of the skits would later be revamped for the movie The Groove Tube. There were also occasional short films presented on the show, most of them "experimental" or documentaries about artistic endeavours. Some of these were subtitled.
Preisgekrönte BBC-Produktion, in der herausragende Bühnenstücke über die englischen Monarchen und ihre Kämpfe um den Thron von William Shakespeare aufwändig fürs Fernsehen inszeniert werden. Die Reihe hat ihren Namen nach einem Zitat aus dem Stück "Richard II.", in dem die Toten der Thronstreitigkeiten beklagt werden, die ihr Leben für die "bedeutungslose Krone" verloren.
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
Cyberchase is an American/Canadian television series for children ages 7-13. The series takes place in Cyberspace, a virtual world, and chronicles the adventures of three children, Jackie, Inez, and Matt, as they use math and problem solving skills to save Cyberspace and its leader, Motherboard, from The Hacker, the villain. Cyberchase has received generally positive reviews and won numerous awards. Thirteen/WNET New York and Nelvana produced the first five seasons, while Thirteen, in association with Title Entertainment, Inc. and WNET.ORG, produced seasons six through eight. The show airs on Public Broadcasting Service and PBS Kids GO! in the United States. All episodes have been released free on the Cyberchase Website. Since July 2010, Cyberchase has been put on hiatus, but was announced that starting in November, Cyberchase will be revived and start airing new episodes with its 9th season.
Together, with their crystal-charged powers, they are superheroes in the Southern-African inspired Kimoja City, shining bright to make things right until harmony and unity is restored in their community.
America's first and longest running hour-long nightly news broadcast known for its in-depth coverage of issues and current events.
Rosenkranz und Güldenstern sind Nebenfiguren aus Shakespeares Hamlet, deren Schicksal hinlänglich bekannt sein dürfte. Wir begegnen den beiden armen, fahrenden Scholaren, die unterwegs zum Hof des dänischen Königs Claudius sind, um den Prinzen aufzuheitern. Äußerlich wirken die beiden wie abgerissene Schnorrer und ziemlich stumpf, sie entpuppen sich im Gespräch aber als äußerst geistreich.
The history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction. Looks at slavery as an integral part of a developing nation, challenging the long held notion that slavery was exclusively a Southern enterprise. Simultaneously focuses on the remarkable stories of individual slaves, offering new perspectives on the slave experience and testifying to the active role that Africans and African Americans took in surviving their bondage and shaping their own lives.
Renowned Shakespearean actor Patrick Stewart features as the eponymous anti-hero in this Soviet-era adaptation of one of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful tragedies.
The first permanent European settlement in the United States was founded two generations before the Pilgrims arrived in 1565—not by English Protestants, but by a melting pot of Spanish, Africans, Italians, Germans, Irish and converted Jews, who integrated almost immediately with the indigenous tribes. America’s Untold Story, from Secrets of the Dead, uncovers the story of America’s past that never made it into textbooks.
The warplane has evolved over nearly a century to become what it is today, in 2004. This series is the story of how, through life-and-death necessity, invention, ingenuity and sheer hard work that warplane technology evolved. The Warplane series is not a history of every military plane but rather a look at the major stepping stones that advanced military aviation.
William Miles’s landmark epic documents the early settlement of the Village of Harlem in the 17th century to the specter of urban renewal and redevelopment in the 1970s. The film chronicles the centuries of change and political and artistic expression that has made this complex hamlet the capital of urban America.
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli grew up in Lajatico, a rural village in Tuscany, where his family still farms nearby. In July 2007, on the slopes of his ancient hill town, a special theater was constructed for a one-night-only concert of his greatest popular hits along with new songs performed to honor the occasion. Some famous musical friends dropped by and the magical result is Andrea Bocelli - Vivere - Live in Tuscany, premiering this December on PBS.
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Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs und Allen Ginsberg lernten sich in den 40er Jahren an der Columbia University in New York kennen und gelten als die literarischen Begründer der “Beat Generation”. Die so genannten “Beatniks” kann man als erste Repräsentanten einer Jugend- und Popkultur bezeichnen. Das Lebensgefühl der 68er und der “Hippies” wurde hier knapp 20 Jahre vorher schon erstmals formuliert und beeinflusste eine ganze Generation von Künstlern wie Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits. Der semi-dokumentarische Film setzt den drei zu Ikonen der Popkultur gewordenen Schriftstellern ein Denkmal. In den Spielszenen werden die drei von Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper und John Turturro verkörpert, die allesamt bekennende Fans ihres Werkes sind.
Why is the English spoken by Maine lobstermen so different from thatscene from the broadcast spoken by cowboys in Texas? Does Spanish pose a threat to English as the dominant language in America? And what on earth do yins, wickety wack, ayuh, catty whompus, and stomping it clean mean? Robert MacNeil travels cross-country to answer these questions and examine the dynamic state of American English – a language rich with regional variety, strong global impact and cultural controversy.
Annie Leibovitz ist eine der renommiertesten und einflussreichsten Fotografinnen der Gegenwart. Für US-Berühmtheiten kommt es einem Ritterschlag gleich, von ihr in Szene gesetzt zu werden. Ein Jahr lang begleitete die Dokumentarfilmerin Barbara Leibovitz ihre ältere Schwester. Das Filmporträt verfolgt Annie Leibovitz' Werdegang von ihren Studienjahren bis zum Aufstieg zur Chef-Fotografin des Rolling Stone und der Vanity Fair. Neben ihrem kreativen Schaffen zeigt die Dokumentation auch die ganz privaten Seiten der kamerascheuen Fotokünstlerin.
A look at the history, impact and drama of The Supreme Court, focusing especially on the personalities of America's highest court.
In Hollywood herrscht das Prinzip: Alles oder Nichts. Clint Eastwood kam an diesen Punkt, als die Studiobosse einwilligten, ihn bei "Sadistico - Wunschkonzert für einen Toten" zum ersten Mal Regie führen zu lassen - unter der Voraussetzung, daß er dies ohne Bezahlung täte. Eastwood zögerte keinen Moment und sagte zu. Dieses Portrait der berühmten Hollywood-Ikone, erzählt von Morgan Freeman, beinhaltet diese und viele weitere Geschichten. Von der kleinsten Rolle bis hin zum Gewinn des Oscars, vom 16-jährigen Bar-Pianisten bis hin zum anerkannten Jazz-Musiker, von der umstrittenen Dirty Harry-Reihe über die Western Klassiker bis hin zu Space Cowboys - Eastwoods Karriere wird u.a. durch eine Reihe fesselnder Filmclips und Interviews lebendig.
Two dozen modern-day time travelers find out the hard way what early American colonial life was really like when they take up residence in Colonial House. The colonists negotiate personal and communal challenges as they deal with the demoralizing weather, rustic living conditions and backbreaking labor.
Early Errol Morris documentary intersplices random chatter he captured on film of the genuinely eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida. A few examples? The preacher giving a sermon on the definition of the word "Therefore," and the obsessive turkey hunter who speaks reverentially of the "gobblers" he likes to track down and kill.
'Hey, Mr Producer!' features selected scenes from the productions of the world's most successful musical producer, Cameron Mackintosh - classic songs from classic musicals performed by the ultimate cast.
Raul Julia plays Aram Fingal, a very intelligent computer programmer and a very bored man in the employ of Novicorp, a mega-corporation that exists somewhere in the future. When caught watching "Casablanca" at his desk, Fingal is required to undergo rehabilitation therapy called "doppling." However, Fingal's body is misplaced and he is transferred into a computer while the body is located.
He was the 16-year-old Guru Maharaj Ji and, as the Millennium approached, he promised to levitate the Huston Astrodome. It was the early Seventies and anything was possible so thousands flocked to his gathering. Follow him from his mansion in New York to the limousines in Houston, listen to his followers and watch the spectacle unfold just as TVTV did in this Alfred I. du Pont award wining documentary.
In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and professional life that features intimate personal accounts, interviews and clips from his most acclaimed work on the silver screen.
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