Archive for April, 2009
Greenlit: Red Summer, Sundance
Red Summer (6x ) – documentary series about an isolated Alaskan village and the events that take place over the course of a commercial salmon season when the village’s population explodes. The series is based on a book – Red Summer: The Danger, Madness, and Exaltation of Salmon Fishing in a Remote Alaskan Village by [...]
Regret the Error
Regret the Error is an online collection (and book) of apologies that newspapers have been forced to make for mistakes in their copy – they make for hilarious and sometimes tragic reading. The site’s edited by Canadian freelance journalist Craig Silverman – check him out.
Greenlit: Restorer Guy, TLC
Restorer Guy – Gable Painter (yes, that’s his real name) brings new life to old structures. A meticulous and obsessive home restoration expert, Gable Painter and his team get their hands dirty restoring historic homes in an effort to bring America back to its former beauty one house at a time. Channel: TLC TX: 21 [...]
Greenlit: Inside: Lisa Ling Investigates, OWN
Inside: Lisa Ling Investigates w/t (x 60′) – Lisa Ling investigates topical subjects Channel: OWN Producer: Part2 Pictures Source: Cynopsis
Cross-section of a Murderer
This video shows more than 1800 cross-sections of the body of an executed murderer. The body was put into gelatin before being frozen and slice into millimeter slices. Nice. It’s part of the Visible Human Project at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland.
When Baking Turns Bad
Listverse has put together a series of photos of some seriously deranged cakes. You’d have to wonder who your friends were if you got a ‘kitty-litter’ iced cake… see the rest, including a dead crow and a thorax cake.
Greenlit: NYC Prep, Bravo
NYC Prep - follows a group of six affluent teenagers who are key players in Manhattan’s elite high school scene and are firmly entrenched in Manhattan’s social circle. Students who travel in packs – whether it’s on sophisticated vacations or to a townhouse for an exclusive midnight party, their lives intertwine as they network, shop, [...]
Greenlit: New York Goes to Work, VH1
New York Goes to Work ( x30′) - Tiffany “New York” Pollard turns her hand to a variety of jobs as chosen for her by audience text voting. Channel: VH1 TX: 4 May 09 Source: Cynopsis
Greenlit: Sea Patrol UK, Nat Geo UK
Sea Patrol UK (6x ) is a ob doc that follows the work of the police who have the English Channel as their beat. Channel: National Geographic UK / Five Producer: Wall to Wall TX: Summer 09 Source: C21
Greenlit: Britain’s Greatest Machines, Nat Geo UK
Britain’s Greatest Machines (4×60′) – documentary series that explore the machines that changed Britain. Each episode looks at machines from a particular decade – 30s, 50s, 60s and 80s, Channel: National Geographic UK Producer: The Gamma Project TX: Summer 09 Source: C21
