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Greenlit: Underground Railroad: The William Still Story, PBS
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story - Documentary that explores one man’s mission to help slaves escape to freedom. The program looks at the inner workings of the Underground Railroad through detailed records, diaries and other written accounts of the freedom seekers who made their way across the U.S. border to Canada. Channel: PBS TX: [...]
Greenlit: More Than a Month, PBS
More Than a Month - Shukree Hassan Tilghman, an African-American filmmaker, is on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. Through this tongue-in-cheek and thought-provoking journey, More Than a Month investigates what the treatment of history tells us about race and equality in a “post-racial” America. (See advanced clip from this show here.) Channel: [...]
Greenlit: Black Power Mixtape 1967 – 1975, PBS
Black Power Mixtape 1967 – 1975 - Documentary featuring a compilation of interviews from leading African-American artists, activists, musicians and scholars. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Swedish television journalists came to America to document the burgeoning black power movement. This long-lost trove of film, combined with contemporary interviews to create an irresistible mosaic [...]
Greenlit: Daisy Bates: The First Lady of Little Rock, PBS
Daisy Bates: The First Lady of Little Rock - Documentary that tells the story of Bates’ life and her public support of nine black students who registered to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas (See clip from this show here). Channel: PBS TX: 2nd February 2012 Source: PBS Press Office
Greenlit: Poor Kids USA, BBC2 / PBS
Poor Kids USA (1 x 60′) – Documentary that explores the lives of American children living in poverty, as seen through their eyes. Channel: BBC2 (This World strand) PBS (Frontline strand) Producer: True Vision TX: TBC Source: Broadcast
Greenlit: Picturing America on Screen, PBS/online
Picturing America on Screen (25 x shorts) – A series of documentary shorts that accompany Picturing America, a project from National Endowment for the Humanities. The films explore the history of art and culture in the USA. Channel: PBS / online Producer: Thirteen TX: TBC Source: Cynopsis
Greenlit: The Jazzy Vegetarian, PBS
The Jazzy Vegetarian (13 x30′) – Laura Theodore hosts cooking show that focuses on healthy vegan dishes. Channel: PBS Producer: Virtual Media Productions/PCA Creative LLC TX: 1st October 2011 Source: Cynopsis
Greenlit: Prohibition, PBS
Prohibition (3 x 120′) – Documentary series set in the era of bathtub gin, bootleggers and speakeasies, the series tells the true story of the rise, rule and fall of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It was called the Noble Experiment, but it was in fact one of America’s most notorious civic failures, [...]
Greenlit: Clinton, PBS
Clinton (4 x 60′) -Documentary profiling Bill Clinton from childhood to US presidential office. Channel: PBS Producer: Barak Goodman TX: 2012 Source: Realscreen
Greenlit: Engineering An Icon: Designing and Building the New World Trade Center, PBS
Engineering An Icon: Designing And Building The New World Trade Center (1 x 60′) - Documentary following the people behind the construction of the Freedom Tower at Ground Zero in NYC. Channel: PBS Producer: TX: September 2011 Source: Realscreen
