Greenlit: Women in Science, Smithsonian

A Woman Among Wolves – a documentary about a woman’s close encounter with wolves during a five-week expedition to the wilds of Canada, which  is the first in a new programming block Women in Science.
Trailer: A Woman Among Wolves
Channel: Smithsonian
TX: 7th March 2010
Source: Smithsonian Channel

Greenlit: Apocalypse: The Second World War, Smithsonian

Apocalypse: The Second World War (6×60′) – Martin Sheen narrates this documentary series that focuses on never-seen-before witness archive from WWII.
Channel: Smithsonian Channel / France 2

Producer: CC&C Louis Vaudeville
TX: 11th November 2009
Source: Cynopsis

Greenlit: Soul of a People: Writing America’s Story, Smithsonian Channel

Soul of a People: Writing America’s Story (2×60′) – HD documentary that tells the story of the Great Depression and the Federal Writers Project programme, which employed 6,600 of jobless writers including Saul Bellow and Studs Terkel, to produce a set of state guidebooks. But the writers went off message when they wrote about the [...]

Greenlit: Mystery of the Hope Diamond, Smithsonian Channel

Mystery of the Hope Diamond – a documentary about the Hope Diamond, a 45.52-carat blue diamond, which was a gift to the American people from legendary jeweller Harry Winston. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the diamond is being reset and the American people are being invited to vote their favourite design. Voting is open from  [...]

Greenlit: Convoy, History Canada, Ch4, Nat Geo, Smithsonian

Convoy (4×60′) – Archive, interviews and reconstructions tell the story of the largest WWII naval campaign.

Channel: History Canada, Channel 4, Nat Geo International, Smithsonian US and the Canadian Navy. (Sounds like the co-pro from hell.)

Producer: Darlow Smithson/Cream Productions

Source: Realscreen

Photo by Stephen Witherden

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