PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
This 10-part series, with the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family and identity in today's America. Professor Gates shakes loose captivating stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford Marsalis, John Legend, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Taped 333 feet below ground within the labyrinth of Tennessee's Cumberland Caverns, contained is a compilation of the best of the twelve-part 'musical adventure' series. Featuring the top established and emerging artists within the bluegrass, newgrass, gospel, roots, and Americana genres.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Documentary portrait of Betty Ford, one of the most influential modern first ladies, drawn from an interview by presidential historian Michael Beschloss. Additional interviews with the Ford family, friends and historians and photos, home movies, film from the White House years and new material shot at the Betty Ford Center and around her home in Rancho Mirage, California. Highlights include her support of the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion rights...
12) The interrupters
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters who, with bravado, humility, and even humor, try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. Shot over the course of a year, this documentary captures a period in Chicago when it became a national symbol for the violence in America's cities.
13) I.O.U.S.A
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"I.O.U.S.A. tells the story of America in debt. Faced with key deficits in budget, savings, trade and leadership, increased foreign competition and ballooning financial obligations, the federal government is critically overextended. With the economy already in shambles, 78 million baby boomers are now expecting retirement benefits from their indebted federal government. Weaving together archival footage, economic data and candid interviews with Warren...