Obituaries
Filmmaker Perry Miller Adato remembered for elevating women
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The documentarian died Sept. 16 at the age of 97.
Programs/Content
A sneak peek at Native American series and specials airing this fall and beyond
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Historical documentaries, a rock ‘n’ roll film and series exploring cultural traditions are cued up for public TV premieres.
Quick Takes
First ‘American Masters’ web series pays tribute to innovative women
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The program is part of a year-long initiative, #InspiringWomanPBS.
American Masters
Season 2 of ‘American Masters Podcast’ focuses on writers
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New interviews with playwrights, authors and poets will be paired with previously unreleased conversations from the series’ 30-year archives.
Programs/Content
Unreleased interviews appear on new ‘American Masters’ podcast
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The biweekly podcast will draw on content from 2,156 tapes of more than 800 interviews.
System/Policy
NEH grants include online archive project for public radio’s StoryCorps
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Shakespeare Uncovered also got funding for a third season on PBS.
Programs/Content
‘American Masters’ pursues Latino audiences with events, social media efforts
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The push centered on a documentary about influential photographer Pedro E. Guerrero.
Programs/Content
U.S. public media steps up at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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The festival has become increasingly important for U.S.–based public media.
Documentaries on PBS
Makers, subjects of PBS’s indie docs bring diversity to public TV, study finds
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The study’s authors argued that films such as God Loves Uganda are central to public TV’s mission.