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“We must help rebuild … the faith that most Americans have always had in their future and their ability to share in the American dream,” the filmmaker said in a 1992 keynote at the PBS Annual Meeting.
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America had pointed out inaccuracies in a quote from a 2020 press conference.
A documentary debuting March 24 follows millennials and their boomer parents as they navigate an “aging boot camp.”
“Ellis Haizlip ensured that the revolution would be televised, and the revolution was ‘Soul!’”
A new study from the Center for Media & Social Impact finds that by hosting screenings of documentary films, public TV stations can guide participants to “breakthrough moments.”
In an excerpt from the new book “Story Movements: How Documentaries Empower People and Inspire Social Change,” Caty Borum Chattoo considers how the expanding documentary marketplace might affect the stories served up to audiences.
The initiative includes programs from “PBS NewsHour,” “Frontline,” “POV” and “Independent Lens.”
Citing concerns over its funding, PBS removed “Voices from the Frontline: China’s War on Poverty” from PBS.org, Passport and the PBS Video App.
Premiering on PBS Sept. 15, the documentarian’s latest film follows the evolution of country music from 1923 to the mid-1990s.