A clever mix of animation, archival footage and KING CORN clips made Kylee Darcy’s short film on the politics of food the winner of Independent Lens’ video mashup contest. Watch video here.
What does a life-size paper doll of Barack Obama look like? You can see for yourself at the “Campaigning for President: New York and the American Election” exhibit that opens today (June 23) at the Museum of the City of New York.
The documentary on this gifted artist, from his glamorous work in Hollywood of the ’40s to his large-scale architectural projects of the ’50s, airs tonight at 10pm, part of June’s “Out” programming. Unusually, Norman spent his life not in the closet, and is a working sculptor at 90.
See Norman’s site for galleries of his [...]
On June 26, the Fuller exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art, “Starting with the Universe” opens. See clips and read more about this engineering visionary.
The Journal examines racial inequality in America from slavery to today, with perspective from historical and cultural sociologist Orlando Patterson and Glenn C. Loury, an economist and expert on race and social division.
In 1789, more than 200 female thieves, prostitutes, and con artists were shipped off to an Australian penal colony aboard the Lady Juliana. Onboard, the women rebelled….Watch the full episode of “Voyage of the Courtesans” online.
Anyone following this year’s Democratic Presidential Primaries could recall those in 1980. Similarly to today, During the primaries, the losing but high-profile candidate refused to quit despite odds against their success in securing the candidacy. But in 1980, the losing candidate, Ted Kennedy, took his case all the way to the convention.
On this day in 1953, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are executed in the United States following their conviction for selling atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Many perceive the Rosenbergs as innocent victims of anti-communist hysteria.
NOVA: Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies, Family Spies
Read Interviews with Robert and Michael Meeropol, the sons of Julius and Ethel [...]
The Peabodys were awarded June 16, and PBS and WNET had a number of winners, many of which are viewable in their entirety online. See list and links here…
In 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor aboard French ship Isere, which transported the statue from France to the US. For transport, the Statue of Liberty was reduced to 350 individual pieces. In the 2002 PBS documentary film “American Stories: The Statue of Liberty” Ken Burns explores both the history of [...]
