In the 1970s, female East German athletes came from nowhere to dominate international sport, but behind their success lay a horrifying secret. “Doping for Gold” reveals the truth behind the biggest state-sponsored doping program ever. See full episode online.
This week, American Masters features Web-exclusive video interviews with people who worked with Marvin Gaye at Motown Records and others who knew him, including Gladys Knight, Ben Fong-Torres (Rolling Stone), Ashford & Simpson, Otis Williams (Temptations), and Weldon McDougal (Motown).
Just in time for the 2008 election season, Am. Ex. rolls out their 20th-century presidential documentaries online. In May, a new documentary on the life of George H.W. Bush (broadcast May 5-6), followed by docs on FDR, and Truman … in the fall, Carter, Nixon and Reagan.
OVER HERE is a half-hour documentary made by six local high school students about the WWII homefront as seen through the eyes of New Yorkers who were themselves teenagers at the time. It was was commissioned by Thirteen as part of the outreach effort for THE WAR, and produced under the guidance of Reel Works [...]
José Clemente Orozco experienced the carnage and duplicity of the Mexican Revolution, the hardship following the New York stock market crash in 1929, and rising fascism in Europe. He emerged with an aesthetic and moral vision unparalleled in 20th-century painting. Discover the story of Mexico’s legendary muralist.
Until his accidental death at the hands of the LAPD, Ruben Salazar gave voice to many Mexican-Americans on issues of social justice, civil rights, and community empowerment. His reporting for the Los Angeles Times probed the Chicano community and attempted to answer the question: Who is a Chicano? Watch this video about Salazar’s life and [...]
A grisly discovery of more than 400 mutilated bodies in Mexico is turning history on its head. “Secrets of the Dead: Aztec Massacre” paints a new picture of the violent relations between the Aztecs and the Conquistadors and rewrites much of what we thought we knew about the Aztec civilization. Watch the full episode online.
It’s not “beginner English,” it’s not Spanglish and it’s not watered-down Spanish. Chicano English is a distinctive U.S. English dialect. In this interview, Carmen Fought discusses the dialect common to the Southwestern United States and its roots in a bilingual culture.
The one-man play “Primo” recounts the Holocaust experiences of Primo Levi, an Italian chemist who was arrested and transported to Auschwitz in the final year of World War II. He was one of only 22 Italian Jews who left the camp alive. Written by/starring South African-born actor Sir Antony Sher, the play is an adaptation [...]
When the German war machine stormed into Poland, 19-year-old Zula Schibuk was sent from her home to Kaiserwald, a concentration camp in Latvia. This is her story.
