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Archive for August, 2008
Monday, August 25th, 2008

Produced by The Jim Henson Co., ‘Sid’ is a animated series that encourages preschoolers to explore the science in the everyday, such as melting popsicles and sneezing. Thirteen will air 2 hours of ‘Sid’ on Sept. 1 at 10:00 am.
Kids’ site here. Parents read more here.

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Wide Angle reports from the frontlines of the staggering refugee crisis that is unfolding as Iraqis flee their war-torn country at the rate of up to 50,000 people per month. Watch entire episode online.

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Animation reigns this week at Reel 13. You voted for your favorite, now find out which film won. Watch now…

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Some 300 miles off Costa Rica is Cocos Island, a tiny Pacific outpost that was once a favorite haunt of pirates. Cocos is beset by powerful ocean currents that churning the waters nearby into an undersea storm. Welcome to Shark Mountain. Watch the episode now.

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Watch a conversation in Tehran with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Originally aired 8/22/2008. (See complete schedule).

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Simultaneous to its broadcast on Reel 13, ‘Cult of Sincerity’ filmmakers will screen it at a Williamsburg bar. (8/23, 11:15pm, + 2 rebroadcasts). This film is also the first full-length movie fully streamed on Youtube. See details…

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Take a look at the potential VP candidates for the Republican Party. You can read more about frontrunners Pawlenty, Thune, Lieberman, Romney, and Ridge, and watch interviews with them from Charlie Rose and Tavis Smiley.

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Asteroid: the doomsday rock
The quest for element 114
Obesity: the compulsion to eat
Profile: Karl Iagnemma – robiticist & writer

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Walking over to the shimmering New Museum to see the exhibition After Nature, SundayArts blogger Susan Yung stepped over a dead baby bird on Prince Street, and then some oily treacle running down the Bowery. It was a suitable overture to the show, which “surveys a landscape… darkened by uncertain catastrophe.” Read more…

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

A profile of political painter Leon Golub and his wife, the prominent anti-war and feminist artist, Nancy Spero. Originally aired as just ‘Golub’ in 1990, the film was updated and lengthened in 2004. Watch now.

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