The situation in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, has become tense between the army and the paramilitary border guards known as the Bangladesh Rifles. Photographer Jessica Lim took these arresting images of the standoff as it was happening on the streets. Watch the slideshow.
Over the next ten weeks, Frontline will unfold an online investigation of international bribery. Covering a practice estimated at $1 trillion worldwide, the team will report on some of the largest bribery investigations in corporate history, leading up to ‘Black Money’, airing April 7th on Frontline. See new videos and print reports as they are [...]
This Saturday, Gene Kelly’s 1952 classic Singin’ in the Rain airs on Reel 13. We caught up with Andy Blankenbuehler, who choreographed In the Heights, to talk to him about Gene Kelly’s influence. Watch now.
Opera star Danielle De Niese, who has recently earned rave reviews for her role in the Met production of Orfeo ed Euridice, is making her New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall on Feb. 27. Read an interview with the young diva in the SundayArts Blog.
Students of New York’s literary history ought to be familiar with our latest location, the Fulton Ferry Hotel. Joseph Mitchell, author, immortalized the building in his 1952 New Yorker story, “Up in the Old Hotel.” Much of the hotel remains as Mitchell found it. Watch now.
Starting in 1968, Detroit public TV station WTVS produced an African-American news/public affairs show called Colored People’s Time (CPT). The show’s mission was to build more community involvement among Detroit’s largely African-American urban population. Watch segments from the show….
On Wednesday, Feb. 25, Pres. Obama gave the second Library of Congress Gershwin Prize to Stevie Wonder at a special concert in the White House. You can watch it online now. Read more…
Ed Rendell (PA), Arnold Schwarzenegger (CA) and others discuss the government’s new infrastructure initiatives at the winter meeting of the National Governor’s Association on February 21, 2009, at the Miller Center in Virginia. Watch now!
Dolan, 59, will succeed Cardinal Edward Egan, who is retiring after nearly nine years in the position. John Allen, longtime Vatican correspondent for National Catholic Reporter, talks about the challenges he will face, including potential tensions with the Obama Administration. Watch now.
Reel 13 Indies on Thirteen is happy to announce that Nina Paley’s animated film, “Sita Sings the Blues” will be aired March 7, and the full film will be viewable online starting February 26. Read more about the film, the copyright issues that the filmmaker ran into, and more, here….
