Author and philosopher Ayn Rand (born Alice Rosenbaum) developed an intense following in the 1930s and '40s for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and her anti-Communist, pro-Capitalism creed of Objectivism. Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life is a two-and-a-half hour exploration of her life, work, and influence, featuring newsreel ...
A real-life Jack Russell terrier stars in the Wishbone PBS series that uses classical literature to teach grade-school children about the joys of reading. Wishbone's thoughts are voiced by an actor as the terrier is shown stepping into fantasy sequences derived from various classic stories. Period costumes and sets further instruct children about ...
From the acclaimed PBS children's television series Wishbone, comes Wishbone: A Tail in Twain. The program features the little terrier with the big imagination in another live-action adventure aimed to introduce young people to classic literature. The stories in the series parallel the modern life of Wishbone; Wishbone's 12-year-old owner Joe ...
The life of poet Emily Dickinson is thoughtfully re-created in this one-woman show starring Julie Harris. As the actress reads from the poems, letters, and diaries of the poet, a picture emerges of a highly sensitive, yet troubled soul. Dickinson lived during the 19th century and was the granddaughter of one of the founders of Amherst College. As ...
From the acclaimed PBS children's television series Wishbone, comes Wishbone: The Slobbery Hound. The program features the little terrier with the big imagination in another live-action adventure aimed to introduce young people to classic literature. The stories in the series parallel the modern life of Wishbone; Wishbone's 12-year-old owner Joe ...
A workshop of William Shakespeare's Richard III inspires actor-director Al Pacino's breezy documentary, which aims to make the playwright accessible to contemporary American audiences. Though a noteworthy cast of stage actors and Hollywood stars (including Kevin Spacey, Winona Ryder, and Alec Baldwin) gathers to work on the play, Looking for ...
Born dirt poor and raised in the rural South, an unmarried mother at 16 and prostitute at 18, Maya Angelou beat the odds to emerge a successful poet, musician, and the recipient of over 30 honorary degrees. Intimate Portrait: Maya Angelou tells the inspiring story of Angelou's tireless journey, her personal tragedies and great achievements. By age ...
From the acclaimed PBS children's television series Wishbone, comes Wishbone: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The program features the little terrier with the big imagination in another live-action adventure aimed to introduce young people to classic literature. The stories in the series parallel the modern life of Wishbone; Wishbone's 12-year-old ...
This is an educational video aimed at the children's audience, between the ages of four and seven years. Funded by a Ready to Learn grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the program was produced for PBS. In its first season, the series won the Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming. The ...
Edgar Allan Poe's popular poetry is read for viewers including: The Raven, The Haunted Palace, To Helen,Evening Star, The Conqueror Worm, To My Mother, Annabel Lee, The City in the Sea, and Eldorado. Learn a bit more about this writer who also toiled as a magazine writer and editor. Poe played an important role in developing new genres of writing. ...
This edition of Biography, the long running documentary series from A&E, explores the life of author Edgar Allan Poe.Poe served in the U.S. Army and then attended West Point, but got himself dismissed by not studying. He then went to Baltimore to live with his aunt. He would marry her daughter and his own cousin, 13-year-old Virginia Clemm, in ...
The writer Charles Dickens penned some of the best-loved works of fiction in the English language. This biography chronicles the story of the author who wrote Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities, and Oliver Twist. The program uses photographs, reenactments, journals, and scholarly commentary to re-create the life of the man whose troubled life gave ...
From the Mysteries of the Bible series comes this documentary about the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. You will hear from historians, both secular and religious, and archaeologists who give a detailed account of the last days of Christ, from His entrance into the Temple to the Last Supper to His death and His resurrection. ...
First aired in 1983, Reading Rainbow is an award-winning PBS kid's program designed to promote independent reading. Hosted by LeVar Burton, each episode contains an illustrated feature book narrated by a popular entertainer. The magazine-style show also includes book reviews, interviews, and other features starring regular, real-life kids. The ...
Revelations is one of the most cryptic and powerfully written books of the Bible. It foretells that the world will end violently. Scholars, mystics, and laymen study this final book of the Bible and try to interpret the series of numbers, beasts, and warnings. A&E presents this documentary, filmed on-location in Jerusalem and other Middle East ...
Recorded in March 1967, this performance captures Hal Holbrook's amazing portrayal of one of America's greatest author's, Mark Twain. Holbrook, who memorized more than 14 hours of Twain's material, becomes the legendary character for 90 minutes with only a white suit, white hair and mustache, a lectern, and that signature cigar. One of the best ...
In 1972, 18-year-old Mark Moskowitz read a positive review in the New York Times Book Review that inspired him to get a copy of Dow Mossman's novel, The Stones of Summer. An avid reader, Moskowitz found himself unable to get through the book, and set it aside after 20 pages. Twenty-five years later, he finally picked it up again, this time reading ...
Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code has sparked in many readers a new interest in the aspects of the life of Jesus and his contemporaries that don't appear in the Bible. Thanks to the book's success, new questions have been raised about the true nature of the relationship between Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene, the fates of their ...
This video presents a look at twentieth century freedom fighter and hero, Nelson Mandela and his inspirational anti-apartheid speeches. Mandela spent 30 years of a life imprisonment sentence for sabotage and conspiracy against the white minority government of South Africa, before being released by F.W. Klerk's government in 1990. Mandela's moving ...
In 1999, as George W. Bush's bid for the presidency was gaining momentum, free-lance writer J.H. Hatfield contracted with St. Martin's Press to write a biography of the Texas governor and son of former U.S. President George Bush. When St. Martin's published Hatfield's book, entitled Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American ...
Director Ron Mann has put together readings by 24 different poets (after filming a total of 60 writers reciting their works), and then has poet and author Charles Bukowski verbalize "everyman's" criticisms of poetry: it is boring, irrelevant, self-indulgent, and does not make much sense. Then he counterpoints these statements with dynamic, ...
Advertising writer John Dullaghan makes his feature-length directorial debut with the documentary Bukowski: Born Into This. The infamous poet, novelist, and screenwriter Charles Bukowski has made a legacy of writing about hard living in a unique prose style. His work paralleled his lifestyle, leading to the autobiographical novels Women, Hollywood ...
In modern times the names "Philistines" conjures up images of a godless, lawless and ruthless people. This documentary, which is part of a series on stories and figures of the Bible, focuses on the story of the Philistines, who invaded Canaan, and became the archenemies of the land of Israel. Using scientific research and archeological discoveries ...
Using a project initiated by the National Endowment of the Arts as a launching point to explore the wartime experiences of those who have fought on the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan, filmmaker Richard E. Robbins offers a humanizing study of the soldiers who have suffered through the de-humanization of war. As letters from the soldiers are ...
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