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A documentary film that focuses on the Confederate Battle flag and its impact on the people, politics, and perceptions of South Carolina and beyond. Through firsthand interviews featuring various perspectives and a wealth of historical footage, Downing of a Flag traces the symbol's controversial relationship with the Palmetto State, exploring its true meaning and how an unspeakable tragedy catalyzed its long-debated removal. The story begins with...
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What would the world look like if America never existed? Dinesh D₂Souza, bestselling author and creator of 2016: Obama₂s America, explores this fascinating question in this stirring, thought-provoking documentary. Through re-enactments of landmark events in America₂s history and insightful interviews with leading historians, D₂Souza brings us face-to-face with the brave heroes who built a great nation, and offers a powerful defense against...
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"In 1979, Louis Malle traveled into the heart of Minnesota to capture the everyday lives of the men and women of a prosperous farming community. He returned six years later, during Ronald Reagan's second term, to find drastic economic decline. Free of stereotypes about America's heartland, GOD'S COUNTRY, commissioned for American public television, is a stunning work of emotional and political clarity"--Container.
12) Parallel lines
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In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, Nina Davenport interviews strangers as she journeys across the country, finding that, despite their differences, many Americans dealt with the national trauma by referencing personal loss and longing.
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The history and culture of diverse groups of Native Americans come to life in this program about North America's first inhabitants. Children learn to count to ten in the Pima language and say a few words in the Navajo language, take a field trip to the southwestern Gila River Reservation near Phoenix, Arizona, learn about the traditional crafts still made by Native Americans today and learn how to make their own sand paintings. They'll also enjoy...
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Larry the Cable Guy takes a zany spin around the U.S. From the Oregon Trail to the Grand Canyon, from crossing the Delaware to searching for California₁s gold, Larry's signature persona delivers offbeat America, with stories of real history and loads of down-home fun. Larry 'gits-r-done, ' as he visits iconic sites, engaging people along the way. Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy brings fun-loving 'country' to an historic level.
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Filmmakers Sarah and Greg set out to critically explore American culture, compassion, and fear by relying on the kindness of strangers for a home each night. Traveling through 30 states in 60 days, they spend every day in a new town, learning why people may or may not be willing to open their homes. At times funny, heartbreaking, and inspirational, these individual stories reflect the daily choices we make to trust, to confide, to care for, and to...
18) American creed
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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David M. Kennedy and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice come together from different points of view to explore what it means to be American. That spirited inquiry frames the stories of a range of citizen-activists striving to realize their own visions of America's promise across deep divides.
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Exciting adventures appear at every turn as children are introduced to the seven colorful countries of Central America. They'll see what it's like to live there and how immigrants from those countries have brought their traditions to North America.Everyone learns how to say a few words and count to ten in Spanish. A field trip takes children to a shop where beautiful Guatemalan weavings are sold, and they also visit a Salvadoran grocery for a view...
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The history of Jewish Americans, their journey to America and the traditions they observe come to life in this program. Children learn the geography of Israel, how to say a few words in Hebrew and how to make a Sukkah, the decorated hut built as part of the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot. They also take a trip to a kosher supermarket, visit a Jewish shop that sells books in Hebrew, menorahs and other special items, enjoy an animated folktale called...
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