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It's 1964. At an Australian migrant hostel, the Young brothers from Scotland form the pop phenom band Easybeats whose hit song Friday On My Mind conquered the globe. Their brothers, in turn, later become the rawest, loudest rock superstars ever: AC/DC. Those bands and more Ted Albert's label tell the story of a rock soundtrack that shook the world. This program is a two-episode series, each episode is one hour long. Australia got its rock & roll in...
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Academic Holocaust adds more statistical proof of the scholastic inequalities faced by Original people around the country. The documentary revisits the importance of education and its impact on self-image, family structure, financial freedom and the collective future of African/indigenous people in America and abroad. With commentary from some of the 21st century's greatest minds of the African diaspora in America, such as Financial Scholar and Social...
19505) What is blood?
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Examines the organs and functions of the human body.
19507) Is school enough?
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Documents vivid examples of where new modes of self-directed learning are taking hold and flourishing. Powerful stories show that when students have the opportunity to explore their own interests and challenges, they step up and perform at the highest level.
19508) The incredible machine
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National Geographic takes you and your family on a truly fascinating journey through the wondrous inner world of The Incredible Human Machine. Explore the fascinating, microscopic universe that exists within us all. How does the eye adjust to changes in light? How do our muscles enable us to move? How does the eardrum process sound? Discover the wonders of this internal world and the marvel of THe Incredible Human Machine -- Container.
19509) Rip!: a remix manifesto
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Explores the complexities of intellectual property in the era of peer-to-peer file sharing. Interviews key figures in the debate, including Gregg Gillis, the Pittsburgh biomedical engineer who moonlights as Girl Talk, a mash-up artist rearranging the pop chart's DNA with his incongruous, entirely sample-based songs. A mash-up in itself, this shatters the wall between users and producers, and challenges the thresholds of 'fair use.'
19510) 17 días en el fin del mundo
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Un equipo de Noticieros Televisa recorrió 13 mil kilómetros desde Mexico hasta la peninsula antártica, pasando por las Islas Georgias del Sur, en una increíble travesía por el polo sur. Acompáñenos en una extraordinaria aventura por el rincón mas austral del planeta, en donde los sonidos son diferentes y las imágenes sorprenden por su belleza.
19512) Charley Pride: I'm just me
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"Explore the complicated history of the American South and its music through the life of country star Charley Pride. Raised in the brutally segregated Mississippi Delta, Pride's buttery voice, talent, and steely resolve led him to the Country Music Hall of Fame. A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, his journey shows the ways that artistic expression can triumph over prejudice and injustice"--Container.
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Vietnam veteran S. Brian Willson paid the price for peace by nearly being killed by a military train during a non-violent protest. Since then, he has not stopped calling attention to the US government's defiance of international law through waging endless illegal wars. Paying the Price for Peace exposes the truth about the United States' addiction to war, and the lies it perpetuates in order to wage ongoing violence, through the life and times of...
19514) Inside the Met
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In 2020 the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrated its 150th anniversary. This three-part program looks at the uncertainty the Met faced at this time as it faced an indefinite closure due to COVID-19 and calls for social justice following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the largest art museum in the Americas, prepares to celebrate its 150th birthday with a treasure trove of landmark exhibitions....
19515) The big picture
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The Big Picture with Kal Penn uses breakthrough data and mapping to make powerful connections and visualize our world in amazing new ways. Hosted by Kal Penn, each episode uncovers surprising facts on topics like money, sex, food, crime, migrations and sports and generates maps and other visuals to help us understand the big picture. The series hopes to reveal how our world works, how we got here, and even where we're headed, while exploring powerful...
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A journey through the 1980s and beyond: the story of the band Spandau Ballet, an era and how one small gathering of outsiders in London shaped the entire world's view of music and fashion. The film is not only a fascinating, often hard-hitting social and cultural document of the time, but a brutally honest story of how friendships can be won, lost and ultimately regained.
19517) Wanted: anaconda
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Located mainly in jungles of Guyana, near water, an anaconda can grow as big around as a grown man. These enormous snakes kill their prey by coiling their powerful bodies around their victims and squeezing until they suffocate or are crushed to death. It then unhinges its jaw to swallow the victim whole. This is a scenario that has been portrayed in more than one Hollywood B-movie, giving rise to the snake's formidable reputation.
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David Susskind's historical, long and intimate interview with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. originally aired on June 9, 1963. Now, restored by The Paley Center, this broadcast has not been seen in full since its original airing. Among the subjects discussed were the current state of the American Civil Rights Movement and the then-recent events in Birmingham, Alabama.
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When best-selling author Joshua Foer began to build his first sukkah, a small hut that Jews build and dwell in every fall for the holiday of Sukkot, he wanted to move beyond the generic plywood boxes and canvas tents that have become the unimaginative status quo. He discovered that while the Bible outlines the basic parameters for what a sukkah should look like and how it should function, it leaves plenty of room for variation and interpretation....
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