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- A "beyond the shoes" documentary on the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos.
- An intimate portrait of 76-year-old jazz vocal legend Jimmy Scott. The film explores Scott's odyssey of loss and redemption through reminiscence, song, and lush Japanese travelogue.
- "Sumo East and West" is a feature documentary about Americans in the ancient Japanese sport of sumo wrestling. Sumo is not only the national sport of Japan but a centuries-old cultural treasure that is literally part of the Shinto religion. Yet this highly traditional world is facing profound changes due to the postwar influx of foreign images and ideas in Japanese culture. At the same time other changes in sumo are being prompted by its growing popularity in the West, where its adherents are lobbying for sumo's inclusion in the Olympic Games even as other promoters are arranging amateur sumo tournaments in venues like Las Vegas casinos - tournaments that not surprisingly bear little resemblance to the sport's Japanese forebear. "Sumo East and West" takes us into this world through the story of Wayne Vierra of Hawaii, aka Kamakiiwa, a former professional sumo wrestler in Japan whose pro career was cut short by injury, but who rebounded to become a champion in the growing world of amateur sumo. The film also features the Hawaii-born superstars of professional sumo: Konishiki, Jesse "Takamiyama" Kuhaulua, and Akebono (the first non-Japanese to reach the exalted rank of yokozuna, or grand champion) .
- 1999– 27m7.6 (13)TV Episode
- Exploring the promise of U.S. housing policies.
- The New Americans follows four years in the lives of a diverse group of contemporary immigrants and refugees as they journey to start new lives in America. The detailed portraits--woven together in the seven-hour miniseries-- present a kaleidoscopic picture of immigrant life and a personal view of the new America. We follow an Indian couple to Silicon Valley through the dot-com boom and bust. A Mexican meatpacker struggles to reunite his family in rural Kansas. Two families of Nigerian refugees (including the sister of slain Ogoni activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa) escape government persecution. Two Los Angeles Dodgers prospects follow their big dreams of escaping the barrios of the Dominican Republic. A Palestinian woman who marries into a new life in Chicago only to discover in the wake of September 11, she cannot leave behind the pain of her homeland's conflict.
- 1999– 1h 49mR7.8 (4.5K)TV Episode82MetascoreCorporate audio and videotapes tell the inside story of the scandal involving one company's manipulation of California's energy supply and its, and how its executives wrung a billion dollars out of the resulting crisis.
- Its about Fishbowl and American Made.
- In March of 1990, two thieves dressed as Boston police officers gained entrance to the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston Massachusetts and successfully executed the largest art heist in modern history. Among the thirteen priceless works stolen was Vermeer's "The Concert" one of only 35 of the masters surviving works. Not a single one of the works has been recovered. STOLEN is a full exploration of the Gardner theft, and the fascinating, disparate characters involved: from the 19th century Grand dame Isabella Gardner to a private detective obsessed with finding the art to a terrorist organization with a penchant for stealing Vermeers.
- The remarkable teacher Albert Cullum broke the mold for the boring, uninspiring public school teachers in the 1950s and 60s. This film depicts how he inspired his students of all ages through movement and imagination, and how he challenged them to want to learn more through acting in theatrical productions of the classics. The productions were unconventional by every school standard, but gained recognition throughout the state for being groundbreaking and inspiring.
- A hip-hop fan addresses the art form's problems with sexism, masculinity, violence, and homophobia.
- A documentary featuring contemporary performance artists treating the subject of Race In America, along with archival footage and commentary from poet laureate Amiri Baraka.
- Follows the daily lives of senior residents and the staff of a retirement community in Milwaukee, Wisconisin.
- 1999–7.3 (16)TV Episode
- A look at the media circus during the O.J. Simpson civil trial.
- 1999–7.0 (7)TV EpisodeDocumentary on a gang-related murder/suicide that left four teenagers dead in the small town of Appleton, Wisonsin.
- 1999– 1h 1m9.5 (15)TV EpisodeTodays theme: Taking the Heat: The First Women Firefighters of New York City.
- Life gets turned upside down for Kimberee and Aimee Fung when their father decides to leave his well-paying corporate executive job in San Francisco and move the family to Bakersfield to live with their grandparents and help out with the family business, a massage parlor called "Touch of the Orient." If the social pressure of starting a new high school in the middle of the school year wasn't enough, Kimberlee and Aimee are only two of a handful of Asian American kids at North High. They are constantly challenged by having to make choices that ultimately affect how their peers perceive them as they try to find acceptance.
- 1999– 1h 22mUnrated8.4 (54)TV Episode73Metascore
- Billy Strayhorn was one of the forces behind the sound of the renowned Duke Ellington Orchestra.
- With its thriving main street, diverse population and healthy rate of revitalization, Hudson, New York could be seen as a model of small-town America. Depressed and declining towns across the country would welcome any amount of the economic upturn that Hudson has enjoyed in the last decade. But underneath the surface, Hudson is dealing with the same issues that communities of all sizes face: ever-widening income gaps and the loss of a middle class; threats to health and environment by polluting corporations, gentrification and homogenization; and a compromised democratic process. Local business and small farms find it impossible to compete against national chains, while long-standing friction persists along racial and economic lines. Two Square Miles takes a closer look at this small community in a state of flux, a town of 7,500 located 100 miles north of New York City. How do the residents of this town deal with change--and with each other?
- Today, three quarters of Vietnam's population is under the age of 30 -- too young to remember the war, yet old enough to have witnessed its devastating aftermath. Meet Vietnam's new generation, reaping newfound opportunities while reshaping their country's future.
- 1999– 1hTV Episode
- 1999–TV Episode
- In the 1950s and 1960s, Rochester, New York became known as a successful city with a thriving business community and few problems. On the other hand, large numbers of poor black southerners had been moving to the city in the recent years. Those black citizens were largely denied the good jobs at local factories. These underprivileged citizens also felt themselves the victims of excessive police scrutiny, as well as police brutality. On a summer night in July 1964, there were altercations between the police and African-American Rochesterians. Those events escalated into riots. Over several nights, Rochester stores were looted and the streets were scenes of chaos and violence. Governor Nelson Rockefeller called out the National Guard to help the police keep order.
- A Fish Story is a tale of two women who lead their communities in a battle against a coalition of national environmental groups for control of the ocean.
- 1999–TV Episode
- Greg Smith and his family bare all in this unflinching portrait of a 65-pound man striving for the American Dream.
- Medical care for Afghan women, after the U.S. invasion.
- Identical twins Margarita and Ramona de Saá became acclaimed ballerinas with the National Ballet of Cuba. Once inseparable, their relationship disintegrated as one sister left for America while the other embraced the Cuban Revolution. MIRROR DANCE is the story of two women forever linked by birth and dance, but struggling to overcome rifts not only between sisters but also between nations. A PBS Indies / Independent Lens selection.
- A born rebel and innovator, Lupe Yoli aka La Lupe or La Yiyiyi was renowned for her emotional performances. Her renditions of classics such as "My Way," "Fever" and "Going Out of My Head" were known worldwide. But beyond her musicianship, celebrity and scandal, Lupe Yoli was also a single mother of two, a survivor of domestic abuse, a Santera who later became a Christian Evangelist speaker. Shot in New York City, Miami, La Habana and San Juan, this documentary evokes two groundbreaking cultural periods through rare archival footage -- pre-Revolutionary 1950's La Habana and the burgeoning Latin music scene in New York City in the 1960's and 1970's. The documentary begins with her funeral in 1992, attended by fans, family and the whole of New York's Latino music aristocracy and follows her from poverty to celebrity and back again. La Lupe Queen of Latin Soul tells La Lupe's story through character driven interviews in first person anecdotes, in an oral history much like those found in a folk ballad or a bolero. She was born in a small rural town in Cuba in 1936, one that La Lupe herself loved to describe as "so poor that no one knew it existed until I got famous". Her older sister Norma Yoli describes her as "just another black girl from Santiago", one who loved to imitating the singers she heard on the radio. One of these was Olga Guillot, Cuba's reigning bolero singer - our Latin Frank Sinatra. When the rebellious teenage Lupe wins a radio contest, much like our present day's American Idol, she gets to meet Olga Guillot in La Habana and to sing on the radio. By 1957 La Lupe was the rage in the thriving competitive nightlife in La Habana. Rare archival footage showcases Lupe's peers - Perez Prado, Beni More with Mongo Santamaria, a young Celia Cruz. Helio Orovio, the noted Cuban musicologists describes La Habana in the late 50's as having the most "intense" nightlife in the midst of the onset of Cuba's revolution. Lupe's gay following adores her, and the avant-garde follows. A newspaper headline appears: "La Lupe Divides Cuba in Two". While her inimitable style is described as one befitting the revolutionary times, the headline was a prescient one: like many artists at the time, she leaves Cuba: "there was no room in Cuba for me and the revolution." La Lupe arrives penniless in New York City in 1962. She befriends the world-renowned Afro-Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaria, and records with him. Mongo proudly recalls how he introduced La Lupe to "an American" jazz audience and how Tito Puente stole La Lupe from his band once she became the "hottest thing". La Lupe and Tito Puente went on to record a mayor hit in 1964, a Latin classic: "Que Te Pedi" (What Did I Ask of You). Fred Weinberg, La Lupe's favorite recording engineer recalls their collaboration and the early recording sessions. "She was like a hurricane coming in" with Tito urging him to just "start recording". For the next four years they recorded classics and toured the Latin music circuit at the time, in the US, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Panama and Spain. Ralph Mercado the Latin music impresario (who was also Tito Puente and Celia Cruz's manager) recounts their falling out with the hit "Oriente" where La Lupe herself sings: "Tito Puente kicked me out". La Lupe had gotten too big and Tito had begun to record with Celia Cruz. Striking out on her own in 1968 La Lupe appears on English language television shows. In a present day interview of Dick Cavett, her appearance on his show is put into context for an audience watching in 1973 - though her performance remains thoroughly contemporary. Johnny Pacheco the composer, arranger and music producer recounts the birth of Fania records and the origins of "salsa", the new Latin music sensation. By 1975 La Lupe's career is on the decline while Fania has a new rising star -- Celia Cruz. By 1985 Lupe Yoli has rebounded from a descent into homelessness. Having taken on the preacher's pulpit she recounts this period in her evangelical testimonials. Ahead of her time and often described as the first performance artist and a long-time gay icon, La Lupe's story is universal in its appeal; with the current boom in Latin pop music, it is also timely in trying to discover who Lupe was. The documentary is also a collective portrait of mid-20th century Latin musical history.
- How the success of live-streaming entertainment has affected China's youth.
- 1999– 50m7.5 (12)TV EpisodeThis 50-minute documentary unfolds the creative journey of Albert Maysles' cult classic, GREY GARDENS - from non-fiction film to spectacularly mounted Broadway musical. Captured in the 1975 Maysles film, GREY GARDENS, the indomitable Edith Beale and her daughter Edie, aunt and cousin to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, were revealed to be a most unique and engaging mother daughter act - inhabiting a folie à deux built upon powerful interdependence, quirky eccentricity, courage, devotion and love. Their essence and their story soon catapulted them to cult icon status, an ironic counterpoint to Mrs. Onassis' own such status, and culminating in the ultimate homage: being portrayed on the Broadway stage. The documentary will feature behind-the-scenes footage of the show's rehearsals, performance and insightful interviews with the creators and cast, as well as a revealing interview with Albert Maysles and relevant insights from Beale authorities, devotees, cultural commentators, audience and fans.
- Community leaders unite to save their neighborhoods after an epidemic of fires rage through the South Bronx in the 1970s.
- Four surrogates and the parents-to-be navigate pregnancy and the mixed emotions of their families who worry about the potential physical and emotional complications of carrying babies for someone else.
- Thousands of local interpreters who helped U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan seek safety in the aftermath of war.
- The plight of the Shinnecock Nation and land development in the Hamptons. This episode reveals how the land was stolen from the tribe and how many of their sacred grounds, including grave sites, have been developed with little or no regard of bone displacement for the descendants. The tribe has appealed to the local government for protocols and procedures to no avail. This is an ongoing issue.
- Spanning his fifty-year dogsled racing career, ATTLA explores the life and persona of George Attla, from his childhood as a TB survivor in the Alaskan interior, to his rise as ten-time world champion and mythical state hero, to a village elder resolutely training his grandnephew to race his team one last time.
- The July 1995 heat wave in Chicago claimed 739 lives in a single week, and became the most traumatic heat wave in U.S. history..
- In the early 20th century, three southern communities forcibly remove African-Americans from the populations.
- Filmmaker Morgan Neville examines the life and legacy of Fred Rogers, the beloved host of the popular children's TV show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
- Was it suicide, as the white police insists, or was it a suppressed lynching, as the black community accuse. A grieving black family and their southern community force the local police to submit to state and federal investigation of how they rushed to a conclusion of suicide instead of truly investigating what is obviously the lynching of 17-year-old Lennon Lacy. Lennon was in a relationship with a 30-something-year old white woman who had prostituted herself for her drug habit. This documentary explores the tradition of lynching to control a black population and how this tradition informs the relationship between police forces and black communities. It also shows how historical re-enactors bring back the stories of lynching and white terrorism, to the shame of the white southern populations, in an effort to keep the dialogue going and to teach the black community to not let the terrorists get away with it.
- Intimate accounts from formerly incarcerated people provide insight into modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice in California prisons.
- The Atom Smashers chronicles the search for the Higgs boson: a yet-undiscovered subatomic particle that could explain how matter, and therefore life, can exist. To find this "god particle," top physicists at Fermilab use the Tevatron, a four-mile-long, forty-year-old particle accelerator buried beneath the Illinois prairie. However, a new, more powerful accelerator at Europe's CERN laboratory looms on the horizon... Part science, part international competition, and part human drama, The Atom Smashers watches its captivating characters in and out of the laboratory as they race along the intersections of politics, culture, and the possibility of the discovery of a lifetime.
- 1999–TV Episode
- Three women take on local political networks in a bid to reshape politics leading up to the 2018 midterm elections in the Midwest.
- San Francisco artist Matt Furie's Pepe the Frog, created as a character in his indie comic "Boy's Club," becomes a symbol of the alt-right movement.
- 1999– 1h 45mR7.0 (1.2K)TV Episode53MetascoreA documentary on Arnel Pineda, who was plucked from YouTube to become the new singer for the rock & roll band, Journey.
- A Feature Documentary Presentation.
- 1999– 1h 40m6.1 (8)TV Episode
- The Cool School is an object lesson in how to build an art scene from scratch and what to avoid in the process. The film focuses on the seminal Ferus Gallery, which groomed the LA art scene from a loose band of idealistic beatniks into a coterie of competitive, often brilliant artists, including Ed Kienholz, Ed Ruscha, Craig Kauffman, Wallace Berman, Ed Moses and Robert Irwin. The Ferus also served as launching point for New York imports, Andy Warhol (hosting his first Soup Can show), Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein as well as leading to the first Pop Art show and Marcel Duchamp's first retrospective. What was lost and gained is tied up in a complex web of egos, passions, money, and art. This is how L.A. came of age.
- Jonathan Scott explores the production of energy across the U.S., speaking with senators, coal miners, solar panel installers and more about the country's energy system.
- Illustrates the most recent wave of anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States.
- This documentary follows eight New York City women who chose the path of single motherhood. Over two years, they deal with the stresses, challenges, panics and joys of parenting, including the societal pressures of flying solo, all without the help of a partner.
- Stuart Perkin thought he knew everything about his wife, Sue. After two years of marriage and ten years of friendship, intimacy and life experiences, the couple divorced when Sue announced she was a lesbian. Stuart documents a journey he made from Colorado to San Francisco, a trip that took him into his past and back into the life of his ex-wife. Stuart's interviews with friends, family and Sue explore the reasons why their relationship failed and how Stuart can move forward with his life.
- 1999–TV Episode
- Academy Award winning short film docu-drama, Visas and Virtue (1997) and documentary, I Am Viet Hung (1999)
- 1999–TV Episode
- Three young Mormon men, age 19, embark on a two-year rite of passage in Germany as part of a long-standing worldwide effort by Mormon missionaries to spread their faith at home and abroad.
- 1999–TV Episode
- 1999–7.3 (30)TV EpisodeThree cheerleaders take on the National Football League (NFL), demanding equity, fair labour practises and a raise.
- In 2004, Cyntoia Brown was arrested for the murder of a 43-year-old man. Cyntoia was a prostitute and he was her client.
- Jam-packed with cultural figures, from Norman Mailer to Timothy Leary, Immy Humes creates a fascinating portrait of her father, novelist and counter-culture guru Harold L. 'Doc' Humes.
- Their mothers may be convicted thieves, murderers, and drug dealers, but the Girl Scouts of Troop 1500 want to be doctors, social workers, and marine biologists.
- Mr. SOUL. explores the first nationally broadcast all-Black variety show on public TV.
- Director Jared Leto sends more than 90 film crews to all 50 states to capture life in America over a 24-hour period.
- When Dolly Parton sang "9 to 5," she was singing about a real movement that started with a group of secretaries in the early 1970s. Their goals were simple-better pay, more advancement opportunities and an end to sexual harassment.
- With the national conversation around police reform still resonating, Women in Blue shines a spotlight on women within the Minneapolis Police Department to reform it from the inside by fighting for gender equity.
- MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's Algorithmic Justice League highlights racial bias in facial recognition algorithms.
- Kentucky pastors known as the Binghams, along with their evangelical congregants, donate sacrificially to Israel's foremost philanthropic organization.
- Two communities navigate an uneven criminal justice system after an unarmed Black man is killed by a Chinese American police officer at a Brooklyn housing project.
- The life story of Christy's Donuts founder Ted Ngoy, who built a multimillion-dollar company in the U.S. after fleeing Cambodia.
- 1999–TV Episode
- 1999– 54mTV-PG7.2 (6)TV EpisodeLee Gorewitz lives in a care facility for Alzheimer's patients, but she is not simply waiting to die. She is full of curiosity and frustration, struggling to remember herself and make sense of a world that is falling away from her.
- 1999–7.9 (21)TV Episode
- A few of Japan's Divine Wind Special Attack Unit (Kamikaze) survived. Now old men, they must reconcile their guilt with their gratitude for the unexpected gift of a full life.