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‘Trouble Behind’: What Racism Looked Like in 1991 Kentucky
Trouble Behind (1991), a documentary by Robby Henson that examines the history and legacy of racism in Corbin, Kentucky, a small railroad community noteworthy both as the home of Colonel Sanders‘ Kentucky Fried Chicken and for “its race riots…
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‘The War You Don’t See’: From John Pilger
[iframe id=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/67739294″] “The War You Don’t See” – John Pilger investigates the media’s role in war. He traces the history of ’embedded’ and independent reporting from the carnage of WWI to the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Major Lazer Takes Kingston Jamaica
“We can go out to the rest of the world, as long as we prove ourselves here,” Diplo told us as Major Lazer descended on Jamaica, the birthplace of reggae, dancehall and his own wild group, which combines everything into…
Charlie Louvin: Still Rattlin’ the Devil’s Cage
[vimeo id=”120741772″] A documentary about the Louvin Brothers, Ira and Charlie, two men from Alabama who changed country music by singing about Satan and doing it in harmony.
The Legacy of Medgar Evers
As Barack Obama becomes the first African American U.S. president, CBS News’ Harold Dow highlights the life of Medgar Evers, a black civil rights activist who was assassinated in the 1960s.
Life Inside Jabba the Hutt
[vimeo id=”118751672″] After interviewing puppeteer Toby Philpott at great length over Skype, Jamie Benning decided to go a step further and create a mini documentary about Philpott’s work on Jabba the Hutt for “Return of the Jedi.”
‘THE HUNTING GROUND’: Campus Rape Culture Exposed in Documentary
THE HUNTING GROUND, the documentary exposé on the campus rape epidemic at colleges across America, is shared with the trailer, clips, and deeper explanation by filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering.
James Meredith and Beyond: Integrating Ole Miss
[iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/f-Bco-DgGcI?list=PLcxospALM0Fq4ZRsj-kbOaDgBcAa4YFtj”] James Meredith integrated the University of Mississippi in 1962. The change resulted in a riot on the Ole Miss campus that left two people dead.
‘KIDS FOR CASH’: Looking at a Shocking Juvenile Scandal
From Democracy Now! — A shocking story of how thousands of children in Pennsylvania were jailed by two corrupt judges who received $2.6 million in kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities.
Animated Life: Pangea
This animated documentary from The New York Times’ Op-Docs Series tells the story of polar explorer Alfred Wegener, the unlikely scientist behind continental drift theory.
TimesTalks on ‘CITIZENFOUR’: David Carr Speaks with Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, and Edward Snowden
Recorded in New York City at The New School, this TimesTalks is poignant because it’s hosted by The New York Times media columnist David Carr shortly before his sudden death from lung cancer and heart disease. It’s also an important…