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Covid-19: The Last Call
A story of a family devastated by NYC’s COVID-19 outbreak and how the highly infectious disease has upended the ways loved ones connect — and say goodbye. #Coronavirus #NewYorkCity #Documentary First, her…
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Paul Westerberg: Come Feel Me Tremble
“Come Feel Me Tremble” is the name of this live concert tour documentary, it’s also the name of a record Paul Westerberg, the frontman of The Replacements, recorded at his home studio and released in 2003.
The Lumière Brothers: The First Documentaries
An amazing journey through the birth of the motion picture. 85 of the silent “actualities” made by Lumière brothers between 1895 and 1897 have been mastered from original 35mm material and are presented here in this first ever authorized video…
Secrets of the Sun
PBS’ Nova looks at the Sun and solar physics. Just one stunning fact from the show: More than one million Earths could fit inside the Sun. The Sun is not liquid or solid, it’s plasma with a core full of…
A Marriage to Remember
In this short documentary, the filmmaker Banker White explores how Alzheimer’s disease has revealed the strength of his parents’ marriage.
They Are the Body Collectors: A Perilous Job in the Time of Ebola
On a recent morning, the body collectors pull up to their first stop: a dirt lot at the edge a steep hill overlooking a river. They’ve come to collect the corpse of Rachel Wleh.The men change out of jeans and…
Where is Josh Harris Now? Catching Up With This Internet Prophet
Before Mark Zuckerberg ever got his first computer, Josh Harris, founder of Jupiter Communications, had made many millions in the tech world forecasting Internet trends and predicted that we would share everything online. In 1994, Harris founded Pseudo Networks, a…
The Creation of a News Story
Eddie Becker spends a day with Myron “Mike” Waldman, correspondent for Newsday’s Washington Bureau, as he works on a story about a bill for the extension of unemployment benefits.
How to Defeat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Jeffrey M. Schwartz explains how to disarm OCD at conference in Britain. Schwartz is the author of the acclaimed book “Brain Lock: Free Yourself From the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,” first published in 1996.
Roasted: A Coffee Documentary
“Roasted” is a documentary directed by Matt Ellenbogen. It is the story of how one man’s pursuit of the perfect cup of coffee catapulted a small surf town to the top of the coffee world. Chuck Patton, a former community…
Bob Dylan Live from Oakland in 1988
Bob Dylan live at the Oakland Coliseum on Dec. 4, 1988, the same year he released his 25th album, “Down in the Groove,” a record that critics disliked. His six-song set was part of the second annual Bridge School Benefit…