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How America’s First Covid-19 Patient Recovered
The inside story of how the first confirmed COVID-19 patient in the U.S. was identified and treated in Washington State. When a man returning from Wuhan, China in January 2020 exhibited symptoms…
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Uncle Tupelo Interviewed on ‘Critical Mass TV’
Belleville IL’s Uncle Tupelo performs live on the 1st episode of St. Louis Missouri’s local-access cable TV program “Critical Mass.” From original 3/4″ master, posted with permission of Tony Margherita Management.
Hal Ashby: A Man Out of Time
A short documentary on the great American filmmaker Hal Ashby made after his death. Included in the “Coming Home” DVD extras.
Peter Green: The Munich LSD Party Incident
Members of Fleetwood Mac give their accounts of the infamous LSD party at the Highfisch-Kommune in Munich. Band manager Clifford Davis claims that this was the night that Peter Green and Danny Kirwan became ‘seriously mentally ill.’ Peter Green says,…
William Styron Talks About Writers on Charlie Rose
“I think we had had an enormous trauma happen to us in the form of World War II. It was a hellish war. Not all of us went into combat. I did not. Nor did I claim to. But I…
Death of a Stuntman
In the fall of 1978, during the filming of a movie in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, a stunt went terribly wrong. 26-year-old A.J. Bakunas was fatally injured in a scripted fall. WKYT’s Sam Dick looks back on the accident that broke…
When a Bridge Falls: Disaster in Minneapolis
The collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis in 2007 killed 13 people and focused attention on the state of bridges across the nation.
Stan Getz on Wasted Years
“I’ve done some dastardly things, but what can I do except make amends and apologize?” – Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist Interview by Joe Smith on August 7, 1987, in Los Angeles by tape recorder. Recorded during the writing of “Off…
Street Gangs
Find out about L.A. street gangs and the weapons people packed in the 1970s. This short documentary was shot on film and converted to digital.
Man of the World: Blues Guitarist Peter Green
Guitarist Peter Green replaced Eric Clapton in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and before founding Fleetwood Mac. This is one part of a BBC documentary about his career.
Werner Herzog’s Thoughts on the Jungle from ‘Burden of Dreams’
Film director Werner Herzog makes acidic observations about the jungle in Les Blank’s documentary “Burden of Dreams.” Herzog’s comments were likely fueled by exasperation from shooting his film “Fitzcarraldo” in the jungles of South America. Blank’s “Burden of Dreams” captures…