CNN Examines the Lasting Legacy of Iconic Fashion Designer Halston
He was a contemporary of Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein and paved the way for other illustrious fashion designers who created global empires including Donna Karan, Tom Ford, Vera Wang, Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors. Yet the name of Halston has largely faded into the sands of time. Born Roy Halston Frowick in Des Moines, Iowa, Halston was an influential and larger-than-life American designer whose cutting-edge fashion concepts are still...
Michelle Obama’s Campaign to Educate Girls Around the World
First lady Michelle Obama’s efforts to ensure that education of girls is accessible around the world gets in-depth treatment in a new CNN Films documentary whose airings are timed globally to coincide with the International Day of the Girl. It may not have made huge headlines at the time, but the first lady’s travels in June 2016 to Liberia and Morocco were well-documented in preparation for the special, which also features FLOTUS’...
New Docu Asks: Is a College Education Worth the Cost
What used to be taken as generally accepted wisdom– that the path to success in our society includes a college degree– is called into question in a thought-provoking documentary, “Ivory Tower,” which asks the burning question of whether college is worth the cost. College tuition has spiraled out of control in the past four decades– in absolute terms, it’s escalated at a rate of more than 1000% since 1978, far...
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