Take a Trip Back to the 90s in CNN’s 7-Part Documentary Series
Think back more than a quarter of a century to the 1990s. Bill Clinton was president for much of the decade, after defeating incumbent President George H.W. Bush. “Seinfeld,” “Friends,” “Frasier,” “Roseanne,” “The X-Files” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” were among the shows ruling the airwaves, along with animated hits “The Simpsons, “South Park” and “Beavis & Butt-Head.” Johnny Carson gave up “The Tonight Show” desk and Jay Leno...
‘Soundtracks’ on CNN: The Music of History’s Most Defining Moments
September 11. The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Stonewall riots. Music is a unique lens through which to view these and other highly-examined, momentous events that have shaped world history over the past half a century. That is the concept behind a distinctive eight-part documentary series– with each hour-long episode focusing on a groundbreaking historical event or period of time—called “Soundtracks: Songs That...
CNN Tackles an ‘Unseen Enemy’ for World Health Day
SARS. Zika. Ebola. Bird Flu. These are the names of recent disease pandemics that can inflict not only severe illness and death but also massive amounts of fear. And while it is incredibly difficult to watch the human suffering that these outbreaks cause, it’s important to know as much as possible about them and how to prevent future eruptions. CNN Films’ “Unseen Enemy” goes behind the headlines to investigate the root causes and...
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’...
CNN’s ‘Voices of Auschwitz’ Bear Witness to Nazi Death Camp Horrors
They were just children. Four of them, three girls and a boy, growing up more than seven decades ago in upper or middle-class families, surrounded by arts and culture, without many cares in the world. And then, unspeakable horror. Uprooted from their lives and torn from their families, they found themselves at the world’s most notorious death camp, Auschwitz, trapped in the gruesomely efficient Nazi killing apparatus, where 1.1...
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