From Vietnam to the Amazon to Intergalactic Space, PBS Is Going There
All eyes were riveted on the monitors in a ballroom at the Beverly Hilton as clips from “The Vietnam War” unspooled. It was part of the PBS portion of the Television Critics Association summer press tour and clearly, the public broadcaster’s pièce de résistance of its upcoming fall schedule. From acclaimed documentarians Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, who previously collaborated on “The War,” “Baseball” and “Prohibition,” “The Vietnam...
PBS’ American Experience ‘The Great War’ Redefines History
Thousands upon thousands of women carrying protest signs march down Fifth Ave. in New York City. No, it’s not a scene from the nationwide protests that took place the day after the Trump inauguration in January. This women’s march is from more than 100 years ago— August 29, 1914 to be exact—when protesters took to the streets to advocate for a peaceful end to World War I, which had erupted that summer in Europe, sparked by the...
From Adele to RZA, ‘Soundbreaking’ Tells Stories from Music’s Cutting Edge
It’s a music lover’s dream, an eight-part exploration of innovations and insights across all musical genres over the past century, featuring unreleased footage and interviews with more than 150 artists in a series produced by the late Sir George Martin in what can now be considered his swan song to the music industry. Martin, who produced much of the Beatles catalog and continued work with them on some of their solo projects as well...
From Stage to Screen: Your Front Row Ticket to ‘Hamilton’
It’s the toughest ticket on Broadway, but now all of those who want a seat at “Hamilton” can get an inside look at the groundbreaking musical and the journey to bring it to the stage in PBS’s “Hamilton’s America.” A gala premiere for the 90-minute documentary, part of the “Great Performances” series, was held Monday night at the United Palace in Washington Heights, New York, a place that has special resonance for creator Lin-Manuel...
‘Defying the Nazis:’ The Story of a Couple Who Stood Up to Hitler
It was 1939. The Nazis were ravaging Europe when a young Unitarian minister, Waitstill Sharp, answered a call at his office in Wellesley, Massachusetts that would change not only the life of his family but the course of history during the early dark days of World War II. It is a tale of sacrifice and heroism that may not have been told if not for a high school paper written by Sharp’s grandson, Artemis Joukowsky. When Joukowsky was a...
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