http://www.pbs.org/pov/offandrunning/ Airing on September 7, 2010 at 10pm, POV on PBS (Check your local listings).
Watch online: September 8 through December 7, 2010 Off and Running tells the story of Brooklyn teenager Avery, a track star with a bright future. She is the adopted African-American child of white Jewish lesbians. Her older brother is black and Puerto Rican and her younger brother is Korean. Though it may not look typical, Avery's household is like most American homes — until Avery writes to her birth mother and the response throws her into crisis. She struggles over her "true" identity, the circumstances of her adoption and her estrangement from black culture. Just when it seems as if her life is unraveling, Avery decides to pick up the pieces and make sense of her identity, with inspiring results. A co-production of ITVS in association with the National Black Programming Consortium and American Documentary/POV and the Diverse Voices Project, with major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/woainimommy/ Airing on August 31, 2010 at 10pm, POV on PBS (Check your local listings). Watch online at http://video.pbs.org/program/1154485580/ September 1 through November 30, 2010 What is it like to be torn from your Chinese foster family, put on a plane with strangers and wake up in a new country, family and culture? Stephanie Wang-Breal's Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy is the story of Fang Sui Yong, an 8-year-old orphan, and the Sadowskys, the Long Island Jewish family that travels to China to adopt her. Sui Yong is one of 70,000 Chinese children now being raised in the United States. Through her eyes, we witness her struggle with a new identity as she transforms from a timid child into someone that no one — neither her new family nor she — could have imagined. A co-production of American Documentary/POV and the Diverse Voices Project, presented in association with the Center for Asian American Media, with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
New Orleans residents characterize the stereotyping of Muslims.
To see full length versions of the Tavis Smiley show, go to: (http://video.pbs.org/program/1127859226/
Former Louisiana Recovery Authority chair explains why New Orleans is now in better hands.
To see full length versions of the Tavis Smiley show, go to: (http://video.pbs.org/program/1127859226/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/... How much of what ails America can be blamed on Facebook? According to best-selling author Gary Shteyngart, quite a lot. Shteyngart's new satirical novel, "Super Sad True Love Story," imagines a world in which the American economy has collapsed and people no longer read. People communicate primarily in online slang, through smart phones and social networking sites. Shteyngart speaks with NEED TO KNOW's Jon Meacham about nostalgia for communication in an ever-digitizing world, the heroism of immigration, and his childhood novel -- commissioned by his grandmother -- starring Lenin and a magical goose. Need to Know airs Fridays on PBS. Watch full-length episodes of Need to Know athttp://video.pbs.org/program/1458405365/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/... Recently, there has been loud and sometimes overwrought discourse about the proposed cultural center and mosque near the site of the World Trade Center attacks. Jon Meacham reminds us that the struggle over religious freedom has quite a long history in Manhattan — one that's older than the nation itself. Need to Know airs Fridays on PBS. Watch full-length episodes of Need to Know at http://video.pbs.org/program/1458405365/
Late August means children to go back to school. We compare and contrast educational instruction in the U.S. and the Caribbean.
[Air Date: 8/19/2010]
The collapse of the housing market was felt throughout the entire United States, but the state of Florida has the unfortunate distinction of being one of the hardest hit areas. We discuss the foreclosure crisis and what to do if you are faced with discrimination as you seek housing.
[Air Date: 8/19/2010]
The collapse of the housing market was felt throughout the entire United States, but the state of Florida has the unfortunate distinction of being one of the hardest hit areas. We discuss the foreclosure crisis and what to do if you are faced with discrimination as you seek housing.
[Air Date: 8/19/2010]
Click Here for Part 2 of 2: Housing Crisis in South Florida
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/... Author and columnist Carl Hiaasen is known for his funny fiction and fierce commentary. Now, with his new book "Star Island," he examines the making of tabloid fodder. The novel is about a minimally talented pop star named Cherry Pye and the people in the circus around her. The book gave Hiaasen a chance to aim his laser-like wit at the making of tabloid fodder. But the research for the book was an excruciating task, even for this former investigative reporter. Need to Know airs every Friday on PBS. Watch full-length episodes of Need to Know at http://video.pbs.org/program/1458405365/
http://www.pbs.org/needtoknow In the last two years, over 500 young people under the age of 25 have been murdered in Chicago -- the majority at the hands of their peers. Need to Know on PBS traveled to some of the more dangerous parts of the city to find out what's causing the violence there, and spoke with the non-profit organization Ceasefire, whose mission is to interrupt the cycle of violence before it spreads like a virus from person to person. Need to Know airs every Friday on PBS. Watch full-length episodes of Need to Know at http://video.pbs.org/program/1458405365/
Palm Beach Rollergirls Sassy!
a democratically run league, founded in October, 2009. Several of the girls had experience training with other derby teams in the state, but many joined with no experience at all. The founders decided the Palm Beach area needed a positive, fun outlet for women of all diversities to pursue the sport of roller derby.
I fell in love with this sport when I watched the movie "Whip It" Talking to some of the nice folks on the side lines i found out this is really a diverse group and kudos to them : its not an easy sport but I imagine very empowering. This was sunday morning practice and i'm hoping to be invited back.
http://www.myspace.com/palmbeachrollergirls
I'd love to hear from some of the Derby girls with their interesting stories and how Roller Derby has affected their lives.
Great music provided by Big Vince and the Phat Cats
This is off their new cd (and as always thanks for the permission)
but you guys can buy one of these cds- quite awesome when your driving around all day being a psychiatric home health nurse and even on long trips. Support your local music!
http://web.me.com/vinceflora/Phat_Cats/Welcome.html
shot produced and edited
Cyndi Lenz
clenz@mac.com
http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica Starting Monday, October 11, at 9pm ET (Check local listings) For the first time on television, God in America tells the sweeping history of how religion shaped public life in America. Presented by American Experience and FRONTLINE, the six-hour series covers four hundred years of American religious history ranging from the story of the Europeans who brought their religious traditions to the New World to the modern struggle between secular and religious cultures. God in America explores how the quest for religious liberty created a vibrant spiritual marketplace that made the country the most religiously diverse nation on earth.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/circus/circus-... Some people run away with the circus as an escape from their tangled lives. Others yearn for adventure. Members of the Big Apple Circus cast and crew share their reasons for joining the circus life. Tell us: When the big top pops up in your hometown, are you ever tempted to run away with the circus? Have you actually done it? Tell us your story at the PBS CIRCUS Web site: http://www.pbs.org/opb/circus/circus-...
In November 2010, step inside the ring, where the stories are true and the magic is real. Take an intimate look at the mysteries, thrills and dramas that fill the big top and spread throughout the back lot. Go on an unforgettable trip with the diverse characters who make up the legendary Big Apple Circus with PBS' new six-hour miniseries CIRCUS.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/... With one black man in the White House and one million black men in prison, we are at a critical juncture pertaining to race and class in America, says Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree in an interview with NEED TO KNOW's Alison Stewart. Ogletree's new book "The Presumption of Guilt" talks about this critical juncture in light of Henry Louis Gates's infamous arrest one year ago. Need to Know airs Fridays on PBS. Watch full-length episodes of Need to Know at http://video.pbs.org/program/1458405365/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/... One hundred days after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, how are the Gulf communities faring economically and psychologically? NEED TO KNOW follows up with residents of Louisiana's Grand Isle who are still struggling with the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill. Need to Know airs Fridays on PBS. Watch full-length episodes of Need to Know athttp://video.pbs.org/program/1458405365/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/... Given the state of the current economy, a growing number of Americans with ordinary lives are choosing to scale down — way down. They call themselves the "tiny house" movement. Need to Know visited one of the movement's proponents, Dee Williams, at her small home in Olympia, Washington. Williams says that the downsized living arrangements bring her a sense of contentment. Need to Know airs Fridays on PBS. Watch full-length episodes of Need to Know at http://video.pbs.org/program/1458405365/
A rare dispute between environmentalists and renewable energy advocates has broken out in Wyoming, where wind energy development threatens the fragile habitat of the sage grouse. NEED TO KNOW airs Friday nights on PBS. Watch full-length episodes of Need to Know at http://video.pbs.org/program/1458405365/
NEED TO KNOW teamed up with Blueprint America to check in with residents of Buford, Atlanta, where a highway dividing the town makes pedestrian safety a major concern. NEED TO KNOW airs Friday nights on PBS. Watch full-length episodes of Need to Know at http://video.pbs.org/program/1458405365
