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America in Primetime is a 2011 four-part documentary series, focusing on television in the United States.Originally produced for and broadcast by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the series is a production by The Documentary Group, in collaboration with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation and WETA-TV. [1]
The show should be viewed as a model for an entire genre of documentary storytelling. I’m totally mesmerized by this series, I could not stop watching it." [ 13 ] Matt Brennan of the Los Angeles Times said Philly D.A. is "the best TV show I've seen all year" [ 14 ] while Ben Travers of Indiewire said "I’m relatively sure it’s the best ...
The following is a list of episodes from PBS series POV, a production of American Documentary, Inc. Since 1988, POV has presented over 400 independently produced documentary films to public television audiences across the country. [ 1 ]
Wide Angle began broadcasting on PBS in 2002, and aimed to expand the awareness and understanding of Americans about the changing world in which they live. [1] It was the only documentary program on American television devoted exclusively to reporting in-depth on international issues. [ 2 ]
PBS reissued an educational version of the series in the fall of 2006, making it available on DVD for the first time. [7] It is now available to educational institutions and libraries from PBS on seven DVDs or seven VHS tapes. A consumer version of part one (1954–1965) was released in March 2010. [8]
The Amish is a 2012 documentary film [2] created by PBS [3] [4] as an episode (Season 24, Episode 5) of American Experience. [5] [6] The documentary, as the title implies, is centered on the Amish. [4] It was uploaded on the PBS website in February 2012. Topics in the video range from the Ordnung to the Nickel Mines shooting [4] [7] to Rumspringa.
The documentary itself runs for approximately 60 minutes, with a 12-minute encore after the end credits featuring a performance of "(A Place To) Hideaway", the Carpenters' commercial for Morton's Potato Chips, and their performance of "Ave Maria" for the 1978 A Christmas Portrait special. The rest of the 100-minute total running time includes ...
The Congress is a 1988 documentary film directed by the Emmy Award-winning director Ken Burns. [1] The Florentine Films production, [2] which focuses on the United States Congress, [3] aired on PBS on March 20, 1989.