Jerusalem: Center of the World tells the epic story of the world’s most incredible city, capturing the rich mosaic of the city’s Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities. Covering a sweeping history of over 4,000 years, the film explores the founding of the city; the birth and convergence of the world’s three major monotheistic religions; and the key events in Jerusalem’s history as described in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, the Talmud, the Hagaddah, the Koran, and the Hadith. Highlights include: Mount Moriah, the site of the First and Second Temples; the Church of the Holy Sepulcher; the Dome of the Rock; and the Western Wall. Directed by Andrew Goldberg, and hosted by Ray Suarez (The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer), the film includes interviews with locals, top scholars and clergy.
Producers: PBS Distribution
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Independent Lens: A Fish Story – Public Performance
Fish Story is the tale of two women in a battle for the ocean. Angela Sanfilippo and Shareen Davis, born into fishing families, both married men who make a living from the sea. But their way of life is threatened when environmental organizations file a lawsuit that could put hundreds of fishermen out of business. With heartache and humor, this story finds the women at the center of a political storm as they try to save both fish and fishermen.
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Ken Burns: The Dust Bowl – Educators’ Edition
The Dust Bowl examines the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history documenting its causes and impact as well as the personal stories of survival and human endurance. The curriculum for The Dust Bowl explores these subjects through a wide range of classroom activities exploring history, public policy, economics and ecology.
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Philip Roth: Unmasked
Explore the life of Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning novelist Philip Roth, often referred to as the greatest living American writer. Goodbye, Columbus, his collection of short stories published in 1959, put the 26-year-old Roth on the map, and 10 years later, Portnoy’s Complaint propelled him into an international scandalous spotlight. Yet he steadily earned his reputation as a man of letters, commanding ownership of the Jewish-American novel and making Newark, New Jersey, a literary destination. Practically inventing the genre of factual-fictional autobiography, Roth’s thinly veiled Zuckerman books follow the protagonist’s path from aspiring young writer to compromised celebrity, and, lately, older man facing death. Roth’s career was considered declining by 1990 and then exploded with a dozen bestsellers in the past two decades, including Sabbath’s Theater (1995), American Pastoral (1997) and The Human Stain (2000). Philip Roth: Unmasked features candid interviews with Roth, who fulfills his promise to directors William Karel and Livia Manera to unmask himself, freely discussing very intimate aspects of his life and art as he has never done before.
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The French Chef: Julia Child Dinner Party Favorites
Cooking legend and cultural icon Julia Child re-introduced French cuisine to American kitchens in 1963 with the pioneering series THE FRENCH CHEF. Unlike anything ever seen on television before, it was entertaining and real in a way that influenced every culinary television program that followed. In her passionate, capable, and approachable way, Julia changed the way Americans cook, eat, and think about food. Julia presented the nuances of every recipe while also teaching her audience the basics of French cooking. Never afraid to make mistakes on camera, she used them to her advantage to show viewers a key to good cooking was confidence. This special collection of six original black-and-white episodes of THE FRENCH CHEF from the 1960s brings Julia back into the kitchen to teach cooks of all abilities how to prepare these French specialties that are still perfect for a dinner party today. As Julia herself said, “If I can do it, you can do it…and here’s how to do it! Bon appétit!”
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Dinosaur Train: Submarine Adventures
Dinosaur Train embraces and celebrates the fascination that preschoolers have with both dinosaurs and trains while sparking an interest in life science, natural history, and paleontology. Dinosaur Train: Submarine Adventures includes: Otto Ophthalmosaurus; Shoshana Shonosaurus; Maisie Mosasaurus; and A Sea Turtle Tale.
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Wild Kratts: Rainforest Rescue
Creature teachers Chris and Martin Kratt will take families along on extraordinary animal-powered adventures. The show transforms the Kratt Brothers into animated versions of themselves, allowing the real-life zoologists to visit wild animals in their little-seen habitats and showcase key science concepts. Episodes include: Rainforest Stew, and Shadow: The Black Jaguar.
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Empires: The Midici: Godfathers of the Renaissance – Public Performance
From a base in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family used charm, patronage, duplicity, and ruthlessness to amass wealth and power. The Medicis also ignited Western history’s most important cultural and artistic revolution, the Renaissance, but doomed their own ordered world. This epic drama in the courts, cathedrals, and palaces of Europe traces a family’s powerful ambition and a continent’s tortured struggle to emerge from the Dark Ages.
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Martha Speaks: Martha Goes to School
Martha Goes to School – TD thinks it would be funny to put Martha’s name on the list for substitute teachers. TD and the Light Bulb of Doom – TD panics after he leaves his school project to the last minute. Truman’s Secret – Where has Truman been hiding and why is he acting so weird? [bad haircut]. Skits Monkeys Around – Skits loves Malcolm (TV’s blue monkey) so much he wants to be Malcolm. Ain’t Nothin’ but a Pound Dog, part 1 – Martha loses her collar and winds up in the animal shelter. Ain’t Nothin’ but a Pound Dog, part 2 – Martha decides she can’t leave her shelter friends behind. What’s Bothering Bob? – What’s gotten into Bob? He’s off his chain and chasing Truman all over town. Martha Spins a Tale – Martha tells Jake the story of Goldi-Martha, the Skits Hatter and Little Red Riding Helen.