Documentary of the Week
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Technology has made non-fiction film easier to make, more available and more popular than ever before. Here, WNYC selects the best documentaries as they come to screens of any size.
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'Uncropped' profiles photographer James Hamilton
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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'Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story' profiles a Chinatown hero
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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'Kim's Video' is film history as a heist movie
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Exploring the career of Paul Simon
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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'Carol Doda Topless at the Condor' profiles a trail blazer
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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'Frida' profiles the Mexican painter in her own words
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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'A Revolution on Canvas' profiles Iranian artists in exile
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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'God Save Texas' challenges preconceptions about the state
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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'Breaking the News' follows the journalism team at The 19th*
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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'Island in Between' looks at tensions between Taiwan and China
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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'Bobi Wine: The People's President' follows a pop star turned politician
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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'The ABCs of Book Banning' listens to students
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Covering Ukraine in '20 Days in Mariupol'
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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'Deciding Vote' on legalizing abortion
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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'The Disappearance of Shere Hite' profiles the controversial sex researcher
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Liv Ullmann in person at the DOC NYC festival
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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'Another Body' explores deepfake pornography
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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'The Pigeon Tunnel' profiles John le Carré
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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'Silver Dollar Road' tells a story of Black resistance
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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'Reality Winner' profiles a whistleblower
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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'Joan Baez: I Am a Noise' is a road trip through history
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Intersex people speak their truth in "Every Body"
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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"26.2 to Life" explores a prison marathon
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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"The League" remembers a lost era of baseball
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Going to court over climate change in "Youth v Gov"
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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"Stephen Curry: Underrated" profiles the early days of the NBA All-Star
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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"Kokomo City" gives sex workers a safe space
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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"While We Watched" profiles Indian journalist Ravish Kumar
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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"Casa Susanna" reveals a hidden transgender history
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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"The Stroll" honors a sisterhood of sex workers
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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When the police don't believe victims
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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John Leguizamo does America
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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"After Sherman" reflects on Black Americans returning to the South
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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The real Mary Tyler Moore
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May 26, 2023 |
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Conversations with kids in "1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed"
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May 12, 2023 |
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Exploring audio in "32 Sounds"
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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"Little Richard: I Am Everything" celebrates a rock 'n' roll pioneer
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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From Clothing to Conservation in "Wild Life"
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Van Jones navigates controversy in "The First Step"
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Revisiting the Iraq War in "The Army We Had"
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Who Was Nam June Paik?
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Nan Goldin vs the Sacklers in "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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"Navalny" is a political thriller about an opponent of Vladimir Putin
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Documenting trans lives in "Framing Agnes"
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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"The 1619 Project" becomes a six-part series
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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"Nothing Lasts Forever" looks at the diamond industry
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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"Body Parts" explores how Hollywood treats sex
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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New documentary "Roberta" profiles the soul singer
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Performing for inmates at Angola Prison
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Remembering Linsanity in "38 at the Garden"
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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"Bad Axe" profiles a restaurant during COVID
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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"Turn Every Page" Explores a Literary Relationship
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Revisiting the Feminist Classic "Joyce at 34"
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Pursuing the Green New Deal in "To the End"
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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"2nd Chance" profiles the inventor of a bullet resistant vest
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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"Descendant" investigates the legacy of a slave ship
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Meet the elder Robert Downey in "Sr."
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Celebrating filmmaker Jonas Mekas at the DOC NYC festival
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Remembering Sally Schmitt in "The Best Chef in the World"
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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"Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" profiles the jazz great
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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"An Act of Worship" listens to American Muslims
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Pursuing major league dreams in "The Last Out"
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Facing mortality in "Last Flight Home"
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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European Jews fleeing to America in "The U.S. and the Holocaust"
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Disney confronts Disney in "The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales"
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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"Moonage Daydream" explores the artistry of David Bowie
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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"We Met in Virtual Reality" explores socializing by avatar
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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"Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons" reveals the retailer's dark side
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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"The Last Movie Stars" Profiles Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Seeking justice in "Free Chol Soo Lee"
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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"Mija" profiles two women in Chicano pop music
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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"Mind Over Murder" explores memory
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Michael Pollan trips out in "How to Change Your Mind"
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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"Dreaming Walls" Explores the Chelsea Hotel
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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"The Martha Mitchell Effect" Revisits Watergate
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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"Who Killed Vincent Chin?" on the 40th anniversary of tragedy
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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"The Janes" revisits the days of illegal abortions
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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"Joe Papp in Five Acts" profiles a theatrical pioneer
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Rolling Stone's Ben Fong-Torres tells his story
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May 20, 2022 |
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No pain, no gain in "Couples Therapy"
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May 13, 2022 |
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"Sheryl" explores the highs and lows of a hit maker
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May 06, 2022 |
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"White Hot" Reveals a Scandalous Clothing Company
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Former South Bronx Gang Member is profiled in "La Madrina"
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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"When We Were Bullies" Explores Complicity
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Racing against time in "Sub Eleven Seconds"
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Inside "The Andy Warhol Diaries"
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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"Calendar Girl" profiles Ruth Finley
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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"Dear Mr. Brody" explores a mysterious millionaire
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Remembering "The Automat"
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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"We Need to Talk About Cosby" explores a shattered legacy
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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"Ronnie's" Explores a Legendary Jazz Club
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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"Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back" Profiles a Virtuoso Performer
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Confronting History in "Lynching Postcards"
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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"Cheer" Returns for Season Two
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Jeffery Robinson Reexamines Black History in "Who We Are"
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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"American Insurrection" Explores the Legacy of January 6
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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"Fauci" Examines the Fight Against Pandemics
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Live Theater Returns in "Reopening Night"
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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"Street Gang" Explores the Origins of Sesame Street
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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"Takeover" Revisits the Young Lords in Action
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Dec 10, 2021 |