Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
421) The Amish: shunned
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Amish intercuts historical analysis with contemporary footage to provide an unprecedented look at this highly private, little understood, and utterly unique community whose beliefs raise important questions about religious liberty in American life.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
David Pogue gives the third degree to scientists pushing the limits of technology, not only to solve horrific murders, but to try to prevent crimes. Peer inside the criminal mind and discover cutting-edge forensic techniques that help investigators stop criminals in their tracks.
424) Howards End
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The story of two independent and unconventional sisters and the men in their lives seeking love and meaning as they navigate an every-changing world. ... Margaret Schlegel is an intelligent, idealistic young woman who is courted by the older Henry Wilcox, a self-made conservative businessman, after his wife Ruth Wilcox dies unexpectedly and he becomes owner of Howards End. Meanwhile Margaret's passionate and capricious younger sister Helen Schlegel...
425) Capriccio
Series
Publisher
Decca
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Strauss's final opera, first seen at the Met in 1998 in this John Cox production, was revived in 2010 for Renée Fleming. One of the world's great Strauss interpreters, she brought a "plush and alluring" voice and "noble phrasing" to her portrayal of the Countess.
426) How we got to now
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Join best-selling author Steven Johnson to hear extraordinary stories behind remarkable ideas that made modern life possible, the unsung heroes who brought them about, and the unexpected and bizarre consequences each of these innovations triggered.
Series
Call the midwife volume 8
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London in the late-1950s to mid-1960s.
428) The boys of '36
Series
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In 1936, nine working-class boys from the University of Washington took the rowing world and the nation by storm when their eight-oar crew team captured the gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin. These sons of loggers, shipyard workers and farmers overcame tremendous hardships--psychological, physical, economic--to beat not only the Ivy League teams of the East Coast, but Adolf Hitler's elite German rowers. The boys' unexpected victory, and the obstacles...
Publisher
Thirteen/WNET
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Faces of America introduces a wide range of cultural figures--representing a vast range of cultural and ethnic roots--to their ancestors and their stories, from the old country through the journey to America. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of authors, actors, musicians, athletes, educators, intellectuals and discovers stories and figures that had been forgotten or lost through the generations. Through original documents and photos,...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This remarkable story from the past is especially timely today. Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this film retraces the 800 years in medieval Spain when Muslims, Christians, and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences, revealing what made this rare and fruitful collaboration possible, and what ultimately tore it apart.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"MAKERS: Women Who Make America tells the remarkable story of the most sweeping social revolution in American history, as women have asserted their rights to a full and fair share of political power, economic opportunity, and personal autonomy in the last 50 years. It's a revolution that has unfolded in public and private, in courts and Congress, in the boardroom and the bedroom, changing not only what the world expects from women, but what women...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
It's 1957, and it's as if the world of Grantchester has returned to an idyllic state, a metaphorical Garden of Eden. Will believes that everyone can get close to their own Eden through good works and a proactive attitude. But as Geordie knows, every Eden has its snakes. Will's faith will be tested as he and Geordie are reminded that there's darkness lurking in their corner of Cambridgeshire.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
1967 brings fresh medical and personal challenges to the midwifery and district nursing rounds. Thanks to Matthew's continued support, things at Nonnatus House are now settled and going well, and Trixie helps Matthew understand the community he is becoming a part of. Doctor Turner faces some changes in his relationship with Timothy now that he is an adult, while Shelagh continues to support community health programs. Across the series, the team faces...
435) Mercy Street
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"This program includes material that may not be appropriate for younger viewers. Viewer discretion is advised."--
Alexandria, Virginia, 1862. The lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War--Mary Phinney, a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green, a native Confederate belle--collide at Mansion House, the Green family's luxury hotel that has been transformed into a Union Army hospital. Ruled under martial law, the border...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Endeavour and his colleagues are entering a new decade and era of change. Opening on New Year's Eve 1969, normal order has been resumed and the team reunited at Castle Gate CID, with Chief Superintendent Bright back in charge. However, the events of the past year have left their mark. Old friendships will be challenged and new relationships will blossom. In the dawn of women's liberation, social progression and scientific growth, the 1970s begin...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"London, 1872. Phileas Fogg lives a comfortable but utterly unfulfilling life in London, spending every day at his club with his friends Fortescue and Bellamy. But when he receives a hand-delivered postcard, with only the word 'COWARD' written on the back, it turns his world upside down. So much so, that the usual teasing at the hands of Bellamy provokes Fogg into undertaking a wager--to travel around the world in eighty days. Fogg is accompanied...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
439) Sherlock: Season one
Series
Sherlock volume 1
Publisher
2 Entertain Video Limited
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle stories, Sherlock is a thrilling, funny, fast-paced adventure series set in present-day London. The iconic details from Conan Doyle's original books remain: they live at the same address, have the same names, and, somewhere out there, Moriarty is waiting for them. And so across three thrilling, scary, action-packed, and highly modern adventures, Sherlock and Watson navigate a maze of cryptic clues...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Best known for the groundbreaking portrait of his mother, James McNeill Whistler was the original art star. But beneath the high gloss, the struggle of this genius to find his own voice resulted in a breakaway style that moved painting towards abstraction and would revolutionize the art world in his time-and beyond. Dramatic re-creations, art, graphics, and interviews combine to profile this fascinating character.