(Check local listings) We'd call this the sweetest bird documentary since "March of the Penguins," but "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" actually came out in 2003. It's making its television debut here, and you shouldn't miss it. Filmmaker Judy Irving chronicles the story of Mark Bittner, a homeless San Franciscan whose life is transformed by his friendship with some decided...
The Hip-Hop Fellow follows Grammy Award winning producer 9th Wonder's tenure at Harvard University as he teaches 'The Standards of Hip-Hop' course, conducts research for his thesis and explores the importance of hip-hop's history culture and role in academia. For his research thesis titled 'These Are The Breaks' 9th explores the original records that created hip-hop's 10 most i...
This is a 4 part (hour) series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Hour 1
The aftermath of the Civil War was bewildering, exhilarating...and terrifying. African Americans had played a crucial role in saving the Union and now, as the country grappled with the terms and implications of Reconstruction, they struggled to breathe life into their hard-won freedom. The result was a second...
突破孤立隔绝、僵化不变的史学成见,Henry Louis Gates Jr.博士讲述从人类诞生到二十世纪,二十万年来非洲的文明进化。
In his six-hour 3 part series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African c...