Documentaries
Documentaries
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- Culture Shock Companion site to the PBS series about art, cultural values, and freedom of expression.
- In My Corner IN MY CORNER, an intimate and explosive award-winning documentary explores the way caring, committed adults can rebuild the lives of kids on the edge.
- X-Philes X-Philes is an X-Files documentary film featuring interviews with the X-Files actors, fans of the TV show, and Chris Carter.
- BBC America: Life and Style BBC documentaries are featured on BBC America.com, along with Britpop headlines, dramas, Britcoms, BBC movies, games, and general content relating to British entertainment and culture.
- Secrets of War Home of the television documentary series narrated by Charlton Heston.
- The Jew in the Lotus - ITVS Eight rabbis travel to Dharamsala, India for a meeting with the Dalai Lama.
- Ken Burns Information Site This site provides news on Ken Burns the documentary filmmaker of famed PBS documentary series including Frank Lloyd Wright, Lewis and Clark, Thomas Jefferson, Baseball, and The Civil War.
- Walking with Dinosaurs All about the BBC's hit new dinosaur documentary series
- P.O.V. A summer series on PBS, P.O.V. shows documentaries that are produced entirely independently, and not within the PBS system. P.O.V. has a very interactive website, and when the films are showing in the summer season, discussion groups, among other features are offered over the web.
- On the Bridge to Freedom On the Bridge to Freedom©: about Scientologys view on children and families. Interviews with ex-scientologists from Denmark, Sweden, Germany and USA.
- National Geographic Television Online home of the world renowned documentary show 'National Geographic Explorer.
- Stranger With A Camera Companion to the PBS film with information about Appalachia, the war on poverty, and media ethics.
- New York: A Documentary Film Online Featuring a virtual tour of the city, interviews and episode guides, an interactive trivia game, and an educational component encouraging kids to get involved in community issues.
- Production of documentaries Documentaries about Jacob A Riis and H. C. Andersen.
- Frontline: The Merchants of Cool Report on the creators and marketers of popular culture for teenagers. Includes discussion, interviews, commentary, and links.
- Spin Documentry regarding uncensored satellite feeds. Available in a variety of formats to download.
- Route 66: Main Street American Home of The Learning Channel documentary, with trip log and images.
- A Letter Without Words Filmmaker Lisa Lewenz retraces the steps of her Jewish grandmother who dared to film life in Berlin during the rise of Nazi Germany. ITVS documentary.
- American Visions with Robert Hughes Web companion to the 1997 PBS and BBC Television series on American art and culture, hosted by Robert Hughes.
- Richard Goodwin's Barging Through France A lively look at french culture and cuisine through the eyes of Richard Goodwin, film producer. The site has overviews of all episodes, plus recipes and details on how to buy copies of the videos.
- American Experience - Eleanor Roosevelt An in-depth look at one of the 20th century's most influential women.
- Last Mail from Birdsville Home of the documentary chronicling Australian Tom Kruse's last mail run on the Back of Beyond Birdsville Track. Includes message board. [Flash]
- Kontum Diary: The Journey Home - ITVS North Vietnamese army veteran Nguyen Van Nghia journeys to the U.S. in a trip sponsored by his former enemy, American veteran Paul Reed.
- School Prayer: A Community at War - ITVS A Mississippi mother of six sues her school district to remove prayer and religious instruction from public schools.
- Grierson Trust Award Full details of the annual Grierson Awards for the best documentary of the year. Included full text of out-of-print "Researcher Guide to John Grierson." Also stills from Grierson's classic "NIGHT MAIL", including a piece of the famous verse sound track of W.H.Auden's with Benjamin Britten music.
- 60 Days to Launch 60 Days to Launch is a feature-length documentary that follows the mayhem surrounding a San Francisco Bay Area Internet Startup in the final days before the company's web portal goes live.
- Some Gave All Home of the special honoring the men and women of the Armed Forces and the 60th anniversary of the USO. Information about the USO and the show's sponsors.
- Cadillac Desert This PBS companion site follows the struggle for water in the modern American West, and offers audio and video clips and links to water conservation sites.
- Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle - ITVS A documentary of Richard Wagner's "Ring Cycle" opera from the point of view of the union stagehands at the San Francisco Opera.
- And Baby Makes Two - ITVS A candid and emotional documentary about a group of thirty and forty-something single women in New York City who are actively pursuing motherhood without the participation of spouses or boyfriends.
- Girls in America - ITVS From rugby fields to beauty pageant runways, teenage girls tell their own stories about what its like growing up female in America today. An ITVS documentary.
- Richard Wright - Black Boy An ITVS documentary that takes an in-depth look at the African American writer who changed the face of American literature.
- Learning Adventures in Citizenship: From New York to Your Town The educational Web companion to the series New York: A Documentary Film on PBS.
- New Cop on the Beat Companion Web site for documentary New Cop on the Beat examines how "compassionate policing" is changing the face of law enforcement in New Haven, CT.
- Wannabe: Life and Death in a Small Town Gang - ITVS The gang-related murder/suicide of four teenagers in Appleton, WI in May 1995.
- G-String Divas HBO's official site for the behind-the-scenes documentary of real-life erotic dancers, including show updates, biographies, message boards and contests.
- Forgotten Fires Forgotten Fires investigates the burning of two black churches near Manning, South Carolina, by a young convert to the Ku Klux Klan.
- Documentaries with Bill Kurtis A&E.com's coverage of these cutting-edge documentary programs features detailed highlights, complete television listings, and an entire section dedicated to the Emmy Award-winning host, Bill Kurtis.
- Lemarr Productions Information about specials on Typhoid Mary, sexual abuse, incest, mental illness and other social issues.
- International Documentary Television Corp. The films and work of documentary film-maker Robert Duncan and his company.
- Blinks Broadcast schedule, history, and resources based on the story of a former white supremacist.
- Golden Threads - ITVS Documentary profiling the life of lesbian activist Christine Burton, founder of GOLDEN THREADS.
- Nerds 2.0.1 Nerds 2.0.2 is a documentary on the history of the Internet. The web site includes excellent content which supplements the information provided in the documentary.
- Travis TRAVIS is the story of the fight to save the life of a remarkable young boy living with AIDS.
- With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America An ITVS documentary about the conservative Christian political movement from the 1950s to today.
- Frontline Frontline is a weekly one-hour series that airs long-form documentaries on various subjects, including politics, society, and even personal stories. Each Frontline program has its own unique web site full of in-depth content, that can be accessed from the main page.
- François Rosolato The documentary films made by François Rosolato, a french filmaker.
- Napoleon Companion site to PBS special exploring his life and relationship with Josephine as well as his ascent to power and consequent downfall. Includes timeline, interactive battlefield simulator, reference materials, and online discussion.
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