Television viewers — even those who watch the more sober-minded PBS — are generally not keen on sitting through long speeches. But TED, the nonprofit group that sponsors conferences on ideas, thinks it has found a way to bring its signature 18-minute talks to a TV audience that may not have found them on the [...]
‘The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights’ a New PBS Documentary
February 19, 2013 | Posted by
One of the civil rights movement’s most influential leaders at the time is almost virtually unknown today — and his niece is intent on changing that. A new documentary follows the life of Whitney Young Jr., a behind-the-scenes powerhouse who used his boardroom finesse to help desegregate the boardroom and the classroom during the turbulent [...]
Frederick Douglass and ‘The Abolitionists’ Take Center Stage on PBS in January
October 31, 2012 | Posted by
Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called by many names,the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy, these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history. What began as a [...]
Stacey Dash Supporting Mitt Romney
October 9, 2012 | Posted by
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has declined the invitation to appear on Nickelodeon’s “Kids Pick the President“ special on Oct. 15, despite President Barack Obama making time for the show which features a Q&A followed by a mock online vote by kids. “He simply didn’t have time. He couldn’t fit it into his schedule,” the show’s executive [...]
Filmmaker Uses Photography Documentary to ‘Empower, Educate and Shed Light’
July 24, 2012 | Posted by
Thomas Allen Harris is a film activist, leveraging the platform of documentary filmmaking as a tool to empower, educate, and shed light on many under-the-radar stories within our combined histories. I first collaborated with Harris on the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion, a multi-media project that sought to excavate family photos and uncover the valuable stories [...]
