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The Hot Sheet: November 15-21
Take a look at the world around you and you just might find things you never knew before. That’s what we try to do at PBS. This week, we bring you three stories that can be viewed from multiple angles – a shocking crime caught on camera, an accident that intertwines the lives of 10 strangers and two filmmaker friends making movies that defined a genre.
- Why was Neda Agha Soltan gunned down on the streets following the highly contested 2009 Iranian election? FRONTLINE’s A Death in Tehran investigates the murder that was caught on cameraphone, uploaded to the Internet and quickly shared around the globe. Who was Neda and what was she fighting for? Who wanted her dead? How has her death shifted the battle for revolution in Iran? Tune in Tuesday, November 7th at 9pm (check local listings) to get the story from a network of international correspondents. Watch a preview.
- When cars collide on a busy London highway, Investigators John Tolin and Ann Stallwood find that the 10 strangers involved may be more closely related than a surface investigation proves. Masterpiece Collision begins on Sunday, November 15, at 9pm, (check local listings). There’s more than meets the eye to this tale of fate and the secrets we all keep close.
- Meet two friends that defined New Wave cinema in the 1960s and 70s. Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond fled Hungary in 1956 with little more than a 35mm camera and some film. Decades later, the two cinematographers have worked on some of Hollywood’s most memorable movies and have forged a friendship that spans obstacles and celebrations alike. Independent Lens presents No Subtitles Needed: Laszlo and Vilmos on Tuesday, November 17th at 10 pm (check local listings). Watch a preview.
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