Category Archives: Video Extras

The History of the Quest for the Elusive God Particle

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

Back in 2008, we premiered the film The Atom Smashers, about Fermilab and the search for the Higgs-boson particle, which physicists Wednesday confirmed probably does exist. In light of the news, we’re making the film available in its entirety online … Continue reading →

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PSA Posters from the Early AIDS Years

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

This week’s film is David Weissman’s We Were Here, which deals with the impact of HIV/AIDS in San Francisco from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. It will air on Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 10 PM (check local … Continue reading →

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Book Club Featuring Eliminated Mexican American Studies Texts Draws Fire in Tucson

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

Tonight is premiere night for Precious Knowledge, a film about the last years of the successful but controversial Mexican American Studies program in Tucson, Arizona’s public schools. (Check your local listings here for when it airs on your local PBS … Continue reading →

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Update! See What Has Become of the Nomad Family Portrayed in Summer Pasture

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

Locho, Yama, and Pale Chubby Baby … where are they now? Lynn True, co-director of Summer Pasture, provided us with these fantastic video updates from the Tibetan plateau in which we discover what has happened to the nomad family in … Continue reading →

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Video Extras and Updates About the Ponces of Circo

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

If you’ve seen Circo, you might be wondering whatever happened to Tino and his wife, Ivonne after she left, and of course the children, the extended family, and the circus itself. We certainly wanted to know what had happened to … Continue reading →

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8 Small Circuses that Rival the Biggest Big Tops

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Rebecca Huval

The circus has existed in some form since before the birth of Caesar. This week, Independent Lens will focus on a modern day Big Top — Circo (airing May 3 – check local listings) follows a small family circus in Mexico’s struggling … Continue reading →

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Deep Inside Mexico, Filmmaker Finds Remnants of a Rich but Endangered Culture

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

Aaron Schock wanted to make a documentary about Mexico that wasn’t about immigration, for a change. While scouting for subjects in the rural communities off the beaten path, he happened upon a traveling circus, and the rest is, well, Circo. … Continue reading →

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The Return: Genetically Pure Bison Reintroduced to Montana

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

After shooting wrapped on Facing the Storm: Story of the American Bison, filmmaker Doug Hawes-Davis captured the story of the historic transfer of wild, genetically-pure bison from Yellowstone National Park to the Fort Peck tribes of northeastern Montana. Here’s his 16-minute … Continue reading →

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What Returning Soldiers Have in Common With AIDS in the 1980s

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

Yes it sounds like an outrageous nonsequitur, but bear with it. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s new book Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power includes a passage in the epilogue that makes the parallel. In the book, Maddow makes the … Continue reading →

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Meet Septentrional — Video Interview with the Band

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

We caught up with filmmaker Whitney Dow and some members of Septentrional while they were in New York this week. The band is on a mini-tour in New York, playing at the Maranatha Auditorium in Queens on Friday, at the … Continue reading →

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