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The Way We Get By - Watch the Film

Watch The Way We Get By Online

If you missed last week's broadcast of The Way We Get By, you can watch it online on the PBS Video Player. It will be available online through December 13, 2009.

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The Smith Family - Filmmaker Interview

The Smith Family - Filmmaker Interview

Filmmaker Tasha Oldham talks about how she came to make a film about a Mormon woman whose perfect life is shattered when she discovers that her husband has been having affairs with men, and that she is HIV-positive.

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The Sweetest Sound - Popularity Index New

How Common is Your Last Name?

Enter your last name in our Popularity Index database, and see its rank among the most common surnames in the United States, according to 1990 and 2000 U.S. Census.

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Living With AIDS

Living With AIDS

As one of the first films about AIDS to be nationally televised on PBS (1988), the Emmy Award-winning film, Living With AIDS, tells the compelling story of Todd Coleman, a 22-year-old gay man with AIDS, and those who cared for him during the last weeks of his life.

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Bill Knight talking with a female soldier at the airport.

Steps that you can take to support veterans and senior citizens.


Community

Regarding War promo graphic

Regarding War is a place for citizens and soldiers to share stories about past and current conflicts, and to discuss the realities of war. Join the conversation »


For Educators

'The Way We Get By' troop greeters

Students compare the homecoming for these veterans to the homecomings of veterans from past conflicts. Get the lesson plan »