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Born to Be Circus/Down the Road Preview

Circus

Travel to Monte Carlo as the Big Apple Circus scouts new acts for next year's show and say goodbye as the cast performs its final shows of the season. 11/17/10 Continue

2012 WARRIOR GAMES: "Fighting it out - with love!"

Medal Quest

The Warrior Games – a chance for injured service men and women to show their abilities and bring glory, again, to the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force. It's also a chance for them to learn from the best: the many Paralympians who work as mentors and coaches, showing the veterans the techniques and skills they’ll need to compete, on the track and in life. Continue

Lex Gillette: “I get to my 16th step and I jump.”

Medal Quest

Vision-impaired athlete Lex Gillette competes in four Paralympic sports, two in jumping and two in running. Lex talks about losing his vision as a young boy and says, “We had to figure out how we were going to move on from that.” In this video he shows MEDAL QUEST how he sets up for his tremendous flying jumps. Continue

Visit the African Town That Runs for Olympic Gold

Global Voices

Town of Runners follows three children keen to follow in their heroes' footsteps, as they move from school track to national competition and from childhood to adulthood. Set against the background of the seasonal rhythms of this farming region, and the impact of increased urbanization and globalization on agriculture, the film shows rural young Africans striving to make their own future. Continue

Katy Sullivan: "London is everything!"

Medal Quest

Paralympic sprinter Katy Sullivan remembers how unsure she was the first time she saw running legs. Then, “the world of sports opened to me.” She also describes that incredible moment before a race starts, when everything narrows down to a kind of "tunnel vision." Katy Sullivan makes it clear that Paralympians and Olympians are all one team – and for all of them, London 2012 is the goal. Continue

Alana Nichols: “My competitive spirit kicked in.”

Medal Quest

Alana Nichols of the women’s wheelchair basketball team admits she likes going “really fast.” “I love feeling my heart beat,” she says. Her competitive spirit took over when she started playing wheelchair athletics – and now she’s the first woman to win gold in both the Summer and Winter Paralympics. Continue

Plastic Bag Jump Rope

PBS Parents

Reuse plastic bags and get kids outside with this wonderfully simple springtime craft. Continue

Raising the Bar With Strength and Grace

Independent Lens

"Weightlifting is not simply about heaving weight over your head," says champion Cheryl Haworth. In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Strong!, Haworth and her teammates describe the physics -- and grace -- involved in their sport. Continue

Being Big Has Its Advantages

Independent Lens

In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Strong!, weightlifter Cheryl Haworth describes why being heavier is better for competition in her weight class. "You're sturdier, more stable," she says. Continue

Paul Schulte: “And we shoot 3-pointers, too!”

Medal Quest

Paul Schulte, co-captain of the men’s wheelchair basketball team, talks about getting his shot to "click", and pushing to the limits. “Blowing past someone on the baseline,” “drop steps,” “picks” – the moves and strategies are the same for wheelchair basketball players. “And we shoot 3-pointers, too!” Continue

The Tenth Inning Interview Extra: Affirmative Action Home Runs

Ken Burns

Chris Rock discusses integration in baseball. Continue

Kathy Smith: Ageless Energy | Preview

PBS Specials

Fitness pioneer Kathy Smith shows you how to maintain an active lifestyle and stay effortlessly energetic. Continue

HAND - EAR COORDINATION

Medal Quest

To some, goalball looks like a cross between bowling and soccer. The players know it as a tough, physical sport with lots of strategy and speed. In this MEDALQUEST video, members of the women’s goalball team talk about the skills that made them today’s defending Paralympic champions. Continue

Competitive Spirit

Medal Quest

It takes years of training to be a Paralympian, with long hours and a true competitive drive. “We have no slouches,” says judo’s Myles Porter. As Brent Rasmussen from sitting volleyball says, “It doesn’t happen overnight -- you don’t just show up and play.” Athletes from a range of sports – sprinting, wheelchair tennis, sitting volleyball, discus, and more -agree: “It all comes down to heart." Continue

Up Heartbreak Hill - Trailer

POV

Thomas and Tamara are track stars at their rural New Mexico high school. Like many teenagers, they are torn between the lure of brighter futures elsewhere and the ties that bind them to home. For these teens, however, home is an impoverished town on the Navajo reservation, and leaving means separating from family, tradition and the land that has been theirs for generations. Continue

Chautauqua: An American Narrative - Preview

Chautauqua - An American Narrative

Trace the history and impact of the Chautauqua Institution and capture its contemporary essence and energy. 4/27/2012 Continue

Mackenzie Soldan: “Everyone was cheering!”

Medal Quest

Wheelchair tennis player Mackenzie Soldan was surprised, at the Parapan American Games, by her own reaction: “It hit me, I’m playing for my country.” It was a tough start for Soldan, as she lost the first set. “I kind of choked a bit,” she admits. But she talks about what it took to claw her way back up – and the emotional finish to the game. Continue

Shopping's a Drag for a Power Lifter

Independent Lens

In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Strong!, weightlifter Cheryl Haworth goes clothes shopping with a friend, but has trouble finding anything she likes. Striving to be the strongest woman in the world seemingly puts her at odds with conventional standards of beauty. Continue

Lift Like a Girl!

Independent Lens

Cheryl Haworth is a young woman with a big dream: to be the strongest woman in the world. As the 300-pound U.S. Olympic weightlifter prepares for Beijing 2008, she struggles with injury, confidence, and her place in a world where larger women are not readily accepted. Continue

Blake Leeper: "I want to beat him. Point. Blank. Period!"

Medal Quest

Blake Leeper is one of the younger members of Team USA and began competing internationally less than three years ago. The level of competition was a revelation to him. Leeper talks about the intense level of competition in Paralympic sports and how he stacks up against two of the biggest names in racing, South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius and America’s Jerome Singleton. Continue