Dec 25 Watch 25:19 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 25, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 25, preserving America’s first black filmmakers who were forced to work outside of white Hollywood. Later, adventurous eaters in Europe are calling crickets, mealworms, grasshoppers and other insects the newest “super food.” Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch 5:58 Preserving the history of America's first black filmmakers By PBS News Hour In the early part of the 20th century, black filmmakers were forced to work outside the white Hollywood mainstream -- and produced around 500 films, mainly for black audiences. To preserve this history, the company Kino Lorber released a five-disc… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 25:03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 24, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 24, ‘Othello: The Remix’ is bringing a classic Shakespeare tale to audiences through hip-hop. Later, a historic skate park in Portland is facing the pressures of gentrification. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 'Othello: The Remix' gives Shakespeare the hip-hop treatment By Zachary Green, Ivette Feliciano At the Westside Theatre in New York City, audiences are watching "Othello: the Remix," a retelling of William Shakespeare's classic play that transforms the protagonist into a rising hip-hop star. NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano sits down with the Q Brothers,… Continue watching
Dec 23 'Hidden Figures' and the journey to celebrate NASA's black female pioneers By Nsikan Akpan The story behind how Hidden Figures went from biography to Hollywood, as told by the author, cast and crew. Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch 5:40 This graphic novelist and reading ambassador tells kids to reach beyond their comfort zone By PBS News Hour Graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang wrestled with his identity growing up, but he’s made the Chinese-American experience one of the main subjects of his critically acclaimed work. One of this year’s MacArthur Fellowship winners and the national ambassador for young… Continue watching
Dec 22 Analysis: 'Passengers' is part space odyssey, part stalker flick By Nsikan Akpan Here's why this movie warrants a closer look. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 40:26 Watch: Bruce Springsteen, our complete interview By PBS News Hour Bruce Springsteen sat down with PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown for a wide-ranging, 40-minute interview about his memoir, his approach to songwriting and how he now reflects back on his early life. Continue watching
Dec 20 Can a poem make the world a better place by documenting the darknesses around us? By Mary Jo Brooks Daniel Borzutzky's newest poetry collection, “The Performance of Becoming Human” feature themes of economic and political dysfunction. The collection was recently awarded the National Book Award for poetry. Continue reading