Feb 25 Oscar-winning ’20 Feet from Stardom’ gives voice to back-up singers By Victoria Fleischer It was the middle of the night in 1969. Merry Clayton, a respected back-up singer, receives a call to help the Rolling Stones. Donning her robe and curlers, Clayton trots over to the studio and records the now-famous screaming vocals… Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch Bay Area poets turn reporters to tell story of vulnerable public housing residents By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch Filmmakers try to shake ‘fairy tale story of change’ in documenting Egypt’s revolution By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 24 Poetry exposes truth about public housing in the Bay Area By Victoria Fleischer For Deandre Evans, Will Hartfield and Donte Clark writing poetry isn’t solely about expressing themselves, it’s also about reporting on a story that’s affecting their community. Through the Off/Page Project, a collaboration between Youth Speaks and The Center for Investigative… Continue reading
Feb 24 Comedian, writer, actor Harold Ramis dies at 69 By Victoria Fleischer Harold Ramis, the Chicago actor best known for his roles in “Ghostbusters” and “Stripes,” died of a rare autoimmune disease early Monday morning. Ramis was the head writer and performed for Second City’s television series. He got his big break… Continue reading
Feb 24 Weekly Poem: E. E. Cummings biographer reads his poem ‘Cambridge Ladies’ By Victoria Fleischer Susan Cheever's new biography of the poet is called "E. E. Cummings: A Life." She has also written biographies about Louisa May Alcott, Bill Wilson and her father John Cheever, in addition to 12 other published fiction and nonfiction books. Continue reading
Feb 21 Susan Cheever writes of life behind E.E. Cummings’s famous verse By Victoria Fleischer Cummings was one of the most popular poets of his time. His work is linked to the movements of Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, and Ezra Pound. The group of modernists from the 1930s and ‘40s covered all artistic… Continue reading
Feb 20 In Oscar-nominated ‘The Act of Killing,’ mass murderers boastfully reenact their war crimes By Victoria Fleischer The Oscar nominated documentary "The Act of Killing" challenges Anwar Congo, a death squad leader during the mass killings in 1965 Indonesia, to re-enact the horrors of his past. Director Joshua Oppenheimer spoke to the NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown about why… Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch ‘The Act of Killing’ looks into the mind of war criminals By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch Former Indonesian death squad leaders discuss informing the public of the truth in ‘The Act of Killing’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching