Pioneers of Thirteen
The '60s: Experimental Days
Special | 58m 29s
The groundbreaking early years of America's most-watched public television station.
A pioneering group of producers and directors at WNET, then called WNDT – “New Dimensions in Television,” broadcast shows with chef Julia Child and famed cellist Pablo Casals, Black Journal, created by independent producer Al Perlmutter, which examines for the first time on television black issues, music, culture, and politics, and a new children’s series called Sesame Street.
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Pioneers of Thirteen is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
Pioneers of Thirteen
The '60s: Experimental Days
Special | 58m 29s
A pioneering group of producers and directors at WNET, then called WNDT – “New Dimensions in Television,” broadcast shows with chef Julia Child and famed cellist Pablo Casals, Black Journal, created by independent producer Al Perlmutter, which examines for the first time on television black issues, music, culture, and politics, and a new children’s series called Sesame Street.
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