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TV LAB: License to Create
Content Project

"Television can be better than television is", this educational, historical and inspirational documentary about the TV LAB at Thirteen/WNET (1972-1984) reminds us. While the Internet and digital technology allow anyone today to create and distribute video, what is missing is the strong commissioning editor and collaborative atmosphere ofthe TV LAB that nurtured memorable video art, revolutionary documentary, experimental drama and led to extraordinary careers.

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Brothers On The Line
Content Project

Brothers On The Line is a documentary feature exploring the legacy of the Reuther brothers, pioneering labor organizers whose leadership of the United Auto Workers (UAW) transformed the social, economic, and political landscape of a nation.

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GRITtv with Laura Flanders
Content Project
GRITtv with Laura Flanders is a 28-minute daily news and culture discussion show that engages the public with critical conversations about important issues and puts powerful new media tools in the hands of non-media community organizations, artists and cultural workers.
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New Routes to Community Health
Content Project
New Routes: Using stories to improve immigrant health. Immigrant organizations and media makers have formed partnerships to improve the health of immigrants by making media that best suits their needs.
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The Alcove with Mark Molaro
Content Project
The Alcove with Mark Molaro is a smart, informed and socially conscious in-depth interview program based in New York focused at the next generation.  We are listed in Open Culture's list of "Intelligent YouTube: 80 Smart Video Collections" along with the NYT, the BBC and PBS: http://www.oculture.com/2008/03/youtubesmartvideos.html
The Promise of Freedom
Content Project
THE PROMISE OF FREEDOM is a modern-day Oskar Schindler story about a young American fighting to save thousands of Iraqis who are endangered because they worked for the United States. Frustrated by a stagnating government bureaucracy that has failed to protect these people, Kirk Johnson begins compiling a list of the names of our “Iraqi allies” and, one by one, helping them find refuge and a new life in America.
Shop Till You Drop
Content Project

Shop Till You Drop is a documentary that investigates our problematic habit of overconsumption, its consequences and solutions for the problem. The film suggests a need for financial literacy education especially for teens, minorities and women, and introduces some of the most innovative and effective methods that have transformed people's lives.

Shop Till You Drop is produced in collaboration with Make A Difference Media, a 501(3) non-profit organization based in Tampa, Florida.

Broadcast Blues
Content Project
Media policy is killing people in this country, literally, and it is damaging our democracy, too. But We the People are taking our media back!
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The Immigration Project
Content Project

The Immigration Project investigates migrant deaths along the United States-Mexico border and the efforts of the Mexican Consulate of Tucson Arizona and the Office of the Pima County Medical Examiner to repatriate the reamins back to Mexico.

 

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The Banjo Project: The Story of America's Instrument
Content Project
"The Banjo Project" is a history of America's quintessential musical instrument from its African roots to the present, featuring performances and commentary by contemporary masters such as Earl Scruggs, Pete Seeger, Bela Fleck, Taj Mahal and Mike Seeger. In its diverse musical forms and contested social history, the banjo highlights conflicts still at the heart of American culture today.
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