Pbs Movies

  • 1975
    Ashtray Ballet

    Ashtray Ballet

    Ashtray Ballet

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    "I made this in 1975 while in college. It was my anti smoking response to Oskar Fischinger's cigarette commercials. It was aired a few times on PBS."...

    Ashtray Ballet
  • 2003
    Prisoner of Paradise

    Prisoner of Paradise

    Prisoner of Paradise

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    The film tells the true story of Kurt Gerron, a German-Jewish cabaret and film actor in the 1920s and 1930s who was sent to the Theresienstadt concent...

    Prisoner of Paradise
  • 2003
    Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert

    Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert

    Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert

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    Taped for a two-part PBS Soundstage, Petty employs the Chicago locale as an entry into the blues and R&B that are at the foundation of rock & roll, an...

    Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert
  • 2018
    A Squirrel's Guide to Success

    A Squirrel's Guide to Success

    A Squirrel's Guide to Success

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    A look at the extraordinary abilities of squirrels, from the brainy fox squirrel to the acrobatic gray squirrel to the problem-solving ground squirrel...

    A Squirrel's Guide to Success
  • 2026
    The Crown Prince & The President

    The Crown Prince & The President

    The Crown Prince & The President

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    Months into his second term, President Donald Trump welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House. It had been seven years since...

    The Crown Prince & The President
  • 2024
    Fly With Me

    Fly With Me

    Fly With Me

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    Fly With Me tells the story of the pioneering young women who became flight attendants at a time when single women were unable to order a drink, eat a...

    Fly With Me
  • 1996
    Pepper's Pow Wow

    Pepper's Pow Wow

    Pepper's Pow Wow

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    A look at the life of Native American jazz saxophone pioneer Jim Pepper, the first widely recognized musician to fuse Native American music with jazz.

    Pepper's Pow Wow
  • 2017
    The Fish on My Plate

    The Fish on My Plate

    The Fish on My Plate

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    Paul Greenberg spends a year eating fish at breakfast, lunch and dinner to help answer the question: “What fish should I eat that’s good for me and go...

    The Fish on My Plate
  • 2025
    Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act

    Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act

    Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act

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    Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act tells the emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibilit...

    Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • 2013
    What Plants Talk About

    What Plants Talk About

    What Plants Talk About

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    From PBS - Hard core science is effortlessly integrated with a light-hearted look at how plants behave, revealing a world where plants are as busy, re...

    What Plants Talk About
  • 1997
    Wishbone: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    Wishbone: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    Wishbone: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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    "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" dominates as Halloween comes to Oakdale. Wishbone imagines himself as Ichabod Crane while Joe and his two schoolmates pa...

    Wishbone: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • 2024
    The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day

    The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day

    The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day

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    A Veterans Day event with historian John Monsky, the Boston Pops and Broadway stars.

    The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day
  • 2007
    Alexander Hamilton

    Alexander Hamilton

    Alexander Hamilton

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    One of the most controversial men of his age, Alexander Hamilton was a gifted statesman brought down by the fatal flaws of stubbornness, extreme cando...

    Alexander Hamilton
  • 2025
    Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question

    Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question

    Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question

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    Using rare on-the-ground access in Iran and in-depth forensic analysis, FRONTLINE, The Washington Post, Evident Media and Bellingcat conduct an immers...

    Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question
  • 2023
    Fractured

    Fractured

    Fractured

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    In recent years, the U.S. has been experiencing what’s been called a mental health crisis. The documentary Fractured examines how that crisis is playi...

    Fractured
  • 1971
    The Great Radio Comedians

    The Great Radio Comedians

    The Great Radio Comedians

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    Documentary about radio comedies primarily focused on Burns & Allen, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, The Jack Benny Program, Fibber McGee & Molly, Th...

    The Great Radio Comedians
  • 1988
    Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett

    Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett

    Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett

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    Sitting alone on his 69th birthday, Krapp reflects upon the last 30 years of his life as he listens to an old tape recording of himself he made on his...

    Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett
  • 1975
    Knuckle

    Knuckle

    Knuckle

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    Curley Delafield, a young arms merchant, is determined to discover the secret behind the disappearance of his sister Sarah.

    Knuckle
  • 2024
    Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame: Inaugural Induction Ceremony

    Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame: Inaugural Induction Ceremony

    Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame: Inaugural Induction Ceremony

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    The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame: Inaugural Induction Ceremony invites viewers to come along for a journey into the heart and soul of American fo...

    Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame: Inaugural Induction Ceremony
  • 2013
    How Sherlock Changed the World

    How Sherlock Changed the World

    How Sherlock Changed the World

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    Special reveals for the first time the astonishing impact that Holmes has had on the development of real criminal investigation and forensic technique...

    How Sherlock Changed the World