The fall 2008 CINE awards have just been announced, and PBS and Thirteen/WNET won a few…and most are watchable online. See list and watch!
Akin to the ‘recommended books’ rack at your local bookstore, here are our picks for great videos and programs from PBS and Thirteen/WNET–all online. Let us know what your favorites …
After four decades of fly-by probes, orbiters, landers, and rovers, the quest for life on Mars is as tantalizing as ever. NOVA goes behind the scenes of the latest NASA missions to the Red Planet to reveal new clues about Mars. Watch now. (Originally aired: 12/30/2008)
The famous wordless, stream-of-consciousness movie Koyaanisqatsi, with music by Philip Glass, is now streaming online. Koyaanisqatsi, aka ‘life out of balance’, originally aired on Thirteen in 1984 as part of Great Performances, and again in 2002. Watch it now. (It’s on Hulu, which means there is a short commercial before the stream).
Turkey sits at a crossroads where the Eastern and Western worlds meet. Historically a devout Muslim country, Turkey is today anything but homogeneous. As it enters what may be the final chapter in its 40-year quest to join the European Union, Turkey remains a country many Westerners struggle to understand. Watch. (Originally aired: 8/22/2006)
In May 2006, an imam academy in Morocco holds a graduation ceremony, but the class of 2006 is no ordinary group of students. Side by side with the male graduates are 50 women pioneers, among the first contemporary group of women to be officially trained as religious leaders in the Arab world. Watch. (Originally aired: 7/25/2006).
Every year this nation’s economy struggles to absorb 20 million new unemployed, while the newly-rich move to gated communities with private schools and tennis courts. If this sounds like Daddy Warbucks’ America, it isn’t. It’s the new China. Watch. (Originally aired: 7/18/2002).
In interviews with scientists and eyewitnesses, NATURE probes the evidence that some animals may have senses that allow them to predict impending natural disasters long before we can. The show reexamines ancient ideas about how animals can predict disaster, which are now gaining credence in scientific circles. Watch. (Originally aired: 11/13/2005)
Can Lebanon, a country of 18 different ethnic groups that fought a 15-year civil war, achieve independence from foreign interference and overcome renewed division within? The film “Future for Lebanon” takes viewers to the oldest democracy in the Middle East as voters go to the polls in a new era. Watch. (Originally aired: 7/19/2005).
Unique to North America, they are one of nature’s largest raptors, with wings that can span 8 feet, and nests that can weigh up to a ton. American Eagle provides the ultimate bird’s eye view into the private life of an American icon. Watch now. (Originally aired: Nov. 16, 2008)
