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2009
The People v. Leo Frank
This film vividly brings to life one of the most fascinating criminal cases in American history: the 1913 murder of a child laborer, Mary Phagan, and the trial and lynching of Leo Frank, the Jewish factory supervisor accused of her murder.
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http://www.leofrankfilm.com
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2006
The War that Made America
It’s not the war you think it is… Seven years of conflict between the French, Indians and British set a young George Washington and the American colonies on an unexpected path to revolution.
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http://www.wqed.org/mag/twtma/
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2004
Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge was the life mission of Joseph Strauss, an engineer who had never designed or overseen the building of a suspension bridge. Built by an unlikely team in the harshest conditions, the bridge remains an enduring symbol of American ingenuity.
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2002
Let's Get Married
Marriage is in trouble, as the number of single-parent households has skyrocketed to one-third of all U.S. families. The traditional American family structure seems to be crumbling. President Bush and a burgeoning marriage movement think it’s time to take action. They are promoting marriage, especially among the poor.
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2002
Public Enemy #1
In the early 1930’s, America was thrilled and terrorized by John Dillinger, a desperado no jail could hold. His reputation grew until he was named the country’s first Public Enemy #1, hunted by every cop in America. Operating in a time of great hardship, Dillinger also became a mythic figure who fought state authority and won the hearts of millions of ordinary Americans, particularly those hit hardest by the Great Depression.
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2002
Inside the Terror Network
Shy. Unassuming. Reserved. From the descriptions offered by friends, family, one would hardly guess they would plot and execute the most deadly terrorist attack in U.S. history. They piloted the hijacked planes on Sept. 11. What forces transformed these seemingly unremarkable men into fanatical terrorists? And how did their deadly plans go undetected for so long?
(A Co-production with Panorama/BBC)
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2001
Organ Farm
A look at the controversial, highly secret multibillion-dollar industry of xeno (cross-species) transplants. It’s a bio-secure, air-locked world where researchers are developing pig-to-human organ transplants. Xenotransplants offer hope to millions of desperately ill patients, but also the risks of a cross-species virus spreading to the general population.
(Co-production with Carlton TV)
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2000
Real Justice
Go inside world of prosecutors and defense lawyers inside Boston’s criminal courts, where 50,000 cases a year are decided. It’s a world that bears little resemblance to familiar tv courtroom dramas. With rare access to the offers, counteroffers and compromises, the program reveals what it really takes to keep the wheels of justice turning.
(A Co-production with Lion-TV/BBC).
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1999
Apocalypse!
At the dawn of a new millennium, this program explores the fascinating history of where our ideas of doomsday and destruction come from, and how they have shaped our world.
(A Co-production with TIMEWATCH/BBC)
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1999
Rescue at Sea
On January 23, 1909, two passenger ships collide in the frigid, fog-shrouded waters off Nantucket Island. Suddenly, more than 1500 lives are dependent on a new invention, wireless telegraphy, and a 26-year-old wireless operator three years before the Titanic.
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1999
God Fights Back
By mid- century, modern thought had swept religion to the margins of public life. Then in 1979, Iranian’s trade the Shah’s vision of secular progress for the Islamic Revolution of Ayatollah Khomeini. Meanwhile, halfway around the world Christian fundamentalists march on Washington, and within a year control the conservative wing of the Republican Party.
For PEOPLE’S CENTURY/PBS (A Co-production with BBC)
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1998
The Triumph of Evil
A vivid report on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and how the West turned its back on its victims. Through confidential cables and interviews, the program reveals an important warning from a key Rwandan informant and how, despite the warning, the United States and United Nations chose to do nothing.
(Co-production with PANORAMA, BBC)
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1997
Dreams of Tibet
On wave of several Hollywood films with dreamy portrayals of Tibet, this film explores the realities of US/China policy. It asks whether the government and companies with an eye on China’s burgeoning markets have become too intimidated to speak out about restrictions on freedom in “Shangri-La.”
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1997
What Jennifer Saw
Twelve years before, Jennifer was raped but got a good look at her attacker. In the wake of the OJ Simpson trial, her case is used to inquire into the vagaries of memory, the fallibility of eyewitness testimony, and the real importance of DNA evidence in our legal system.
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1996
Angel On Death Row
The book and critically acclaimed movie Dead Man Walking told the story of Helen Prejean, a nun working on death row. This film tells the rest of the story, partly through the eyes of a victim Helen Prejean wrote about but, until now, never bothered to meet.
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1996
The Gulf War
In the winter of 1991, two armies faced each other in the desert. At stake were the oil fields of the Middle East, and America’s leadership in the world. A comprehensive review on the war’s 5th year anniversary.
(A Co-production with BBC)
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1995
The Michael Rockefeller Story
In 1961, Michael Rockefeller was looking for adventure and a break from his family. He joined a documentary film crew headed to the Dutch West Indies (Iryan Jaya), and then split off to pursue his own passion of collecting primitive art. While traveling among Asmat cannibals, his boat was swamped and he disappeared, leaving his fate open to endless speculation.
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1993
Who was Lee Harvey Oswald?
Was Oswald the emotionally disturbed lone gunman? Was he one of two gunmen that day in Dallas? Or was he an unwitting scapegoat for the real assassins, as Oswald himself claimed? This investigative biography examines the Kennedy assassination by peeling back the enigma that was Lee Harvey Oswald.
(A Co-production with TIMEWATCH, BBC)
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1993
War & Oil
The untold story of World War II reveals how oil dictated strategy to Hitler, how a lack of oil slowed Japan's war machine and how oil ultimately determined victory and defeat.
(For The Prize/PBS)
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