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1. So violent a nation (1992)
Focuses on Dallas, Texas to illustrate how violence and crimes are affecting American life. Discusses with a youth caseworker, a victims' advocate, and the Dallas Police Chief on gun control, community-police relati...
Focuses on Dallas, Texas to illustrate how violence and crimes are affecting American life. Discusses with a youth caseworker, a victims' advocate, and the Dallas Police Chief on gun control, community-police relati...
2. Do you speak American? (2005)
Examines sociolinguistic questions and the dynamic state of American English, a language rich in regional variety, strong in global impact, and steeped in cultural controversy.
Examines sociolinguistic questions and the dynamic state of American English, a language rich in regional variety, strong in global impact, and steeped in cultural controversy.
3. The Appalachians (2005)
A journey through the cradle of Appalachian culture, illustrating the political, economic, musical, and spiritual history of the Appalachian region.
A journey through the cradle of Appalachian culture, illustrating the political, economic, musical, and spiritual history of the Appalachian region.
4. Search for the first Americans (1992)
Follows the trail of America's first inhabitants. Did they really migrate across a Bering Sea land bridge at the end of the last Ice Age, or did they in fact arrive thousands of years earlier, possibly by some diffe...
Follows the trail of America's first inhabitants. Did they really migrate across a Bering Sea land bridge at the end of the last Ice Age, or did they in fact arrive thousands of years earlier, possibly by some diffe...
5. Digging for slaves (1989)
Provides fascinating details about three recent excavations of 18th-century slave quarters -- at Middleburg Plantation near Charleston, SC, at Monticello, VA, and at Colonial Williamsburg, VA. Discusses how the disc...
Provides fascinating details about three recent excavations of 18th-century slave quarters -- at Middleburg Plantation near Charleston, SC, at Monticello, VA, and at Colonial Williamsburg, VA. Discusses how the disc...
6. What can we do about violence a Bill Moyers special (1995)
Examines the roots of violence in the United States and documents community programs working to prevent and change violent behavior.
Examines the roots of violence in the United States and documents community programs working to prevent and change violent behavior.
7. Social classes (1999)
Examines how eras have organized their members into social classes: from the communal hunter/gatherers and agrarian cultures, to ancient empires and medieval fiefdoms, to the technocrats, executives, laborers, and o...
Examines how eras have organized their members into social classes: from the communal hunter/gatherers and agrarian cultures, to ancient empires and medieval fiefdoms, to the technocrats, executives, laborers, and o...
8. Religion, rap and the crisis of black leadership Cornel West (1990)
Bill Moyers interviews activist, author and teacher Cornel West about the state of African-American society, its struggle for liberty, and its living, vibrant traditions.
Bill Moyers interviews activist, author and teacher Cornel West about the state of African-American society, its struggle for liberty, and its living, vibrant traditions.
9. Korean Americans (1993)
Examines the lives of urban Korean Americans who seek to retain their traditional cultural values while adjusting to life in the U.S. Explores why Korean Americans have frequently come into violent conflict with inn...
Examines the lives of urban Korean Americans who seek to retain their traditional cultural values while adjusting to life in the U.S. Explores why Korean Americans have frequently come into violent conflict with inn...
10. Hispanics the second generation (1995)
Examines how the second generation Hispanics are adapting to American society, and how they are maintaining their Latino roots while assimilating into the American cultural mainstream. A variety of Hispanic American...
Examines how the second generation Hispanics are adapting to American society, and how they are maintaining their Latino roots while assimilating into the American cultural mainstream. A variety of Hispanic American...
11. Hispanics, their differences myth or fact (1995)
Examines the cultural differences and similarities between Hispanic Americans. Three families are spotlighted: one Puerto Rican, one Mexican American and one Cuban American. Explores how they view themselves and how...
Examines the cultural differences and similarities between Hispanic Americans. Three families are spotlighted: one Puerto Rican, one Mexican American and one Cuban American. Explores how they view themselves and how...
12. East and West (1983)
Describes the impact which Islam has had on the West, historically and culturally.
Describes the impact which Islam has had on the West, historically and culturally.
13. By river by rail (1994)
African-Americans recount the story of the early 20th century migration of blacks to the Northern states with a backdrop of songs, art and music of the era. They tell of separated families, of the hardships, prejudi...
African-Americans recount the story of the early 20th century migration of blacks to the Northern states with a backdrop of songs, art and music of the era. They tell of separated families, of the hardships, prejudi...
14. Duke Ellington's Washington (2004)
Profiles the Uptown area of Washington, D.C., which was the cultural capital of Black America in the early years of the 20th century. Centered around U Street, it nurtured many dynamic leaders, including Duke Elling...
Profiles the Uptown area of Washington, D.C., which was the cultural capital of Black America in the early years of the 20th century. Centered around U Street, it nurtured many dynamic leaders, including Duke Elling...
15. The real thing (1989)
Looks at the result achieved when photographers were commissioned to reflect the world or certain aspects of it, focusing on the Farm Security Administration which set out to document the United States in the 1930s.
Looks at the result achieved when photographers were commissioned to reflect the world or certain aspects of it, focusing on the Farm Security Administration which set out to document the United States in the 1930s.
16. In search of a common destiny : Blacks and American society (1992)
Includes interviews during the violence and clean-up after the Rodney King verdict in Los Angeles, a town meeting in Los Angeles, and a panel discussion of the racial problems confronting the United States.
Includes interviews during the violence and clean-up after the Rodney King verdict in Los Angeles, a town meeting in Los Angeles, and a panel discussion of the racial problems confronting the United States.
17. Black, white and angry (1995)
This NBC News program examines the relationships between blacks and whites at work, in their communities, and the role politics and politicians play in issues affecting them. Also examines what the future holds for ...
This NBC News program examines the relationships between blacks and whites at work, in their communities, and the role politics and politicians play in issues affecting them. Also examines what the future holds for ...
18. Solutions to violence (1995)
In this series, Bill Moyers interviews several people who have contributed solutions to the problem of violence in the United States.
In this series, Bill Moyers interviews several people who have contributed solutions to the problem of violence in the United States.