THE PLASTIC DETOX : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?

Documentaries on streaming services are all but mandated to hook you right away so you don’t get bored too quickly, and The Plastic Detox kinda plays dirty by telling us right off the bat that ...
Current

‘Wowsabout’ PBS special seeks to inspire awe in preschoolers

The 22-minute live-action special follows puppets Roxy the hedgehog and Ronald the pig as they explore Sequoia National Park.
Business Observer

East Manatee bee, berry farms hustle to survive historic cold snap

Heritage Bee Farm, south of State Road 70 and, like BellaBlue, in rural east Manatee, had a similar experience — more ...
Education Next

Don’t Call Them the Underdogs

New film gives competitive students of Washington Urban Debate League their due and others hope for the future of civic ...
Your Observer

Myakka City bee and berry farms still standing after historic cold snap

Vasquez’s biggest concern for his bees was their food supply. When the weather is cold, the bees can’t leave the hive for ...
The New York Times

Producers Rejected Epstein’s Offer to Help Finance a Dick Cavett Film

Jeffrey Epstein joined Mr. Cavett’s wife in an effort to create a PBS documentary on the talk-show legend. But then the producers did a background check on the financier. By Michaela Towfighi and ...
WUWM

Milwaukee PBS doc tells the story of the Underground Railroad in Wisconsin

The Underground Railroad was a network of people, places and secret routes that helped enslaved people escape to freedom. Although stories about the Railroad often focus on former slave states, the ...
Houston Press

How a Quiet Profession Became a Public Battleground

The film follows librarians across the United States as they confront organized challenges to books and advocate for access, literacy, and democratic participation. Credit: PBS The new PBS documentary ...
The Virginian-Pilot

‘Queen of Southern Cooking’ gets her due in Norfolk native’s film, to show at ODU

Did you know the “Queen of Southern Cooking” was from Virginia? Edna Lewis, born and raised about 85 miles northwest of Richmond in Freetown, pioneered the celebration of Southern cooking and the farm ...
Arkansas Times

New group aims to keep PBS programming in Arkansas

Friends of Arkansas PBS, a newly formed, citizen-led group that hopes to preserve programming from the national Public Broadcasting Service in Arkansas, is hosting its first talk on Thursday. Former ...
San Antonio Current

She’s with the Banned: Texas librarian shares battle over book bans in PBS documentary

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

PBS to premiere new documentary on Howard Fuller's life, advocacy

A new PBS documentary, "A Fuller Education," chronicles the life of education advocate Howard Fuller. Fuller is known as a former Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent and an architect of the nation ...