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- 60 Days to Launch - 60 Days to Launch is a feature-length documentary that follows the mayhem surrounding a San Francisco Bay Area Internet Startup in the final days before the company's web portal goes live.
www.60daystolaunch.com
- A Letter Without Words - Filmmaker Lisa Lewenz retraces the steps of her Jewish grandmother who dared to film life in Berlin during the rise of Nazi Germany. ITVS documentary.
www.itvs.org/lwow/index.html
- Africa's Children - One-hour program and book about the struggles of girls growing up in modern day Kenya. Includes information about production crew and downloadable trailer in QuickTime format.
www.africas-children.com
- American Experience - Eleanor Roosevelt - An in-depth look at one of the 20th century's most influential women.
www.pbs.org/amex/eleanor
- American Visions with Robert Hughes - Web companion to the 1997 PBS and BBC Television series on American art and culture, hosted by Robert Hughes.
www.pbs.org/wnet/americanvisions
- And Baby Makes Two - ITVS - A candid and emotional documentary about a group of thirty and forty-something single women in New York City who are actively pursuing motherhood without the participation of spouses or boyfriends.
www.itvs.org/andbabymakestwo
- BBC America: Life and Style - BBC documentaries are featured on BBC America.com, along with Britpop headlines, dramas, Britcoms, BBC movies, games, and general content relating to British entertainment and culture.
www.bbcamerica.com/genre/life_and_style.html
- Blinks - Broadcast schedule, history, and resources based on the story of a former white supremacist.
www.itvs.org/blink
- Bowing Out: Robert Mann's Last 3 Days with the Juilliard Quartet - Synopsis and contact information.
www.robertmann.org
- Cadillac Desert - This PBS companion site follows the struggle for water in the modern American West, and offers audio and video clips and links to water conservation sites.
www.pbs.org/kteh/cadillacdesert
- Culture Shock - Companion site to the PBS series about art, cultural values, and freedom of expression.
www.pbs.org/cultureshock
- Documentaries with Bill Kurtis - A&E.com's coverage of these cutting-edge documentary programs features detailed highlights, complete television listings, and an entire section dedicated to the Emmy Award-winning host, Bill Kurtis.
www.AandE.com/tv/shows/billkurtis
- Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality - Details of an upcoming show about humankind's struggles to conquer mortality and the toll it's taken on humanity. Includes diary of the production, downloadable trailer, and crew information. [QuickTime]
www.flightfromdeath.com
- Forgotten Fires - Forgotten Fires investigates the burning of two black churches near Manning, South Carolina, by a young convert to the Ku Klux Klan.
www.itvs.org/forgottenfires/index.html
- François Rosolato - The documentary films made by François Rosolato, a french filmaker.
f.rosolato.free.fr
- Frontline - Frontline is a weekly one-hour series that airs long-form documentaries on various subjects, including politics, society, and even personal stories. Each Frontline program has its own unique web site full of in-depth content, that can be accessed from the main page.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline
- Frontline: The Merchants of Cool - Report on the creators and marketers of popular culture for teenagers. Includes discussion, interviews, commentary, and links.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool
- G-String Divas - HBO's official site for the behind-the-scenes documentary of real-life erotic dancers, including show updates, biographies, message boards and contests.
hbo.com/divas
- Girls in America - ITVS - From rugby fields to beauty pageant runways, teenage girls tell their own stories about what its like growing up female in America today. An ITVS documentary.
www.itvs.org/girlsinamerica
- Golden Threads - ITVS - Documentary profiling the life of lesbian activist Christine Burton, founder of GOLDEN THREADS.
www.itvs.org/goldenthreads
- Grierson Trust Award - Full details of the annual Grierson Awards for the best documentary of the year. Included full text of out-of-print "Researcher Guide to John Grierson." Also stills from Grierson's classic "NIGHT MAIL", including a piece of the famous verse sound track of W.H.Auden's with Benjamin Britten music.
dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/plaza/dg40/griersontrust
- In My Corner - IN MY CORNER, an intimate and explosive award-winning documentary explores the way caring, committed adults can rebuild the lives of kids on the edge.
www.itvs.org/inmycorner
- International Documentary Television Corp. - The films and work of documentary film-maker Robert Duncan and his company.
www.doctv.com
- Ken Burns Information Site - This site provides news on Ken Burns the documentary filmmaker of famed PBS documentary series including Frank Lloyd Wright, Lewis and Clark, Thomas Jefferson, Baseball, and The Civil War.
www.documentaryfilms.net/kenburns.htm
- Kindertransport - Official site for the program about 10,000 mostly Jewish children sent to Britain to escape the Nazis during World War II. Includes Background information, credits, and photographs.
www.childrenwhocheatedthenazis.co.uk
- Kontum Diary: The Journey Home - ITVS - North Vietnamese army veteran Nguyen Van Nghia journeys to the U.S. in a trip sponsored by his former enemy, American veteran Paul Reed.
www.itvs.org/kontum/index.html
- Last Mail from Birdsville - Home of the documentary chronicling Australian Tom Kruse's last mail run on the Back of Beyond Birdsville Track. Includes message board. [Flash]
www.lastmailfrombirdsville.com
- Learning Adventures in Citizenship: From New York to Your Town - The educational Web companion to the series New York: A Documentary Film on PBS.
www.thirteen.org/newyork/laic
- Napoleon - Companion site to PBS special exploring his life and relationship with Josephine as well as his ascent to power and consequent downfall. Includes timeline, interactive battlefield simulator, reference materials, and online discussion.
www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon
- National Geographic Television - Online home of the world renowned documentary show 'National Geographic Explorer.
www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/index.html
- Nerds 2.0.1 - Nerds 2.0.2 is a documentary on the history of the Internet. The web site includes excellent content which supplements the information provided in the documentary.
www.pbs.org/opb/nerds2.0.1
- New Cop on the Beat - Companion Web site for documentary New Cop on the Beat examines how "compassionate policing" is changing the face of law enforcement in New Haven, CT.
www.itvs.org/newcoponthebeat
- New York: A Documentary Film Online - Featuring a virtual tour of the city, interviews and episode guides, an interactive trivia game, and an educational component encouraging kids to get involved in community issues.
www.wnet.org/newyork
- On the Bridge to Freedom - On the Bridge to Freedom©: about Scientologys view on children and families. Interviews with ex-scientologists from Denmark, Sweden, Germany and USA.
www.net-produktion.dk/scientology/eng.html
- On the Edge: The Nature of Risk - Explores the reasons behind the human species' need to take risks. Includes program overview, producers' biographies, broadcast history, and articles.
www3.telus.net/public/kisa1/natureofrisk
- Production of documentaries - Documentaries about Jacob A Riis and H. C. Andersen.
www.foxmedia.dk
- Richard Wright - Black Boy - An ITVS documentary that takes an in-depth look at the African American writer who changed the face of American literature.
www.itvs.org/external/RW/index.html
- Route 66: Main Street American - Home of The Learning Channel documentary, with trip log and images.
www.docucinema.com
- School Prayer: A Community at War - ITVS - A Mississippi mother of six sues her school district to remove prayer and religious instruction from public schools.
www.itvs.org/schoolprayer/index.html
- Secrets of War - Home of the television documentary series narrated by Charlton Heston.
www.secretsofwar.com
- Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle - ITVS - A documentary of Richard Wagner's "Ring Cycle" opera from the point of view of the union stagehands at the San Francisco Opera.
www.itvs.org/singfaster
- Some Gave All - Home of the special honoring the men and women of the Armed Forces and the 60th anniversary of the USO. Information about the USO and the show's sponsors.
somegaveall.com
- Stranger With A Camera - Companion to the PBS film with information about Appalachia, the war on poverty, and media ethics.
www.itvs.org/strangerwithacamera
- The Homeless Home Movie - Program follows a variety of homeless people as they struggle with poverty and related issues. Includes profiles of participants, information on making the show, articles, and reviews.
www2.bitstream.net/~mvisions
- The Human Adventure with Michael York - Series based on the book by Elemér Hakiss. Includes overview, news, images, and production information. Available in Hungarian and English.
www.thafilm.com
- The Jew in the Lotus - ITVS - Eight rabbis travel to Dharamsala, India for a meeting with the Dalai Lama.
www.itvs.org/jewinthelotus
- The Lost World - Making of the film focusing on Tepuis in South America for "The Living Edens" series. Includes history of exploration of the Tepuis, producer daily log, references, and image galleries.
lastrefuge.co.uk/data/articles/tepuis/tepuis_Main.html
- Touch: The Forgotten Sense/Le Premier Sens - Home of the Canadian documentary provides images from the show. Synopsis, credits, and English transcript available for download in PDF format.
www.geocities.com/kunchang_creation/touch
- Travis - TRAVIS is the story of the fight to save the life of a remarkable young boy living with AIDS.
www.itvs.org/travis
- Visions from the Wilderness: The Art of Paul Kane - Documents the life and legacy of the Canadian artist who traveled to document North American Native culture. Includes information on the program and biography of the artist.
www.paulkane.ca
- Wannabe: Life and Death in a Small Town Gang - ITVS - The gang-related murder/suicide of four teenagers in Appleton, WI in May 1995.
www.itvs.org/wannabe
- With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America - An ITVS documentary about the conservative Christian political movement from the 1950s to today.
www.itvs.org/external/WGOOS/WGMAIN.html
- X-Philes - X-Philes is an X-Files documentary film featuring interviews with the X-Files actors, fans of the TV show, and Chris Carter.
www.xphilesfilm.com
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