Anne Morgan’s War Tells the little-known story of how one American woman became an exemplary force in the recovery of Northern France’s World War I wartime devastation, and highlights the legacy of a woman in the vanguard of feminism and humanitarian action. Airs 5/21 at 8 p.m.
Monthly Archives: May 2019
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Culled from public television stations and independent producers from across the country, LOCAL, USA is a half-hour series featuring fascinating stories of diverse people, curated around a single theme.
- #307 “Ku Kanaka: Stand Tall” – A one-half hour documentary explores the transformation of the late Kanalu Young from an angry 15year-old who becomes quadriplegic to a leader of his Native Hawaiian people. Ku Kanaka/Stand Tall, charts the journey of the late Dr. Young, a Hawaiian history professor at the University of Hawai’i who turned tragedy into triumph. Angry and defiant through months of rehabilitation, Kanalu begins to change when he learns Hawaiian language and discovers an untold story of Hawaiian history. Fired up to tell Hawai’i’s story, he earns a PhD, gets arrested fighting for Hawaiian rights, and becomes a crusading teacher and leader, eager to instill pride in his people.
Airs 5/21 at 9:30 p.m.; 5/22 at 1:30 a.m., 5/22 at 9:30 a.m.; 5/22 at 3:30 p.m.; 5/25 at 11:30 p.m.; 5/26 at 3:30 a.m.; 5/26 at 10:30 a.m.; 5/26 at 6:30 p.m.
The New York State Regents Advisory Council is sponsoring the The Joseph F. Shubert Library Excellence Award, which is given annually to recognize the achievements of small, medium and large libraries and library consortia in New York State. This $1000 award honors libraries or library consortia that have improved the quality of library service to users within the past two years.
Applications must be sent in by August 1, 2019.
Click here for details and application.
The Last Ring Home is the story of Lt Minter Dial and his 1932 Annapolis Naval Academy ring that miraculously made its way home 17 years after he was killed as a POW of the Japanese in WWII. The Last Ring Home is a spellbinding account of one man’s obsession with a family mystery and the product of decades of research and inquiries. It also explores author Minter Dial’s pursuit of the true story of his namesake, his late grandfather Lt. Minter Dial, USN, a celebrated war hero whose suffering and trauma nearly buried his memory forever.
Airs 5/20 at 12:30 a.m.
A film about injustice, redemption, and a burning desire for all people to be treated equally. A son of immigrants and forced into a U.S. World War II concentration camp as a child, Norman Mineta became the first Asian American mayor of a major city (San Jose, California); leading to a distinguished 20-year career in Congress; the first Asian American Cabinet member, serving two U.S. Presidents, a Democrat and Republican. He never forgot his roots or the shame and humiliation he and his family felt during WWII, and led the way for an apology from the U.S. government and redress for Japanese Americans. On September 11, 2001, his leadership as U.S. Secretary of Transportation, would ensure that what happened to Japanese Americans during WWII did not happen to any other group based on ethnicity or religion.
Airs 5/20 at 9 p.m.
Calling all Teen Film-makers!
The deadline for the Rochester Teen Film Festival is coming up on June 10th!
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council and the Little Theatre are proud to sponsor the 2019 Rochester Teen Film Festival, a collaborative, juried media competition for youth in the Rochester region.
The festival is set for Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 5:30 p.m., when the finalists’ films will be shown at the Little Theatre in downtown Rochester.
GUIDELINES:
- Films and videos are created by high school teens
- All genres are welcome
- Videos must be appropriate for school-based audiences
- Videos cannot exceed 10 minutes
The purpose of the festival is to honor the work of urban, suburban and rural teen filmmakers and give young people an authentic opportunity to participate in a real film festival. All submissions are judged by a jury and finalists have been elected to have their films shown at the Little Theatre.
This year, young filmmakers will again have a chance to earn the Philip Seymour Hoffman Award, which honors the life and legacy of the late Academy Award-winning actor and Fairport, N.Y. native. The annual award is given to the teen whose film is chosen by the judges as “Best of Fest” and was established in association with the Hoffman family.
To find the online entry form, and to see some films of past finalists, check out the website: www.wxxi.org/teenfilmfestival
Celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing! When Jet reveals he’s built a brand-new super saucer, the friends head to the moon to test it out! But after a rough landing, Jet and Sunspot go missing and it’s up to the rest of the gang to find them. Watch as the friends search for Jet and Sunspot and discover the many exciting things the Apollo 11 astronauts left behind on the moon!
Airs 5/17 at 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.; 5/18 at 2 p.m.; 5/19 at 8 a.m.; 5/21 at 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.; 5/25 at 7 a.m.; 5/27 at 7 a.m.
This year, on July 20th, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing. WXXI is celebrating with a series of programs all about space.
Wednesday, June 5th and Friday, June 7th: “Chasing the Moon” (Watch the preview)
Tuesday, July 9th: American Experience “Space Men”
Tuesday, July 16th: NOVA “Apollo’s Daring Mission”
Wednesday, July 17th: NOVA “First Man on the Moon”
Tuesday, July 23rd: “A Year in Space”
Tuesday, July 30th: “Beyond a Year in Space”
Wednesday, July 31st: “The Farthest–Voyager in Space”
– Food – Delicious Science is the thrilling science story of the food on your plate and the physics, chemistry and biology that lies hidden inside every bite. Across three episodes we use the latest imaging techniques to reveal this inner world of food and we reveal along the way why such a variety of foods have ended up in our diet and how they affect our lives. When viewed at the microscopic level, food resembles a vast range of alien landscapes that shift in remarkable ways as we cook them. Each time we eat, a cascade of biological reactions is set off inside our bodies: from flavor explosions in the mouth; to an energy rush; to occasionally triggering waves of disgust. And how these ingrained human reactions and cravings for food have deep evolutionary roots that offer a whole new way of thinking about our relationship to the modern diet. The science is set against sumptuous location photography shot across the world: from the oldest rice terraces in the Philippines to an ancient variety of potato in the Andes Mountains of Peru; from the corn fields of Mexico to the milk dairies of Bulgaria as we seek the origins of some our favorite foods to deepen our understanding of why we eat them. This is food as you’ve never seen it before. Airs Thursdays 2-3 a.m. beginning 5/16.
- #101 – Discover how the chemistry in our food affects our brains and creates our deepest cravings.
- #102 – Learn about the science that makes our food taste delicious and the powerful effect it has on our tongue and nose.
- #103 – Learn how the hidden chemistry in every mouthful of food keeps our bodies fit and healthy.
If you don’t get the AL Direct email from American Libraries, and if you don’t regularly check the Knowledge Quest blog, then you may not have seen this great article about Makerspace Made Easy. The author, an elementary librarian in Chesterfield County, VA, Colleen R. Lee, explains how she started small, with different kinds of building blocks and other easily acquired materials.
Not only does she talks about keeping it simple, she also explains how she ties her design challenges to literature. It’s a short and easy read that is sure to give you some great ideas.