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The American Revolution – Premieres Nov. 16 – PBS
About the Film Thirteen American colonies unite in rebellion, win an eight-year war to secure their independence, and establish a new form of government that would inspire democratic movements at home and around the globe. What begins as a political clash between colonists and the British government grows into a bloody struggle that will engage…
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Samuel Alito: Architect of the Court’s Conservative Supermajority – A Special SCOTUS Series
Samuel Alito: Architect of the Court’s Conservative Supermajority Early Life and Education Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. was born in 1950 in Trenton, New Jersey, to an Italian-American family rooted in education and public service. His father, an immigrant from Italy, worked for the New Jersey legislature, while his mother taught school. Alito excelled academically, graduating…
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Fringe: The Ultimate Episodic Sci-Fi Show of the 21st Century
Fringe Was The Ultimate Episodic Sci-Fi TV Show Of The 21st Century By Rob Sperduto, Published 2 days ago Rob Sperduto is a Contributor for Screen Rant, covering Classiv TV. He’s covered film, TV, and video games for 5 years, combining sharp editorial judgment with a storyteller’s eye. Known for his insightful analysis and clear voice,…
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Pillars of Democracy, Article 4:A Free Press Isn’t a Luxury — It’s How We Govern Ourselves
Pillars of Democracy, Article 4:A Free Press Isn’t a Luxury — It’s How We Govern Ourselves The fourth in a six-part series examining the essential institutions that protect American democracy The American experiment assumes the public can know what the powerful are doing in our name. That assumption only holds if reporters can dig, editors…
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10 Underrated Sci-Fi Series on Netflix You Need to Discover – Screen Rant
By Tom Russell, Published 3 days ago Sci-fi has long been a staple of Netflix’s catalog, with original series like Stranger Things and Dark serving as flagship genre-defining hits. The platform has also bolstered its library with licensed titles such as Resident Alien and The Lazarus Project, proving its ability to offer both globally beloved series…
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Pillar Four: The Right to Vote and Free Elections – The Cornerstone of Self-Government – Pillars of Democracy
Pillar Four: The Right to Vote and Free Elections – The Cornerstone of Self-Government (Article 4 of 6 in the Pillars of Democracy series) Introduction – A Pillar Under Siege Of all the pillars sustaining democracy, none is more immediate and personal than the right to vote. It is the people’s direct voice in shaping…
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Star Trek has truly reinvented itself – Polygon
The sci-fi franchise is all TV these days, and there’s something for (almost) everyone By Dylan Roth, Sep 27, 2022, 10:40am EDT, 105 Comments / 105 New Here’s a wild statistic: There are nearly as many currently running Star Trek television series as there are completed Star Trek television series. The first 40 years of…
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‘The Love Boat’: How a TV show transformed the cruise industry | CNN Travel
By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, Published 23rd May 2022 (CNN) — From steam-powered ships, to mega-liners, the cruise industry has been through quite a transformation over the years. And the market has skyrocketed. Back in 1970, an estimated 500,000 people went on a cruise holiday. That figure had jumped to five million by 1997. So what…
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Library as Laboratory: A New Series Exploring the Computational Use of Internet Archive Collections – Internet Archive Blogs
Posted on February 9, 2022 by chrisfreeland From web archives to television news to digitized books & periodicals, dozens of projects rely on the collections available at archive.org for computational & bibliographic research across a large digital corpus. This series will feature six sessions highlighting the innovative scholars that are using Internet Archive collections, services…
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When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Isaac Asimov’s Vision Gets Lost | The New Yorker
The TV version of the classic sci-fi saga sidelines its source’s most pressing questions about power and precarity. By Julian Lucas, November 1, 2021 An innocent viewer of the new Apple TV+ series “Foundation”—a lavish production complete with clone emperors, a haunted starship, and a killer android who tears off her own face—might be surprised…
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History Channel Launching ‘The Center Seat’ Docuseries All About Star Trek – TrekMovie.com
And today brings news that the History Channel is doing a full series all about the 55-year history of the franchise. | March 11, 2021 | By: Anthony Pascale We are living in a great time for Star Trek documentaries. Earlier this week we reported on the new Voyager doc breaking crowdfunding records. And today…
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Readers and Writers: Love him or loathe him, there’s something in PBS’ ‘Hemingway’ for all readers
Wherever you come down on this continuum about one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century, PBS will challenge or confirm your beliefs with “Hemingway,” a three-part, six-hour Ken Burns/Lynn Novick documentary series airing April 5-7. … The all-star cast of voice actors includes musician and playwright Jeff Daniels as Hemingway and…
