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  • 2003
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    Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World

    Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World

    1 2003 HD

    An exploration into the man behind the film-inspired myth, from both Western and Arab perspectives. Thomas Edward Lawrence, a 24-year-old British...

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  • 1985
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    A Class Divided

    A Class Divided

    8.40 1985 HD

    William Peters follows up on the 1970 TV documentary Eye of the Storm about Jane Elliott's experiment of dividing an otherwise homogenous group of...

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  • 2022
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    Running With The Beest

    Running With The Beest

    9.00 2022 HD

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  • 2021
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    Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!

    Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!

    1 2021 HD

    Best of the 60s is a documentary and a compilation from across the years of the iconic music series. More More. Best of the 60s is a compilation from...

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  • 2021
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    The Lafayette Escadrille

    The Lafayette Escadrille

    1 2021 HD

    Filmed in the skies above France and the United States, The Lafayette Escadrille tells the story of the American volunteers who flew and fought for...

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  • 2024
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    American Coup: Wilmington 1898

    American Coup: Wilmington 1898

    1 2024 HD

    The little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898 — the...

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  • 2018
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    Sex, Lies and Butterflies

    Sex, Lies and Butterflies

    8.00 2018 HD

    An exploration of the diversity of moths and butterflies from caterpillars to larvae to chrysalis to winged flight. The documentary covers camouflage...

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  • 2025
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    Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act

    Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act

    1 2025 HD

    Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act tells the emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and...

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  • 2011
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    Olmsted and America's Urban Parks

    Olmsted and America's Urban Parks

    1 2011 HD

    Frederick Law Olmsted designed New York City's Central Park with Calvert Vaux over 150 years ago, and it remains an undisputed haven of tranquility...

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  • 2010
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    Through a Dog's Eyes

    Through a Dog's Eyes

    1 2010 HD

    A PBS documentary featuring the service dogs of Canine Assistance and how they are matched to the people who need them.

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  • 2010
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    Seeing, Searching, Being: William Segal

    Seeing, Searching, Being: William Segal

    1 2010 HD

    Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns directs this engrossing documentary trilogy about the life and work of writer, philosopher, painter and publisher...

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  • 2014
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    OETA's On The Record: Ken Burns

    OETA's On The Record: Ken Burns

    1 2014 HD

    Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns sits down with OETA's Dick Pryor to discuss his latest documentary, "The Dust Bowl,' upcoming projects, and the...

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  • 2017
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    Out of Gitmo

    Out of Gitmo

    1 2017 HD

    The dramatic story of a Gitmo detainee released from the controversial U.S. prison after 14 years. With NPR, a report on the struggle over freeing...

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  • 2023
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    After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics

    After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics

    1 2023 HD

    A year after the Uvalde school shooting, FRONTLINE documents the community's trauma and the fight over assault rifles. Journalist Maria Hinojosa...

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  • 2025
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    Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny

    Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny

    1 2025 HD

    Hannah Arendt was one of the most fearless writers of the 20th century, and her report of the Adolf Eichmann trial coined the phrase, “the...

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  • 2016
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    The First Official Thanksgiving

    The First Official Thanksgiving

    1 2016 HD

    Documentary shares the story of Captain John Woodlief leading a group of 35 English settlers to America. “It’s important to tell the...

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  • 2012
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    The Day Carl Sandburg Died

    The Day Carl Sandburg Died

    7.00 2012 HD

    Explore the controversial life and legacy of the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Carl Sandburg through archival footage and interviews with Pete...

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  • 1987
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    Casting Shadows

    Casting Shadows

    1 1987 HD

    A documentary produced by PBS affiliate WNYC, intended to serve as an introduction to their 1987 re-broadcast of the 1960s gothic daytime soap opera...

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  • 2023
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    Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Celebration

    Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Celebration

    10.00 2023 HD

    Cynthia Erivo, enchanting star of the stage and screen, invites you to ring in the New Year with her magnificent friends Ben Platt and Joaquina...

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  • 2017
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    Dolores

    Dolores

    6.00 2017 HD

    Dolores Huerta bucks 1950s gender conventions by starting the country's first farm worker's union with fellow organizer Cesar Chavez. What starts out...

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