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    Filmmaker Ken Burns says America is "defined as much by our challenges and the dark moments as we are by our successes." Above, the sun rises behind the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
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    Ken Burns Says U.S. Has 3 Viruses: COVID-19, White Supremacy And Misinformation

    Jan 19, 2021
    Documentarian Ken Burns believed there were three major crises in the nation's past: The Civil War, the Depression and World War II. Now, he says, we are living through the fourth.
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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a man who had a "tremendous amount of burdens he had to deal with, both politically, socially and personally," says <em>MLK/FBI</em> director Sam Pollard.
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    Documentary Exposes How The FBI Tried To Destroy MLK With Wiretaps, Blackmail

    Jan 18, 2021
    MLK/FBI director Sam Pollard chronicles the FBI's campaign against Martin Luther King Jr., which included sending King a letter suggesting that he kill himself.
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    Vanessa Kirby and Ellen Burstyn On The Trauma Of Child Loss In 'Pieces Of A Woman'

    Jan 17, 2021
    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Vanessa Kirby and Ellen Burstyn about their new film, Pieces of a Woman, about a home birth gone terribly wrong and the destruction that follows.
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    Remembering Michael Apted, Creator Of The 'Up' Documentary Series

    Jan 15, 2021
    The documentarian, who died Jan. 7, spent decades following the lives of a group of British citizens, updating their stories with a new episode every seven years. Originally broadcast in 2013.
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    Martin Luther King Jr. in Sam Pollard's <em>MLK/FBI.</em>
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    'MLK/FBI' Humanizes A Civil Rights Icon's Legacy

    Jan 15, 2021
    Sam Pollard's documentary deftly examines the FBI's intense surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. in the final years of his life.
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    Bee Gees Documentary Traces The Gibb Brothers' Pathway To Stardom

    Jan 14, 2021
    Of the three Bee Gees, only Barry Gibb is still alive. His new album is Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook Volume 1. The HBO documentary, The Bee Gees, tells the story of the group's rise.
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    'News Of The World' Filmmaker Wanted To Explore The 'Healing Power Of Storytelling'

    Jan 14, 2021
    Paul Greengrass' new film, a Western set five years after the end of the Civil War, stars Tom Hanks as a former Confederate captain who travels from town to town, reading aloud from newspapers.
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    Cassie (Carey Mulligan) is a woman bent on revenge — until she meets nice guy Ryan (Bo Burnham) in <em>Promising Young Woman</em><em>.</em>
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    'Promising Young Woman' And 'Pieces Of A Woman' Examine Trauma And Revenge

    Jan 13, 2021
    Two new films center on the lingering effects of trauma and tragedy. Carey Mulligan is woman bent on revenge in Promising Young Woman; Vanessa Kirby is a mother whose baby dies in Pieces of a Woman.
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    In the long-running "Up" series, Michael Apted began with a group of British children, and checked in with them every seven years as they aged. <em>63 Up</em> came out in 2019, and <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/261818-up-seri
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    Michael Apted, Director Of The 'Up' Documentary Series, Dies At 79

    Jan 08, 2021
    Apted's pioneering documentary series began with a group of British children and checked in with them every seven years. He also directed Coal Miner's Daughter and The World Is Not Enough.
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    To Make 'The Godfather' His Way, Francis Ford Coppola Waged A Studio Battle

    Jan 01, 2021
    Coppola was 29 years old when he signed on to direct a film. "I was young and had no power," he said in 2016, "so [the studio] figured they could just boss me around." But Coppola fought back.
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    What 2020 Was Like For The Movie Industry

    Dec 29, 2020
    This year was quite bad for most movie theaters — but not bad at all for movies. NPR discusses what 2020 was like for the movie industry.
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    Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Ted Danson and D'Arcy Carden in NBC's afterlife comedy series <em>The Good Place, </em>which ended after four seasons.
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    50 Wonderful Things From 2020

    Dec 29, 2020
    Linda Holmes' annual list of highlights from pop culture includes TV, movies, games, podcasts, TikTok videos and whatever else made the year a little easier.
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    Regina King Imagines What 4 Black Icons' Gathering In 1964 Might Have Looked Like

    Dec 28, 2020
    Regina King's directorial film debut, One Night in Miami, envisions a 1964 gathering of boxer Cassius Clay, activist Malcolm X, fullback Jim Brown and singer Sam Cooke.
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    'Soul' Surprises With Its Messages About Finding Purpose

    Dec 27, 2020
    Pixar's new film stars Jamie Foxx as a jazz musician whose soul gets separated from his body. The animated feature explores themes of music and transformation.
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    New Documentary Follows San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Performances In U.S. South

    Dec 27, 2020
    Sarah McCammon speaks with director David Rodrigues and San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus artistic director Tim Seelig, subject of the new documentary "Gay Chorus Deep South."
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    Film Maker Discusses New Documentary On Murdered Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

    Dec 26, 2020
    Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with director Bryan Fogel about his new film, "The Dissident", which chronicles the life and death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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    Carey Mulligan stars as Cassie in <em>Promising Young Woman</em>.
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    'Promising Young Woman' Is A Dark Comedy That Will Keep You On Your Toes

    Dec 26, 2020
    The darkly comic thriller Promising Young Woman, starring Carey Mulligan as a woman on a mission, is a carefully constructed mix of genres and moods that doesn't pull its punches.
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    In <em>Soul, </em>a middle-school band teacher makes one small misstep and ends up in The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities, quirks and interests before they go to Earth.
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    In 'Soul,' Jon Batiste's Music Helps Bring Pixar's First Black Lead To Life

    Dec 25, 2020
    Batiste is one of several real-life musicians who consulted on the new Pixar film, about a middle-school band teacher who ends up in a fantastical realm called The Great Before.
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    (Clockwise from upper left) Vitalina Varela plays the title character in <em>Vitalina Varela,</em><em><em> Jessica Cressy and Luca Marinelli in<em><em><em> Martin Eden, </em></em></em></em></em>Marty Walsh in <em><em><em>City Hall</em></em></em> and two
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    A Terrific Year For Smaller Films: Critic Justin Chang Pairs 10 Favorites From 2020

    Dec 24, 2020
    Even though most of us stayed away from movie theaters, 2020 was a banner year for independent narrative films, feature-length documentaries and pictures of all types and genres from overseas.
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    Tessa Thompson as Sylvie and Nnamdi Asomugha as Robert in <em>Sylvie's Love.</em>
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    Let 'Sylvie's Love' Wrap You In All Its Goodness

    Dec 24, 2020
    Eugene Ashe's romance is a refreshing throwback to Classic Hollywood, starring Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha.
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    2 Box Sets Bring Classic Films Together For The 1st Time

    Dec 23, 2020
    Film critic Kenneth Turan talks to NPR's David Greene about two box sets: Essential Fellini, celebrating director Federico Fellini, and The Jewish Soul, a collection of Yiddish language films.
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    She's Running: Diana (Gal Gadot) chases her quarry through the streets of Washington in the sequel <em>Wonder Woman 1984</em>.
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    'Wonder Woman 1984' And The One-Villain-Too-Many Problem

    Dec 23, 2020
    The sequel to 2017's Wonder Woman is bright, entertaining, frequently funny — and overstuffed with villain backstories that crowd out the action.
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    Angela Bassett Draws On Her Love Of Drama And Music In Pixar's 'Soul'

    Dec 22, 2020
    Bassett plays world-renowned jazz saxophonist Dorothea Williams in Disney/Pixar's latest animated film. She talks about that role, as well as the challenges she's faced as a Black woman in Hollywood.
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    Forest Whitaker plays Jeronicus Jangle, the eccentric toy maker in David E. Talbert's new holiday musical on Netflix, <em>Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey</em>.
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    'Jingle Jangle' Director David E. Talbert Calls Film 'A Love Letter To My Childhood'

    Dec 19, 2020
    Talbert wanted to write a holiday movie that would not only inspire him but also his son, the way Willy Wonka or Mary Poppins sparked his imagination as a child.
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    David Talbert Talks New Holiday Musical 'Jingle Jangle'

    Dec 19, 2020
    NPR's Michel Martin talks with David E. Talbert, writer and director of the Netflix Christmas musical Jingle Jangle.
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