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- "Jellicle" cats join for a Jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, Old Deuteronomy. One cat will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn. The cats introduce themselves.
- The stories of several colorful characters living in San Francisco.
- Wife and mother Miriam begins a downward emotional spiral as her husband avoids their collapsing marriage by immersing himself in his 11-year-old daughter's quest to become a spelling-bee champion.
- Lawrence and Feisal go to argue for Arab independence at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.
- The Cat in The Hat knows a lot about virtually every thing. With the help of fish, thing 1, and thing 2; the Cat in the Hat teaches kids about many things through song and games.
- A mother with seven sons feels like she's losing control of her life and her family. But personal pain and a troubled marriage fade into the background as news comes that one of her sons might have died in an accident.
- Comedian Ricky Gervais brutally roasts Hollywood and exposes their hypocrisy.
- A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
- This movie is a recorded performance in concert. It all begins when Benjamin Barker( George Hearn), a mysterious,quiet,and subtle barber, returns to his hometown in London after escaping from a prison in Australia with help from a young sailor named Anthony. Now Sweeney Todd, he returns to his home where he and his wife Lucie and daughter Johanna used to live. When he arrives he meets Mrs. Nellie Lovett(Patti Lupone), a lonely woman who owns a down and out pie shop, and discovers that his wife has poisoned herself and the judge that unfairly punished him is responsible and the judge also has his daughter. So then Sweeney plots his revenge on the judge and his accomplice the Beadle and with help from Mrs. Lovett he re-opens his barber shop and vows to give the judge the closest shave he will ever know and give Mrs. Lovett a tasty new ingredient for her homemade meat pies.
- Raggs stars five colorful canine characters and their wisecracking pet cat, Dumpster, who hang together in their own cool clubhouse. However, Raggs and his friends are not average canines, they're also talented musicians who make great rock 'n' roll music as The Raggs Band.
- 95-year-old Polish heroine Irena Sendler tells the unknown story of a conspiracy of women who outwitted the Nazis and rescued thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during WWII.
- Documentary about transgender women and drag queens who fought police harassment at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco's Tenderloin in 1966, three years before the famous riot at Stonewall Inn bar in NYC.
- This story is about a successful black family who move out of Oakland into a middle-class San Francisco neighborhood.
- After the Holocaust, the world promised: "never again." Since then, humanity has wrought genocidal havoc from Cambodia to Rwanda to Bosnia to Darfur. Now in the Twenty-first Century, the suffering continues with the Uyghurs in China, the Rohingya in Burma, the Yazidis in Iran, and Ukrainians at the hands of Russian government. THE BROKEN PROMISE draws from the forward-thinking ideas of scholars and policy- makers, revealing why genocides occur and the ideas and institutions that stand against it. And, how the trauma of genocide is passed from one generation to another. The Broken Promise shines a light on the ways we can defend ourselves against genocide - and finally ensure that "never again" is now.
- Twas the day before Christmas and all through the yard, the Cat in the Hat and his guests partied hard. When the party was over and the guests all departed, one poor baby reindeer was left broken-hearted. Can the Cat.
- A look at the life and work of author Amy Tan.
- The Emmy Award winning JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE tells an epic story of cosmic, Earth and human transformation from The Big Bang to today. Evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme and Yale historian of religions Mary Evelyn Tucker have crafted an elegant narrative that both illuminates and celebrates the profound role humans play in the flourishing of the Earth.
- A talk show with news, interviews, and entertainment aimed at the older viewer.
- Explores the ideas and beliefs of Far Eastern cultures and the contrast between them and the Western view of the world.
- A one-hour public television (PBS) biography of Dashiell Hammett, creator of the "hardboiled" modern detective novel and author of "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man." It follows Hammett's life from Pinkerton detective in San Francisco to his career as fiction and screen writer, companion of playwright Lillian Hellman, and leftwing political activist. The biography investigates why Hammett stopped writing at the height of his fame.
- Now known internationally as the world's first "gay hometown," San Francisco's Castro District was a quiet, working-class neighborhood of European immigrants only a few decades ago. In this documentary, the story of the Castro's transformation is told by those who lived it, young and old, straight and gay. It's a tale of social upheaval, exuberant street culture, political assassination, and the inspiring coming-of-age of an entire community an ongoing saga even today.
- Avant garde artist and bohemian Emile Norman is profiled and his life as an out and proud gay man in Big Sur, California is examined.
- A documentary chronicling the remarkable story of San Francisco's Fillmore District. Remembered today mainly for its rock-and-roll auditorium, the Fillmore District is one of the great cautionary tales of American urban life. From the wholesale removal of Japanese Americans during WWII, to the jazz heyday of the 1950's, to the bulldozers of urban renewal, the Fillmore has seen its share of drama. "The Fillmore" sheds light on the way cities come into being by focusing on the bittersweet history of one neighborhood, as told by the residents who fought for its survival. Features the music of Count Basie, John Handy, Jefferson Airplane, and others.
- "World Without Walls" is the story of Beryl Markham, an English woman who grew up in Kenya, becoming a race horse trainer and a bush pilot. In 1936, she flew solo across the Atlantic and wrote a celebrated memoir, "West With the Night."
- Reporter Stephen Talbot investigates the disturbing resurgence in bigotry, racism and anti-Semitic violence in California in the early 1980s, including a KKK cross burning in the small rural town of Ceres, CA.
- It seems like two disparate realms. One occupied by some of the most acclaimed dancers in the world, people who move for a living. The other occupied by people who often struggle to move, people who have Parkinson's disease. This is the story of what happens when those worlds intersect. We followed individuals with Parkinson's as they prepared to stage a first ever dance performance, under the tutelage of two long time dancers at the Mark Morris Dance Group. It's a story about determination, adversity, contending with doubt, the transformative power of art and the strength of the human spirit. This is the story of a remarkable community of dancers who have come together to rediscover the meaning of grace.
- The story of San Francisco's oldest neighborhood, from Native American village, to Spanish Mission, to Gold Rush boomtown, to the dynamic changes of the 1990's. The documentary follows the neighborhood's many incarnations as a landing place for new immigrants, including its important role in the Irish and labor history of the city, through its emergence after World War II as one of the country's most vibrant centers of Latino culture and identity.
- When Medicine Got it Wrong is the groundbreaking story of loving parents who rocked the halls of psychiatry, changing how we understand schizophrenia. In the 1970s, a small group of parents rebelled against then-popular psychiatric theories blaming schizophrenia on bad parenting. Their activism helped revolutionize treatment forever and their stories reveal the origins of the tragic state of mental health care today.
- "Further: Ken Kesey's American Dreams" is a one-hour public television biography of the famed counter-culture leader of the Merry Pranksters and the author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Sometimes a Great Notion."
- Four teens travel into a desolate and decrepit urban wasteland brought forth by the very being they wish to find, dead or alive.
- The filmmakers follow San Francisco-area forensics teacher Tommie Lindsey and his students for two years.
- Everything Comes from the Streets traces the early roots and history of lowriding in San Diego, California, and the borderlands, featuring the men and women who pioneered and shaped the Mexican American movement defined by self-expression and cultural ingenuity. The film draws on intimate interviews, archival footage and rare old home movies and photographs unearthed in the making of the film to present an engaging and rich story covering nearly 30 years of lowriding from the 1950s to early 1980s. The story begins with the advent of social or "jacket" clubs in the early 1950s, when young Chicanos and Chicanas were organizing dances and community events while developing a collective identity. As jacket club members with cars began to modify them, a parallel movement was occurring in neighboring Tijuana, Mexico, and a distinct aesthetic emerged - cars built to be slow and low to the ground. Inspired by the organization and creativity of the era, the next generation of lowriders in the 1960s formed car clubs and became active in the larger Chicano Movement, including the land take-over of San Diego's historic Chicano Park. In the late 1960s, lowriders affirmed their identity by adapting old airplane hydraulic parts to make their cars hop and evading law enforcement regulations; and lowriding expressions expanded as women formed their own car clubs. Police surveillance and media hysteria led to the eventual outlawing of cruising, bringing to an end one of lowriding's most dynamic eras. But recently the old past time of cruising has been revived again with hundreds of car club members assembling weekly to express their pride in their cars and culture. Everything Comes from the Streets celebrates a deep form of cultural expression, reflecting a long history of struggle and affirmation rooted in the streets.
- The night club is in Oakland. The dance floor is packed. Streams of various colored lights illuminate the room. Letters or characters from another language mix with images of a traditionally dressed Ethiopian woman, all projected on a wall. Juxtaposing the wall, is the DJ, Selam Bekele - painter, musician, filmmaker and Afrofuturist.
- This film is straight-ahead footage of Santana, the Grateful Dead, and the Jefferson Airplane playing at The Family Dog in 1970. Each band does two songs, followed by a jam at the end featuring musicians from all of the bands. No interviews, no special editing techniques (OK, a few...), no brilliant cinematography -- you see the bands play, and that's it. (That means that if you like these bands circa 1970, you'll probably like this film. If you don't like these band, there is nothing for you here!)
- "Life in the U.S. is good, but it's bad. Life in Brazil is bad, but it's good." Who are the many immigrants of today? What are they seeking when building their new lives? How do they see the new land and its people and where do they go to understand both? Do they belong here or there? And do they have to make that decision? Grandma Has a Video Camera is a 1-hour documentary about the use of home video by a family of Brazilian immigrants, which portrays their lives in the United States for over twenty years. From enchantment to disillusionment, from idealization to conformity, first-hand images and voices depict how newly arriving immigrants see their new world, and struggle to establish their final home. A first trip to see snow, a tour to the supersized supermarket or a video letter showing the latest motorcycle offers an intimate portrayal of the uncensored, the honest, and the amazed. What has emerged from 20 years of videotaping is an incredible portrayal of people overcoming barriers: their desires, their loneliness, and their fears, to make a dream come true.
- The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) attempts to run a African American voter registration drive in Plaquemine, Louisiana in the summer of 1963.
- "Maxine Hong Kingston: Talking Story" is a one-hour public television biography of the Chinese-American author of "The Woman Warrior," "China Men," and "Tripmaster Monkey."
- Keeping Score investigates the compelling stories behind and intertwined with classical music. Regardless of your musical background, the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas are ready to conduct you through the fascinating history and modern interpretations of these masterworks.
- A behind the scenes report on San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos' first year in office. After winning a surprise, come-from-behind, landslide election victory, Agnos and his coalition of "outsiders" take control of City Hall and face issues of affordable housing, homelessness and whether the nuclear-armed USS Missouri should have a home port in San Francisco.
- A biography of the celebrated Mexican writer and diplomat, Carlos Fuentes, who has specialized in "crossing borders," and attempting to bridge the differences between Latin America and the U.S.
- 'Between Worlds' is a documentary that follows the first-of-its-kind collaboration of two award-winning artists using two different mediums and two vastly different relationships with time, coming together for the creation of a singular vision. One is renowned for his expansive works of beach art that are lost to the elements shortly after completion, while the other attempts to capture these works in an entirely new way with his own stylistic approach to photography. It is a story that explores art from different perspectives and the challenges of meeting 'Between Worlds' to create something new and original.
- 13-part Italian cooking series, shot in Tuscany and U.S., plus a documentary special, "The de' Medici Kitchen: A Culinary Journey."
- Three Years of Trench Warfare in the Jails, Holding Cells and Courts of San Francisco As Public Defenders Seek Justice for Their Clients Go behind the scenes and enter the inner sanctum of attorney/client privilege. Follow two high-profile murder trials and courtroom dramas as public defenders and their clients face the maze of the criminal justice system.
- Cooking series.
- "Revolutionaries" is a presentation of the Computer History Museum's lecture series from 2012-2016. The lectures feature luminaries of the tech world in engaging conversation with a wide range of interviewers. Each episode is introduced by the museum's CEO, John Hollar.
- This poetic film chronicles the Northern California Karuk tribe's efforts to regain their cultural identity and restore their rights to manage the ecologically wondrous landscape along the Klamath River.
- Explore the mysteries of the world around you, at the very edge of visibility.