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Panelists will discuss the origins and legacy of gender nonconformity in film, television, and other media, exploring the ways in which these images have been used to caricature trans people and how media can be used toward more equitable ends. They will also examine the effects media representations have on public consciousness, how the public is made to understand normative gender roles through media, and whether media is helping or harming the progress of trans rights in the United States.
Panelists:
Sam Feder (he/they) is the Peabody Award-nominated director and co-producer of the groundbreaking Netflix Original Documentary DISCLOSURE. He has written for numerous Netflix television productions, and is currently developing the queer drama series WEIMAR with Executive Producers Lilly Wachowski and Bruce Cohen. Sam’s films dissect the complex intersections of race, class, and gender in the realm of visibility, forging new ground in the broader understanding of the politics of representation. Sam’s films have been screened at Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, The British Film Institute, as well as at festivals, museums, and art institutes the world over.
Laura Horak (she/her) is an Associate Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She also serves as the director of the Transgender Media Lab and Transgender Media Portal. Her work is focused on the history of transgender and queer film and media in the United States, Canada, and Sweden. She has authored, edited, and co-edited several books, including Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressing Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934 (Rutgers UP, 2016), Silent Cinema and the Politics of Space (Indiana UP, 2014), and Unwatchable (Rutgers UP, 2019). She is also the co-curator of the 99-film Bluray set Cinema’s First Nasty Women (Kino Lorber, 2022).
The discussion will be moderated by Raquel Willis (she/her). Raquel is an award-winning activist, author, and media strategist, whose work is focused on Black transgender liberation. She has served as director of communications for Ms. Foundation for Women, executive editor of Out magazine, and national organizer for Transgender Law Center. She is the co-founder of Transgender Week of Visibility and Action and currently serves as an executive producer for iHeartMedia's Outspoken. She is also the president of the Solutions Not Punishments Collaborative’s executive board, and is a WNBA Social Justice Council member. Her published work includes her memoir The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation, which is scheduled for publication in November, and the GLAAD Media Award-winning “Trans Obituaries Project".
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In the hot and deadly summer of 1964, the nation could not turn away from Mississippi. Over ten memorable weeks known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers joined with organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in one of the nation’s most segregated states. Working together, they canvassed for voter registration, created Freedom Schools and established the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party with the goal of challenging the segregationist state Democratic Party at the national convention in Atlantic City. Freedom Summer was marked by sustained and deadly violence, including the notorious murders of three civil rights workers, countless beatings, the burning of 35 churches and the bombing of 70 homes and community centers.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Nelson (FREEDOM RIDERS, THE MURDER OF EMMETT TILL), FREEDOM SUMMER highlights an overlooked but essential element of the civil rights movement: the patient and long-term efforts by outside activists and local citizens in Mississippi to organize communities and register Black voters — even in the face of intimidation, physical violence and death.
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THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT explores the lives and legacies of three African-American ambassadors — Edward R. Dudley, Terence Todman and Carl Rowan — who pushed past historical and institutional racial barriers to reach high-ranking appointments in the Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. At the height of the civil rights movement in the United States, they were asked to represent the best of American ideals abroad while facing discrimination at home. Colloquially referred to as “pale, male, and Yale,” the U.S. State Department fiercely maintained and cultivated the Foreign Service’s elitist character and was one of the last federal agencies to desegregate. Through rare archival footage, in-depth oral histories, and interviews with family members, colleagues and diplomats, the film paints a portrait of three men who created a lasting impact on the content and character of the Foreign Service and changed American diplomacy forever.
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In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves and live for a few days as they had always dreamed—dressed as and living as women without fear of being incarcerated or institutionalized for their self-expression. Told through the memories of those who visited the house, the film provides a moving look back at a secret world where the persecuted and frightened found freedom, acceptance and, often, the courage to live out of the shadows.
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ABOUT THE FILM: In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves and live for a few days as they had always dreamed—dressed as and living as women without fear of being incarcerated or institutionalized for their gender presentation. Told through the memories of those who visited the house, CASA SUSANNA provides a moving look back at a secret world where the persecuted and frightened found freedom, acceptance and, often, the courage to live out of the shadows.
CASA SUSANNA premieres Tuesday, June 27 at 9/8 central on PBS, PBS.org and here on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's YouTube channel.
GOIN' BACK TO T-TOWN tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the 1920s and 30s despite rampant and hostile segregation. Torn apart in 1921 by one of the worst racially-motivated massacres in the nation’s history, the neighborhood rose from the ashes, and by 1936 boasted the largest concentration of Black-owned businesses in the U.S., known as “Black Wall Street.” Ironically, it could not survive the progressive policies of integration and urban renewal of the 1960s. Told through the memories of those who lived through the events, the film is a bittersweet celebration of small-town life and the resilience of a community’s spirit.
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When police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City on June 28, 1969, the street erupted into violent protests that lasted for the next six days. The Stonewall riots, as they came to be known, marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement in the United States and around the world.
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In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves and live for a few days as they had always dreamed—dressed as and living as women without fear of being incarcerated or institutionalized. Told through the memories of those who visited the house, CASA SUSANNA provides a moving look back at a secret world where the persecuted and frightened found freedom, acceptance and, often, the courage to live out of the shadows.
Watch CASA SUSANNA live and stream anytime beginning Tuesday, June 27th at 9/8c on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS App.
Based on the book "The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies," THE CODEBREAKER reveals the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work to decode thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison in the 1930s and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring in WWII. Her remarkable contributions would come to light decades after her death, when secret government files were unsealed. But together with her husband, the legendary cryptologist William Friedman, Elizebeth helped develop the methods that led to the creation of the powerful new science of cryptology and laid the foundation for modern codebreaking today.
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In this episode of OFF THE GRID, we meet Heidi and Evan who run Small Axe Farm, a one-acre off grid market farm in Vermont where they strive to live in balance with nature and their community.
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New episodes drop Thursdays.
In this episode of OFF THE GRID, we meet Cierra and Kyle who, in their one-bedroom Minnesota cabin, are making use of all of nature's elements to live their best lives off-grid.
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In this episode, we meet Zani, Yaseen and Khari, a family living off grid on a homestead in New Mexico.
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Our three-part series begins Thursday, April 20.
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After training as a chemist in her native Hungary, Telkes immigrated to the United States, where she devoted her life to advancing the science of solar energy.
In 1964, the 63-year-old Telkes was still hard at work when she was invited to speak at the First International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists. Here's what she had to say.
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Panelists will discuss the public enthusiasm for solar energy in the 1950s and why that dwindled for many decades, and how and why renewable energy has become a political/partisan issue. They will explore the true costs of different energy sources, how those are disproportionately felt by lower socioeconomic communities, and how the United States might move forward to a greener energy future.
Panelists:
Daniel A. Barber is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and a Guggenheim Fellow. His most recent book is Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning (Princeton University Press, 2020), following on A House in the Sun: Modern Architecture and Solar Energy in the Cold War (Oxford University Press, 2016). His research and writing focus on how architecture is changing to meet the challenges of the climate emergency. He lives and works in Sydney.
Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins champions public policy solutions that promote economic, social, and environmental benefits for communities. As a social entrepreneur, she co-envisioned the Communities First Infrastructure Alliance to advance community-centered plans, racial equity practices, and climate resilience principles serving as Vice President of Strategies. She is a 2022 Open Society Leadership in Government Fellow who previously served as a former political appointee in the Obama administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation and former local government leader. She began her career working on Capitol Hill. She is a cultural bearer, wife, mother, and community advocate, who lives in Washington, D.C.
The conversation will be moderated by Ivan Penn, a Los Angeles-based reporter for The New York Times covering alternative energy. Before coming to The New York Times in 2018 he covered utility and energy issues for nearly eight years at The Tampa Bay Times and then The Los Angeles Times. He also worked at The Miami Herald and The Baltimore Sun, where he was an investigative reporter and covered government, politics and criminal justice. A native of Washington, he grew up in Maryland and graduated from the University of Maryland.
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THE MOVEMENT AND THE “MADMAN” is now streaming on our website and the PBS app.
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No one had ever tried to survive a frigid New England winter in a home heated by nothing but the sun. The Nemethys were the first to try.
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Learn more about the scientist behind the Dover Sun House in American Experience's new documentary THE SUN QUEEN, available beginning April 4, 2023 on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS app.
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Meet THE SUN QUEEN, premiering Tuesday, April 4 on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS app.
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Despite these obstacles, Telkes persevered and, upon her death in 1995, held more than 20 patents. She is now recognized as a visionary pioneer in the field of sustainable energy. An unexpected and largely forgotten heroine, Telkes was remarkable in her vision and tenacity — a scientist and a woman in every way ahead of her time. Her research and innovations from the 1930s through the ‘70s continue to shape how we power our lives today.
Don't miss AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's latest biography, THE SUN QUEEN, premiering Tuesday, April 4 at 9/8 central on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS app.
Told through remarkable archival footage and firsthand accounts from movement leaders, Nixon administration officials, historians, and others, the film explores how the leaders of the antiwar movement mobilized disparate groups from coast to coast to create two massive protests that changed history.
A special presentation of American Experience, THE MOVEMENT AND THE "MADMAN" premieres Tuesday, March 28 at 9/8 central on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS app.
For more about the surprising true history of Monopoly, watch our doc RUTHLESS: MONOPOLY'S SECRET HISTORY on our website and the PBS app.
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Our panelists will discuss the history of anthropology and culture, the power dynamics inherent in our cultural awareness, the damage done to marginalized cultures when the dominant culture adopts their practices, and the line between appreciating and appropriating culture.
Featured guests:
Eve Dunbar, Professor of English on the Jean Webster Chair at Vassar College.
Jonathan Square, Writer, historian, and curator of Afro-Diasporic fashion and visual culture.
This conversation will be moderated by Adriane Lentz-Smith, Associate Professor of History at Duke University.
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Part detective story, part sharp social commentary and part pop-culture celebration, RUTHLESS: MONOPOLY'S SECRET HISTORY presents the fascinating true story behind America’s favorite game.
RUTHLESS: MONOPOLY'S SECRET HISTORY premieres on PBS and the PBS app Monday, February 20, 2023 at 9/8 central.
To learn more about Zora Neale Hurston, watch the new doc ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE at pbs.org/americanexperience and on the PBS Video app.
We spoke to Tracy Heather Strain, the writer, producer and director of ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE about how Hurston used film as an ethnographic tool to document Black lives and show the importance and beauty of Black culture.
Watch or stream ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE on PBS or the PBS Video app beginning January 17 at 9/8 central.
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Zora Neale Hurston has long been considered a literary giant of the Harlem Renaissance, but her anthropological and ethnographic endeavors were equally important and impactful.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE is an in-depth biography of the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century.
Directed by Tracy Heather Strain, produced by Randall MacLowry and executive produced by Cameo George, ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE is an in-depth biography of the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE premieres Tuesday, January 17 at 9/8 central on PBS.
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's new film "The Lie Detector" premieres on PBS Tuesday, January 3 at 9/8 central. Visit pbs.org/americanexperience to stream anytime.
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American Experience's TAKEN HOSTAGE is streaming now at pbs.org/americanexperience and the PBS Video app.
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Unfolding like a political thriller, TAKEN HOSTAGE tells the story of the Iran hostage crisis, when 52 American diplomats, Marines and civilians were held hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. For the next 444 days, the world watched as the United States received a daily barrage of humiliation, vitriol and hatred from a country that had long been one of our closest allies. Told through the candid, personal testimony of those whose lives were upended by the action, the crisis would transform both the U.S. and Iran and forever upend the focus and direction of American foreign policy.
TAKEN HOSTAGE is now streaming on the PBS Video app.
TAKEN HOSTAGE is available to stream beginning November 15, 2022 on PBS.org, the PBS Video app and pbs.org/americanexperience
Unfolding like a political thriller, TAKEN HOSTAGE tells the story of the Iran hostage crisis, when 52 American diplomats, Marines and civilians were held hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran beginning on November 4, 1979. For the next 444 days, the world watched as the United States received a daily barrage of humiliation, vitriol and hatred from a country that had long been one of our closest allies. The crisis would transform both the U.S. and Iran and forever upend the focus and direction of American foreign policy.
Learn more at pbs.org/americanexperience
Unfolding like a political thriller, TAKEN HOSTAGE tells the story of the Iran hostage crisis, when 52 American diplomats, Marines and civilians were held hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. For the next 444 days, the world watched as the United States received a daily barrage of humiliation, vitriol and hatred from a country that had long been one of our closest allies. Told through the candid, personal testimony of those whose lives were upended by the action, the crisis would transform both the U.S. and Iran and forever upend the focus and direction of American foreign policy.
Watch or stream TAKEN HOSTAGE beginning Monday, November 14 on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video app.
Visit pbs.org/americanexperience to learn more.
Our panelists will discuss how publicity of racial violence and murder can both force society to confront it and reinforce a system of oppression. They will explore the responsibility and power of the media, the progress that has been made, and how institutions can change to protect Black lives from racist hatred and violence—starting with Emmett Till’s murder and bringing us through today.
Featured Guests:
Danielle McGuire PhD: award-winning historian, public speaker and author of At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance-a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power (Knopf)
Allissa Richardson: Professor of Journalism at USC Annenberg and author of Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones and the New Protest #Journalism
This conversation will be moderated by Kahlil Greene, the Gen-Z Historian and Yale's first Black student body president.
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Unfolding like a political thriller, TAKEN HOSTAGE is a riveting four-hour, two-part documentary film about the Iran hostage crisis, when more than fifty American diplomats, Marines and civilians were taken hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. For the next 444 days, the world watched as the United States received a daily barrage of humiliation, vitriol and hatred from a country that had long been one of our closest allies. The crisis would transform both the U.S. and Iran and forever upend the focus and direction of American foreign policy.
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More than 100 years before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world and set off a wave of fear and anti-Asian sentiment, an outbreak of bubonic plague in San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1900 unleashed a similar furor. It was the first time in history that civilization’s most feared disease — the infamous Black Death — made it to North America. Two doctors — vastly different in temperament, training, and experience — used different methods to lead the seemingly impossible battle to contain the disease before it could engulf the country. In addition to overwhelming medical challenges, they faced unexpected opposition from business leaders, politicians, and even the president of the United States. Fueling the resistance would be a potent blend of political expediency, ignorance, greed, racism, and deep-rooted distrust of not only federal authority but science itself. Scapegoated as the source of the disease early on, the Chinese community fought back against unjust, discriminatory treatment.
This gripping and relevant story of the desperate race against time to save San Francisco and the nation from the deadly disease, Plague at the Golden Gate is based in part on David K. Randall’s critically acclaimed book, Black Death at the Golden Gate.
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Panelists will explore the impact of the recent Dobbs decision on public health and constitutional law, the complex history of the struggle for reproductive rights, the risks women and childbearing people take to secure bodily autonomy, the disproportionate impact of historical and current laws on poor women and women of color, and what might happen next.
Featured guests:
Renée M. Landers: Professor of law at Suffolk University, and the faculty director of the Health and Biomedical Law Concentration, and the Master of Science in Law Life Sciences Program.
Cathleen Kaveny: Professor of Law and Theology at Boston College.
The conversation will be moderated by Adriane Lentz-Smith, an associate professor of history at Duke University.
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Panelists will explore the popularity of books, movies and shows about viruses and pandemics, and connect what we see on the screen to how scientists and doctors deal with outbreaks in real life. They’ll delve into the technology of virus hunting–both in real life and in the movies, examine the political and social norms reflected in the media and in reality, and draw comparisons between pandemics of the past and the present.
Featured guest:
Ian Lipkin - Professor of epidemiology, pathology and neurology, and Director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, and scientific advisor on the 2011 film, Contagion.
The conversation will be moderated by Marilyn Chase, former health reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and the author of The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco (Random House)
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More than 100 years before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world and set off a wave of fear and anti-Asian sentiment, an outbreak of bubonic plague in San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1900 unleashed a similar furor. It was the first time in history that civilization’s most feared disease — the infamous Black Death — made it to North America. Two doctors — vastly different in temperament, training, and experience — used different methods to lead the seemingly impossible battle to contain the disease before it could engulf the country. In addition to overwhelming medical challenges, they faced unexpected opposition from business leaders, politicians, and even the president of the United States. Fueling the resistance would be a potent blend of political expediency, ignorance, greed, racism, and deep-rooted distrust of not only federal authority but science itself. Scapegoated as the source of the disease early on, the Chinese community fought back against unjust, discriminatory treatment.
This gripping and relevant story of the desperate race against time to save San Francisco and the nation from the deadly disease, Plague at the Golden Gate is based in part on David K. Randall’s critically acclaimed book, Black Death at the Golden Gate.
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