Moving from one country to another is always challenging, but what happens when immigrants leave behind one economic and political system for a wholly different one? From Red State to Golden State recounts the immigrant experiences of several Jewish families as they leave the Eastern Bloc for the American West.
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Cars are always vehicles, but when do they become vehicles for organizing communities, celebrating history, and taking pride in one’s cultural heritage?
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INVENTING LA: THE CHANDLERS AND THEIR TIMES, a documentary by Emmy-winning filmmaker Peter Jones, tells the story of the Los Angeles Times and the city’s most powerful family.
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A Fierce Green Fire, a comprehensive history of the American environmental movement narrated by Robert Redford, Isabel Allende, and Meryl Streep, premieres nationally on the PBS series American Masters on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, 9-10 pm in honor of Earth Day. Check your local listing HERE. A Fierce Green Fire was supported …
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REBELS WITH A CAUSE chronicles the ordinary citizens who did extraordinary things to save what are now the Point Reyes National Seashore and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
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MRS. JUDO: BE STRONG, BE GENTLE, BE BEAUTIFUL, documents the life-long journey of Keiko Fukuda’s decision to defy thousands of years of tradition, choose her own path, and become the highest-ranking woman in judo history.
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RUBEN SALAZAR: MAN IN THE MIDDLE is an investigative look at the life and mysterious death of pioneering journalist Ruben Salazar.
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Struggling to revive a fading way of life, fishermen and entrepreneurs are creating new models for how to support sustainably produced seafood. Of the Sea, an upcoming film by Mischa Hedges, tells the story of California fishing communities and presents a compelling story of the future of sustainable seafood. What can …
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Rebels With a Cause, a California Documentary Project-supported film, airs on PBS stations across California and nationally throughout April and beyond, in celebration of Earth Day. Produced by Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto, Rebels tells the story of the ordinary citizens who banded together to protect and preserve open spaces near the …
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Facing an uncertain future, Californians confront their own reflection in the mirror of water scarcity. In the new normal of what once was the California dream, activists, commercial fishermen, farmers, Indians and local politicians share their anxieties and reveal their values in an effort to find common cause, if not …
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California Humanities A State of Open Mind
