Independent Lens RSS feed for WHYY programming.http://video.whyy.orgen-ushttp://video.whyy.orgFri, 10 Feb 2012 01:13:31 -0500Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:13:31 -0500http://video.whyy.org/video/2189845957/Danfung Dennis's haunting war documentary Hell and Back Again has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. The film follows U.S. Marine Sergeant Nathan Harris, 25, as he leads his unit to fight a ghostlike enemy in Afghanistan. Wounded in battle, Harris returns to North Carolina and his devoted wife to fight pain, addiction, and the terrifying normalcy of life at home.http://video.whyy.org/video/2189845957/01/24/2012Hell and Back Again - Premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2189924412/Kevin Clash grew up dreaming of working with his idol, master puppeteer Jim Henson. Today, he is the man behind Elmo, among Sesame Street's most beloved characters.http://video.whyy.org/video/2189924412/01/24/2012See Being Elmo - premiering April 5, 2012 at 10pm (check local listings)Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2186316681/In this clip from the film, feisty Alzheimer's patient Lee Gorewitz pinches a box of cereal from the staff and teases her fellow patients as a way to combat caginess in the care unit.http://video.whyy.org/video/2186316681/01/12/2012Premiering March 29, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHealthHealthAgingAgingCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2186316665/Lee Gorewitz lives in a care facility for Alzheimer's patients, but she is not simply waiting to die. She is full of curiosity and frustration, struggling to remember herself and make sense of a world that is falling away from her.http://video.whyy.org/video/2186316665/01/12/2012Premiering March 29, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHealthHealthAgingAgingPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2186316669/Lee finds a birthday card but cannot recognize that she is the "Mom" to whom the card is addressed. Exasperated and missing her children, Lee embraces a make believe family of stuffed animals.http://video.whyy.org/video/2186316669/01/12/2012Premiering March 29, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHealthHealthAgingAgingCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2186320814/Lee Gorewitz is a feisty, opinionated woman given to philosophical ruminations on the nature of things, even as she struggles to navigate the increasingly confused and confusing landscape of Alzheimer's disease. In this clip, she makes mischief during the activity period in the Alzheimer's care facility where she lives.http://video.whyy.org/video/2186320814/01/12/2012Premiering March 29, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHealthHealthAgingAgingCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2193543524/In the first year of a South Bronx public high school, visionary rookie principal Edward Tom leads teachers, students, and their parents in their biggest gamble yet.http://video.whyy.org/video/2193543524/02/06/2012Watch "Whatever It Takes" - March 1 (check listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2175165369/Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman hits the streets of New York to collect signatures in favor expanding Black History Month beyond February. In the process, he hears arguments both for and against observing a single Black History Month.http://video.whyy.org/video/2175165369/12/09/2011More Than a Month - premiering February 16, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2175179559/When filmmaker Shukree Tilghman goes to a gathering of Confederate history enthusiasts in Virginia, he feels as if he has stepped behind enemy lines. While participants advocate for the establishment of a special month dedicated to their own heritage and history, it seems that some participants do not see how the issue of slavery and the African American experience intersects with their own.http://video.whyy.org/video/2175179559/12/09/2011More Than a Month - premiering February 16, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2175179566/In 2005, the Philadelphia public school district became the first in the country to establish a mandatory African American history graduation requirement. Now, students spend an entire year looking at the African American experience.http://video.whyy.org/video/2175179566/12/09/2011More Than a Month - premiering February 16, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2175089895/Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman sets off on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. His insightful and humorous journey explores the complexity and contradictions of relegating an entire group's history to one month in a so-called "post-racial" America.http://video.whyy.org/video/2175089895/12/09/2011More Than a Month - premiering February 16, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2176292124/Styled as an homage to early, locally-produced public affairs programming, this companion piece to the film More Than a Month featues a amusing interview between the film's director, Shukree Tilghman, and executive producer, Marco Williams.http://video.whyy.org/video/2176292124/12/13/2011More Than a Month - premiering February 16, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2173098691/A 1968 speech by Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver sets the stage for a contemporary reaction by singer Erykah Badu about how African American self-defense and community empowerment was depicted by the mainstream media and politicians as acts of radical aggression.http://video.whyy.org/video/2173098691/12/02/2011The Black Power Mixtape - premiering February 9, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2190591468/Dr. Angela Davis speaks with Hari Sreenivasen of the PBS NewsHour about her 1972 interviews with Swedish journalists that appear in the documentary film "The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975.http://video.whyy.org/video/2190591468/01/26/2012Watch The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 - premiering February 9, 2012 (check listings)HistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesSegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2173082988/In 1970, activist and scholar Angela Davis was charged with involvement in a criminal incident in which a young African American man attempted to help two black defendants escape from a California courtroom. In this 1972 interview with her lawyer, Dennis Roberts, he describes how the case against Ms. Davis was based solely on circumstantial evidence and was potentially a conspiracy against her.http://video.whyy.org/video/2173082988/12/02/2011The Black Power Mixtape - premiering February 9, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2173098686/In the 1960s and 70s, Swedish filmmakers arrived in America to explore the Black Power movement which the U.S. media saw as a violent threat. Thirty years later in the cellar of a Swedish television station, an amazing collection of unseen interviews was discovered featuring some of the key personalities of the era.http://video.whyy.org/video/2173098686/12/02/2011The Black Power Mixtape - premiering February 9, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2173098690/Hip hop musician Talib Kweli recounts how he became a figure of interest to federal officials while he was researching the speeches of Stokely Carmichael ... 40 years after the fact.http://video.whyy.org/video/2173098690/12/02/2011The Black Power Mixtape - premiering February 9, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2171941566/In later years, Daisy Bates returned to journalism, working tirelessly for the Arkansas State Press. However, after five years of working long days and late nights, she realized the pressure of running a weekly newspaper was too much for her.http://video.whyy.org/video/2171941566/11/29/2011Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock premiering February 2, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2177103327/As a black woman who was a feminist before the term was invented, Daisy Bates refused to accept her assigned place in society. This film tells the story of her life and public support of nine black students who registered to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas -- pitting a president against a governor and a community against itself.http://video.whyy.org/video/2177103327/12/15/2011Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock - premieres February 2, 2012 (check local listings)Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2190859157/Black history is powerful, inspiring, and American. Join us in February as we celebrate Black History Month on Independent Lens, where culture and diversity are featured all season long. Only on PBS.http://video.whyy.org/video/2190859157/01/27/2012Tune in during Black History Month - check local listingsArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2171941504/Daisy Bates was a complex, unconventional, and largely forgotten heroine of the civil rights movement who led the charge to desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.http://video.whyy.org/video/2171941504/11/29/2011Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock premiering February 2, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2192480918/A feminist before the term was invented, Daisy Bates refused to accept her assigned place in society. Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock tells the story of her life and public support of nine black students who registered to attend an all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, which culminated in a crisis - pitting a president against a governor and a community against itself.http://video.whyy.org/video/2192480918/02/03/2012Watch Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock - Available through 2/16/2012Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesEpisodeend=2012-02-17http://video.whyy.org/video/2171941511/As soldiers began streaming into Little Rock to maintain order during the desegregation of all-white Central High School, Daisy Bates reflected on a driving force behind her own activism: the murder of her own mother when she was a child.http://video.whyy.org/video/2171941511/11/29/2011Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock premiering February 2, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2169840791/South Africans tell the story of the most important effort in the anti-apartheid campaign of the 80's: the alliance that brought together freedom fighters in South Africa as never before. The UDF protests climax in a fierce campaign of defiance, and internationally, Nelson Mandela becomes a household name as the campaign to free him ignites a worldwide crusade.http://video.whyy.org/video/2169840791/11/22/2011Watch "Free At Last" - the final episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"HistoryHistoryWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2185553765/The anti-apartheid movement used a complex network of covert strategies involving cover identities, disguises, and secret messages to facilitate communication between the exiled ANC Deputy President Oliver Tambo and the imprisoned Nelson Mandela. Don't miss "Free at Last," the final episode of the landmark series, "Have You Heard from Johannesburg," airing January 26, 2012 (check local listings).http://video.whyy.org/video/2185553765/01/10/2012Watch "Free At Last" - the final episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"HistoryHistoryWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2185553752/On Thanksgiving Eve in 1984, Congressman Walter Fauntroy made national news when he and two other prominent protestors were arrested at the South African Embassy in Washington D.C. during a sit-in protest. Don't miss "From Selma to Soweto," the third episode of the landmark series, "Have You Heard from Johannesburg," airing January 19, 2012 (check local listings).http://video.whyy.org/video/2185553752/01/10/2012Watch "From Selma to Soweto" - the third episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"HistoryHistoryWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2168110438/Long one of South Africa's most important and powerful allies, the United States becomes a key battleground in the anti-apartheid movement as African Americans lead the charge to change the U.S. government's policy toward the apartheid regime.http://video.whyy.org/video/2168110438/11/16/2011Watch "From Selma to Soweto" - the third episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"HistoryHistoryWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2188475723/Only a decade removed from the height of its own civil rights movement, the United States becomes a key battleground as African Americans lead a grassroots movement to force the United States to reverse its policies toward South Africa.http://video.whyy.org/video/2188475723/01/20/2012Watch Have You Heard From Johannesburg: From Selma to Soweto - Available until 2/10/12Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryWorldWorldEpisodeend=2012-02-11http://video.whyy.org/video/2185553761/Two African American employees of Polaroid initiated a public awareness campaign to force their company to cease doing business there. Don't miss "The Bottom Line," the fourth episode of the landmark series, "Have You Heard from Johannesburg," airing January 19, 2012 (check local listings).http://video.whyy.org/video/2185553761/01/10/2012Watch "The Bottom Line" - the fourth episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"HistoryHistoryWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2169836847/Boycotts and divestment campaigns bring the anti-apartheid movement into the lives and communities of people around the world, helping everyday people understand and challenge Western economic support for apartheid. Faced with attacks at home and growing chaos in South Africa, international companies pull out in a mass exodus, causing a financial crisis in the now-isolated South Africa.http://video.whyy.org/video/2169836847/11/22/2011Watch "The Bottom Line" - the fourth episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"HistoryHistoryWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2167445456/This 5-part series, airing over three weeks, chronicles the unprecedented international movement of citizen activists who fought for three decades to bring down the brutal, racist system of apartheid in South Africa when their governments would not.http://video.whyy.org/video/2167445456/11/14/2011Watch "Have You Heard From Johannesburg" premiering in January 2012HistoryHistoryWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2185484698/In March of 1960, the brutal massacre of protestors in the town of Sharpesville became an early catalyst for the worldwide anti-apartheid movement. Don't miss "The Road to Resistance," the first episode of the landmark series, "Have You Heard from Johannesburg," airing January 12, 2012 (check local listings).http://video.whyy.org/video/2185484698/01/10/2012Watch "Road to Resistance" - the first episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"HistoryHistoryWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2167760658/In 1948, South Africa implements a rigid, racist system of laws called apartheid to segregate its people in every aspect of life. The black majority in South Africa, led by the African National Congress (ANC), mounts a nonviolent campaign of defiance, attracting the attention of activists in Britain, Sweden, and the United States -- sowing the seeds of an international movement.http://video.whyy.org/video/2167760658/11/16/2011Watch "Road to Resistance" - the first episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"HistoryHistoryWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2185498596/On June 16, 1976, what began as a non-violent demonstration by students in Soweto quickly escalated into a violent uprising once the authorities fired on the unarmed protestors, killing 12-year-old Hector Pieterson. Don't miss "The New Generation," the second episode of the landmark series, "Have You Heard from Johannesburg," airing January 12, 2012 (check local listings).http://video.whyy.org/video/2185498596/01/10/2012Watch "The New Generation" - the second episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"HistoryHistoryWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2167756772/It is youth, both inside and outside, who next join the growing movement against apartheid. Oliver Tambo returns to the United Nations to try to convince them to sanction South Africa. His efforts gain new public support as the brutal suppression of a youth uprising in the South African township of Soweto and the murder of freedom fighter Steve Biko turn South Africa from a country into a cause.http://video.whyy.org/video/2167756772/11/16/2011Watch "The New Generation" - the second episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"HistoryHistoryWorldWorldNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2186238775/Host Mary-Louise Parker recognizes the 100th Anniversary of the African National Congress and promotes the Independent Lens film Have You Heard from Johannesburg. The five-part series by Connie Field chronicles the history of the global anti-apartheid movement and premieres on Independent Lens on Thursday, January 12 on PBS.http://video.whyy.org/video/2186238775/01/12/2012Independent Lens recognizes the 100th Anniversary of the African National CongressHistoryHistoryWorldWorldPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2157876077/When Ted Turner began colorizing classic black-and-white films in the MGM film library, he unwittingly catalyzed the movement that would lead to the formation of the National Film Registry. Many famous hollywood actors and directors spoke out against the practice and pleaded for the preservation of these celluloid treasures.http://video.whyy.org/video/2157876077/10/22/2011Ted Turner's colorization of classic films became film preservation's tipping point.Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2157878831/The film adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" has become a mythical and cultural touchstone for generations of filmgoers. In this excerpt from "These Amazing Shadows" we hear from both filmmakers and actors who describe the personal impact this film had on their own lives.http://video.whyy.org/video/2157878831/10/21/2011Like the best movies, The Wizard of Oz takes reality and turns it into a mythology.Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2157912803/Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in the film adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird" is seen by many as the ideal father figure. In this excerpt from "These Amazing Shadows," we hear from actor Tim Roth and Peck's own son, Stephen Peck, about how this character shaped their ideas about both America and fatherhood.http://video.whyy.org/video/2157912803/10/21/2011Gregory Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch embodied both American ideals and fatherhood.Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2157866915/The National Film Registry is an eclectic collection of films that typify cinema's contributions to American culture. It is a growing roll call of national cultural and artistic treasures that reflect a nation's self-perception, fears, and ambitions.http://video.whyy.org/video/2157866915/10/22/2011What do The Sound of Music, Blazing Saddles, and E.T. have in common?Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2155974254/The family spent summers in Florence, Italy, where young Francesca wandered museums. Precocious and uncommonly determined, she left home and taught herself photography, a form she would come to revolutionize.http://video.whyy.org/video/2155974254/10/18/2011The family spent summers in Florence, Italy, where young Francesca wandered museums.Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2155974256/After college, she moved to New York, working odd jobs and serving as a photography assistant, and gaining recognition for her work in fashion photography. But she struggled to survive, was unhappy in love, and stricken with serious depression. The psychic costs of being an artist proved to be too great, and she was gone before her 23rd birthday.http://video.whyy.org/video/2155974256/10/18/2011Francesca Woodman's classmates at RISD describe their first impressions of her.Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2155873887/The Woodmans were a family of well-known artists bonded in their belief that making art was the highest form of expression. For their daughter Francesca - one of the late 20th century's most recognized and influential photographers - fame came only after her suicide at 22. Her family was broken apart by - and in a sense healed by - art.http://video.whyy.org/video/2155873887/10/18/2011In a family of artists, Francesca Woodman burned the brightest and burnt out the fastest.Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2155873889/Soon after starting a family of their own, Betty and George moved to Boulder, Colorado. First Charles, and then also Francesca grew up immersed in art. They learned to think of art as a serious business, something that required constant, committed work.http://video.whyy.org/video/2155873889/10/18/2011The Woodmans shared a remarkably asthetic attitude towards life and art making.Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2174372535/Take an intimate look at war through the eyes of the first women in U.S. history sent into direct ground combat, despite a policy that bans them from doing so. 12/15/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2174372535/02/07/2012Airs Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryWar & ConflictWar & ConflictPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2174106969/Take an intimate look at war through the eyes of the first women in U.S. history sent into direct ground combat, despite a policy that bans them from doing so. 12/15/2011http://video.whyy.org/video/2174106969/12/06/2011Airs Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryModernModernWar & ConflictWar & ConflictNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsGovernmentGovernmentNational SecurityNational SecurityOpinionOpinionSocial IssuesSocial IssuesPoliticsPoliticsPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2171500011/At the Gatesville Prison in Texas, a unique Girl Scout troop unites daughters with mothers who have been convicted of serious crimes. Facing steep sentences from the courts and tough questions from their children, the mothers struggle to rebuild relationships with the daughters who endure a childhood without them.http://video.whyy.org/video/2171500011/11/29/2011Watch this Women and Girls Lead presentation of an Independent Lens favorite!Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGovernmentGovernmentPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2149660907/After making a bad first impression with MIT linguist Ken Hale during an early meeting about bringing the Wampanoag language back to life, Jessie Little Doe and Professor Hale became close collaborators and lifelong friends.http://video.whyy.org/video/2149660907/10/07/2011Jessie Little Doe describes her initial resistance to working with a white linguist.Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2149660924/Martha's Vineyard has long been known as Aquinnah -- or "the end of the island" -- in Wampanoag. Thanks to the efforts of Jessie Little Doe and her colleagues, tribal members are now able to sing songs in their original language.http://video.whyy.org/video/2149660924/10/07/2011The Wampanoag people are slowly recovering their original songs and myths.Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2149660930/Through special learning camps, the Wampanoag are helping each other to recover their triabl language, stories, and connection to one another. They have realized that a language is not just words: it's a culture, tradition, and what creates what a community is.http://video.whyy.org/video/2149660930/10/07/2011A new generation is breathing life into what was once thought to be a lost language.Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2147924134/We Still Live Here - As Nutayunean tells the remarkable story of the recent cultural and linguistic revival of the Wampanoag tribe of Southeastern Massachusetts. Their ancestors ensured the survival of the Pilgrims -- and lived to regret it. Now they are bringing their language home again.http://video.whyy.org/video/2147924134/10/07/2011Follow Jessie Little Doe's tireless efforts to bring her tribal language back to life.Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2149660933/In this companion piece to the documentary film We Still Live Here - As Nutayunean, Wampanoag tribal members discuss how their multicultural heritage both complicates and enriches their identities as Native American people.http://video.whyy.org/video/2149660933/10/07/2011Though their ethnicities are mixed, the Wampanoag take pride in their tribal heritage.Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistorySegmenthttp://video.whyy.org/video/2144680894/During her senior year at the Lexington School for the Deaf, Aneta Brodski, an Israeli immigrant, begins collaborating with Palestinian spoken word poet Tahani Salah.http://video.whyy.org/video/2144680894/09/26/2011Cultural boundaries dissolve when Aneta collaborates with a Palestinian spoken word poet.Performing ArtsPerforming ArtsCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2144680866/Aneta Brodski and her classmates perform in their first ASL Poetry Performance at Lexington School for the Deaf. Aneta wows everyone with an animated description of her own conception and birth.http://video.whyy.org/video/2144680866/09/26/2011The students of the Lexington School take the stage for an ASL Poetry Performance.Performing ArtsPerforming ArtsCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2144612276/Aneta Brodski and her classmates at the Lexington School for the Deaf discuss what they love -- and what they hate -- about being deaf. While her best friend, Shiran, loves the culture and expressiveness of ASL, Aneta has apprehensions about what she will face after graduating from school and whether she will fit in among hearing people.http://video.whyy.org/video/2144612276/09/26/2011Aneta began attending the Lexington School at age 7, but worries about what's ahead.Performing ArtsPerforming ArtsCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2144612261/Deaf Jam is the story of Aneta Brodski's discovery of American Sign Language Poetry while a student at the Lexington School for the Deaf in Queens, NY. Her enthusiasm and strong character lead her to embrace the performance form, and step into the established slam poetry scene.http://video.whyy.org/video/2144612261/09/26/2011Follow the rise of a young slam poet who finds her voice through American Sign Language.Performing ArtsPerforming ArtsCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2135688661/Mary Jane Owen, who was present at the 1977 occupation of the San Francisco Federal Building to protest official attempts to ignore disability rights, describes how her involvement in this act of civil disobedience was "invigorating" and an unprecedented political action for the disabled community.http://video.whyy.org/video/2135688661/09/20/2011In 1977, Disability Rights activists occupied the Federal Building in San Francisco.Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2114068095/Fred Fay survived a devastating spinal cord injury when he was only 16, and turned his misfortune into a movement for equality. With a small group of dedicated activists, he spearheaded the disability rights movement and changed the face of American society.http://video.whyy.org/video/2114068095/09/07/2011A look back at the dynamic Disability Rights Movement.Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesPromotionhttp://video.whyy.org/video/2135688690/Following a final, dramatic act of civil disobedience in the Capitol Rotunda, where activists in wheelchairs chained themselves together, Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act, which would go on to be signed into law in 1990 by President H.W. Bush in 1990.http://video.whyy.org/video/2135688690/09/19/2011Activists in the Capitol Rotunda finally motivated Congress to pass the ADA.Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryCliphttp://video.whyy.org/video/2135933885/In 1990, Disability Rights activists organized on the Capitol steps to force Congress to recognize their civil rights. While some lawmakers declared it an embarrassment to see people crawling up the steps, others considered it a powerful and passionate call for the passage of a civil rights act for the disabled.http://video.whyy.org/video/2135933885/09/19/2011Disability Rights activists literally scaled the Capitol steps to rally for their rights.Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryClip