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  • DIRECTORS: LIFE BEHIND THE CAMERA, THE

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    This stunning mini-series showcases the best of over thirty interviews with leading filmmakers who have all participated in our award-winning entertainment series, THE DIRECTORS. Interviews include Tim Burton, James Cameron, Ron Howard, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese, and many more. Sample Topics Include: * Everyone has to start somewhere * Their most compelling films * The art of writing a movie/choosing a script * “Your cinematographer is your best friend” * Will the industry survive?

  • DIRECTORS, THE

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    This insightful biographical series spotlights today’s best filmmakers via comments from the major actors with whom they have worked and memorable clips from the films they’ve directed. Featured directors include: The Farrelly Brothers, Dumb & Dumber; Edward Zwick, The Last Samurai; Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally; Michael Bay, Armageddon; and many more. All of the footage and interviews for THE DIRECTORS is currently stored and catalogued in the library of the American Film Institute (AFI), thanks to the enormous number of prestigious directors and actors who have participated in [...]

  • SONG FOR NEW ORLEANS

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    Music is the lifeblood of New Orleans. The joyous spirit of the city is embodied in the brassy harmonies that fill its clubs and fill up its sidewalks. It is a sound that spills out into the streets of the French Quarter and travels around the globe. Like the second line procession that erupts spontaneously at the end of a funeral, New Orleans is marching toward its future with a vibrant eneergy. Music is the key ingredient in the rebirth of New Orleans and one group, Rebirth Brass Band, is [...]

  • BLACK LAS VEGAS

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    Through stirring celebrity interviews, rare archival images and recreations, BLACK LAS VEGAS explores the little known history of extreme racial divide in Las Vegas. Discover some of the real sins that “Sin City” committed against “negro” residents and guests, and how it took direct intervention from people like Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra and President Franklin D. Roosevelt to chip away at the city’s prejudices. Premiered on TLC, USA; aired on Discovery Civilization, UK.

  • IRON CHEF USA

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    Staged in a sporting event-like atmosphere before a live studio audience at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Iron Chef USA brings a challenger (chef) into the Chairman’s “Kitchen Arena”, a giant cooking stadium, where he competes against four Iron Chefs who specialize in American, Italian, French and Asian cooking. The competing chefs are given one hour to prepare an exotic meal in which each course must feature a secret ingredient that is revealed just as the battle begins. A panel of four celebrity judges tastes and critiques the dishes to [...]

  • MAGIC OF HARRY POTTER, THE

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    Harry Potter and his friends Ron, Hermione, and everyone else at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardly are as magical to you as they are to millions of other fans who adore the books in this wonderful series. Now, discover the incredible story behind the author of the most talked about books in decades…J.K. Rowling.

 
 
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