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Maurizio Merli stars as a hatchet-wielding bounty hunter with a dark past and an even more desperate future. But when he disrupts the balance of power in a corrupt mining town, he unleashes a firestorm of brutality, betrayal and cold-blooded murder. Now, one man stalks a savage land where justice walks a razor and no bullets slice deeper than vengeance.
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Alaska is warming up. It's now a few degrees warmer than it was a century and a half ago, and the trend seems to be accelerating. Already the landscape is changing dramatically - permafrost is thawing, glaciers are melting, forests are succumbing to drought and insect attack. In this episode of Scientific American Frontiers, Alan Alda meets Alaskan scientists who are working to find out if these are the first signs of global warming and what the future...
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A celebration of the indefatigable vitality of its hero, Verdi's great, final Shakespearean ensemble piece opens the season with a riot of color in this spectacular production by Graham Vick with vibrant, medieval designs by Paul Brown. A superlative cast has been assembled under the baton of The Royal Opera's music director, Bernard Haitink. The acclaimed Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel sings his first Falstaff in London, and Barbara Frittoli sings the...
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Jorge Semprún Maura (December 10, 1923 - June 7, 2011) was a Spanish writer, intellectual, politician and screenwriter, whose work was written mostly in French. He was Minister of Culture in Spain between 1988 and 1991, under the government of Felipe González, and a leader of the Spanish Communist Party, under the pseudonym Federico Sánchez; he was expelled in 1964. His experience in the concentration camp of Buchenwald marked the character...
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U.S.A., the 1950s. A climate of racism pervades society --particularly in the South, where it is unthinkable that whites should listen to the same music as blacks. It is in this context that a new style of music appears. Afro-American rhythm and blues is adapted, and the result is rock 'n' roll. However, for the moment, this music is mostly played by black artists for a black community. Then, in 1954, Elvis Presley walks through the door of the Sun...
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Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908 - 1992). Born Héctor Roberto Chavero, Yupanqui recalls his childhood in the Pampas "the first music was the spur, mirror of the night." His many works include: poetry books The song of the wind and The Pagador Persecuted;song The Axes of My Cart;and composition: The Sacrifice of Tupac Amaru.In 1950, he performed in Parisat the behest of Edith Piaf.When he recorded this A FONDO in 1977, his success was international. "I have...
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An evening featuring Dawn Upshaw, celebrating the range and vitality of the American music she grew up with, ranging from opera to songs from the shows. With the London Sinfonietta she performs music by Bernstein, Copland, Weill and Gershwin, and, for the first time at the Proms, Rodgers and Hart and Stephen Sondheim. Songs include numbers such as "I Feel Pretty," "Manhattan" and "Someone to Watch Over Me."
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On March 13, 2013, cardinals stunned the world when they elected Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope. Through unedited testimonies, we hear from those who know him best--the people who knew him first as Jorge Mario Bergoglio--from his only living sister, Maria Elena, to his successor as superior-general of the Jesuits in Argentina.
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The oldest shoes ever found in America may date back 9000 years ago but they were made of just bark! However, wanna know how sneakers got their name? They're so quiet you can wear them to sneak up on anyone! This is the story of Keds, the sneakers that sparked a footwear revolution in not just America but the whole world!
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One Reef at a Time: Coral Reef Protection (Madagascar) Blue Ventures offers researchers and volunteers the chance to work with local communities to protect reefs using sustainable marine conservation areas. Pass It On: Organic Techniques at 13,000 Feet (Peru) "Yachachiq" is the Inca name for people who pass on knowledge. That's how Sierra Productiva, a federation of peasant groups, is setting about improving the lot of small farmers in Peru. At high...
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Why are people so devoted to birds? Meet a variety of bird enthusiasts, including a 16-year-old artist whose work features birds, a birdsong expert, children in Nicaragua and Washington, D.C. who are part of a migratory bird education and conservation program, and many others, all of whom share a passion for birds in their infinite variety.
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At the center of this documentary is a traumatic, racist experience. Through confronting this event, documentarian Pirooz Kalayeh confronts the lasting effects of racism on an individual and opens up a dialog about discrimination and developing better tools to communicate about and address it.
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The Emmy-nominated historical documentary Invisible History: Middle Florida's Hidden Roots sheds light on the invisible history of plantations and the enslaved in North Florida. With visually compelling imagery, the film explores the history of a people who contributed so much to what the region is today.
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Sherry dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage. When Sherry is distraught just before performing at her school, a visiting Broadway producer encourages her by telling her positive things about her sister. Sherry decides to make a trip to New York - but what she finds there is not at all what she expected.
20) Letting Baby Go
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Stacey Dooley travels to America to explore the bittersweet world of open adoption. The majority of private adoptions in America are "open," encouraging birth parents to pick the adoptive parents themselves and to stay in touch with their child as they grow up. Over several months, Stacey spends time with two young pregnant women who are planning an open adoption and tries to understand what it takes to make one of the toughest imaginable decisions:...