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Playlist: January - Documentaries on Demand

Compiled By: PRX Administrator

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It is January. You need documentaries. Here are our curated selections.

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New Years: A Reflection

From Western Folklife Center Media | 00:56:59

A meditation on New Years as a time of reflection and healing.

Lost & Found Sound: Hour One

From The Kitchen Sisters | Part of the Lost & Found Sound series | 00:59:04

Lost & Found Sound is an eclectic gathering of stories both historical and entertaining, woven together with lyrical sonic transitions, surprising audio artifacts and musings by the likes of Sun Records producer Sam Phillips.

Lost & Found Sound: Hour Two

From The Kitchen Sisters | Part of the Lost & Found Sound series | 00:59:04

Lost & Found Sound is an eclectic gathering of stories both historical and entertaining, woven together with lyrical sonic transitions, surprising audio artifacts and musings by the likes of Sun Records producer Sam Phillips.

Seeking Peace on Earth: The 2007 Peace Talks Radio Special (59:00/54:00)

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Hour Long Specials series | 00:58:58

During the season when hopes for Peace on Earth are expressed, spend an hour hearing from people whose life's work is pursuing peace in different ways. A compendium of compelling moments from the Peace Talks Radio Series in 2007.

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Max Roach--Drums Unlimited

From Ben Shapiro | 00:53:56

Master drummer Max Roach recounts his own extraordinary journey, from the era of the Jim Crow south to the creation of modern jazz, from the civil rights years to far-reaching experiments in percussion--with thrilling music and storytelling help from friends like Dizzy Gillespie.

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Southern Slices: Summer Institute Stories from CDS

From The Center for Documentary Studies | 00:53:57

A collection of student pieces from CDS "audio camp," 2003 - 2007.

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Peace Talks Radio: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Path To Nonviolence (59:00/54:00)

From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Hour Long Specials series | 00:59:01

Martin Luther King Jr.'s journey to a philosophy of nonviolence and his lasting legacy as a peace proponent is recalled in interviews with his daughter, the late Yolanda King, and one of King's top colleagues in the civil rights movement, Dr. Dorothy Cotton. This program is also available in a 29:00 version at PRX.

A Shortcut To The Mountaintop

From Peter Bochan | 00:29:27

Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Mix

Mandela: An Audio History (Hour Version)

From Radio Diaries | Part of the Mandela: An Audio History series | 00:58:44

Hour version of Mandela: An Audio History

A Small Southern Town: The Nation's Capital In Slave Times

From Richard Paul | 00:54:10

Dramatization - largest mass-escape of slaves in Amer history - PROMOS ATTACHED

In the Spirit

From WPSU-FM | 00:59:00

A one-hour retrospective of 20th Century African-American Religious Music and Interviews

The Undiscovered Explorer: Imagining York

From Michele Ulriksen | 01:03:10

One hour documentary, narrated by Danny Glover, that explores the making of an American myth.

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The Afro: Personal Reflections

From David Person | 00:58:57

A personal and historical look at the Afro hairstyle as a cultural and political phenomenon.


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