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Playlist: May -- Documentaries on Demand

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May...Memorial Day and the hint of approaching Summer. Need some documentaries? Here are our recommendations.

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The Story of Ing (Doc) Hay-Frontier Herbalist

From Dmae Roberts | Part of the Crossing East - Asian American History series series | 00:58:00

The Story of Ing (Doc) Hay is about a frontier herbalist and acupuncturist in John Day, Oregon.

Mom's Good Move Special

From Long Haul Productions | 00:58:51

An hour-long special about starting over late in life.

The One-Room School in the Twenty-First Century

From Neenah Ellis | 00:58:55

Veteran producer Neenah Ellis travels to rural communities in the US to visit some of the last remaining one-room schools.

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself

From WNYC | 00:58:58

WNYC presents "Walt Whitman: Song of Myself." Hour hosted by Carl Hancock Rux, the program peels back Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" and we discover that this groundbreaking work was the product of a man so far ahead of his time that we are just now able to fully appreciate his work.

The Heart of Song: Renée Fleming with Fred Hersch

From WNYC | 00:58:56

In conversation and performance, Renee Fleming reveals her great love of jazz.

Prisoners of War: A Story of Four American Soldiers

From Vermont Folklife Center Media | 00:57:08

Four Vermont soldiers talk about life in German prison camps after their capture at the Battle of the Bulge, and the life-changing effects of this experience.

The Silent Generation: From Saipan to Tokyo

From Helen Borten | 00:58:53

The final year of World War II in the Pacific, told by men who came back and kept silent about the harrowing ordeal that changed their lives.


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