Playlist: MO Docs
Compiled By: John Barth
Possible doc and program picks for Missouri stations to consider.
From Cages To Conservation - American Zoos: Inside Out
From Inside Out Documentaries | 00:59:00
Each year, more people visit zoos than all major sporting events combined. But while top zoos say they're at the forefront of wildlife education and conservation, critics say they fall far short. Christina Russo and Diane Toomey report from zoos all over the country,finding out how wild-life conservation works in and out of zoos, how attitudes to zoos are changing and whether there still is a role for zoos in America.
SURVIVORS: Solitary Confinement in America's Prisons
From Claire Schoen | 00:29:00
In this half-hour radio documentary, "survivors" of solitary confinement paint a picture of what it looks, sounds and feels like to live for years - and even decades - in total isolation in American prisons.
(A companion multimedia piece is also available for station websites.)
On a Turquoise Cloud: Duke Ellington After the War, 1945-1947
From WFIU | Part of the Night Lights Classic Jazz series | 00:58:57
One-hour program of classic jazz featuring Duke Ellington composition between 1945 and 1947
Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students (54:00 and 59:00)
From Nancy Solomon | 00:59:01
This documentary won a 2010 Peabody Award. Nationwide, suburban schools are doing a good job educating white students, but those schools are not getting the same results with black and Latino students. This documentary tells the story of a suburban high school with lots of resources and a diverse student body that is struggling to close the minority achievement gap.
Perceptions Shattered: African American Masculinity from Chicago Public Radio, PRX and the NBPC
From WBEZ | 00:52:29
Youth voices share their perspectives on Black masculinity.
A Spin Down Abbey Road (59:00 / 54:00)
From Paul Ingles | 00:58:59
Music writers, musicians and Beatles fans weigh in on The Beatles' Abbey Road, the album that turned out to have the last songs the band ever recorded together. It was released in September of 1969.
