Transparent
Everyone in the Pfefferman family is restless. Maura is still coming to terms with her new life as a woman, and her ex-wife, Shelley, is grieving the loss of her…
Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek
A spectacular realization of the potential of digital-age storytelling, Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek illustrates and enriches superb, traditional feature writing by John Branch. Using still-photo slide shows,…
POV: My Perestroika
Russia’s uneasy transition away from communism after the Soviet Union’s collapse is illuminated from the inside out in this engrossing, deeply humane, at times haunting documentary. Filmmaker Robin Hessman extensively…
The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley: Inside Syria
In November 2011, as Syria slid inexorably toward civil war, CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward donned hijab-compliant clothing and entered the country posing as a tourist. With a small, disguised…
C-SPAN Video Library
Like its television counterpart, the C-SPAN Video Library boasts a decidedly “no frills” design. Its interface is clean, clear and concise, making it easy for a user to dive right…
Independent Lens: Billy Strayhorn — Lush Life
Billy Strayhorn is one of America’s least-known musical geniuses, a jazz composer, arranger and pianist who worked in the shadow of the renowned Duke Ellington, contributing such signature classics as…
Ya Es Hora
Although applications were still being processed at the end of 2007, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services confirmed receiving more than twice the number of citizenship applications filed in 2006. Ya…
Evidence of Errors
KHOU-TV’s investigation, Evidence of Errors, executive produced by David Raziq and reported by Jerome Gray and Anna Werner, uncovered serious and surprising mistakes made by the Houston Police Department’s DNA…
Transom.org
As described by its creators and staff, Transom.org is a multi-faceted online resource for both aspiring and established radio producers, and a showcase for new and varied radio documentaries, features,…
Bang Bang You’re Dead
Bang Bang You’re Dead, written by William Mastrosimone, is based on Mastrosimone’s play of the same title, written in reaction to threats of violence—from students, toward students—at his son’s school….