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America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston, Season 2, Episode 1, Suwannee: Wild River
directed by David Casey, fl. 2000; produced by Part2 Pictures, Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) Studios and Public Broadcasting Service, in America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston, Season 2, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service), 53 mins
The Suwannee is one of the last wild rivers in America, and its watershed creates woods and wetlands, marshes, and cave systems. From its headwaters in the Okefenokee Swamp, Baratunde journeys downstream, meeting colorful denizens of the Suwannee. From jet skiers to herpetologists, manatees to snapping turtles, he...
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directed by David Casey, fl. 2000; produced by Part2 Pictures, Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) Studios and Public Broadcasting Service, in America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston, Season 2, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service), 53 mins
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The Suwannee is one of the last wild rivers in America, and its watershed creates woods and wetlands, marshes, and cave systems. From its headwaters in the Okefenokee Swamp, Baratunde journeys downstream, meeting colorful denizens of the Suwannee. From jet skiers to herpetologists, manatees to snapping turtles, he learns how this unique environment inspires a whole range of passions.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Baratunde Thurston, 1977-, Part2 Pictures, Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) Studios, Public Broadcasting Service
Author / Creator
David Casey, fl. 2000
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston
Topic / Theme
Swamps, Caves, Skiing, Aquatic ecology, Wildlife conservation, Sociocultural trends, Alligators, crocodiles and caimans, Manatees, Riverboat trips, Rivers, Americans
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America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston, Season 2, Episode 2, Arkansas: Hidden Gems
directed by David Casey, fl. 2000; produced by Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) Studios, Public Broadcasting Service and Part2 Pictures, in America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston, Season 2, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service), 53 mins
In Arkansas, just about everyone you meet is into the outdoors, yet to many outside the state it barely registers as an outdoor destination. Now, it’s on a mission to earn recognition as a wild mecca. Baratunde heads south to find out why this hidden gem has stayed hidden for so long, and how its outdoor culture...
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directed by David Casey, fl. 2000; produced by Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) Studios, Public Broadcasting Service and Part2 Pictures, in America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston, Season 2, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service), 53 mins
Description
In Arkansas, just about everyone you meet is into the outdoors, yet to many outside the state it barely registers as an outdoor destination. Now, it’s on a mission to earn recognition as a wild mecca. Baratunde heads south to find out why this hidden gem has stayed hidden for so long, and how its outdoor culture is changing.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) Studios, Public Broadcasting Service, Part2 Pictures
Author / Creator
David Casey, fl. 2000
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston
Speaker / Narrator
Baratunde Thurston, 1977-
Person Discussed
Baratunde Thurston, 1977-
Topic / Theme
Bicycles and bicycling, Sport fishing, Sociocultural trends, Precious stones, Owls, Wildlife conservation, Mountains, Americans
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Nuhoniyeh: Our Story
written by Allan Code, 1951- and Mary Code, 1953-; directed by Mary Code, 1953- and Allan Code, 1951-; produced by Mary Code, 1953- and Allan Code, 1951- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1993), 55 mins
This powerful film produced from a Native perspective, has won many awards in recognition of its exploration of the history and current circumstances of the Sayisi Dene, a people of the ecological and cultural borderlands between tundra and forest in Canada. While specific to the Sayisi Dene, the film provides an...
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written by Allan Code, 1951- and Mary Code, 1953-; directed by Mary Code, 1953- and Allan Code, 1951-; produced by Mary Code, 1953- and Allan Code, 1951- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1993), 55 mins
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This powerful film produced from a Native perspective, has won many awards in recognition of its exploration of the history and current circumstances of the Sayisi Dene, a people of the ecological and cultural borderlands between tundra and forest in Canada. While specific to the Sayisi Dene, the film provides an excellent introduction to complex issues of politics, land rights, cultural ecology and processes of cultural destruction and rebirth t...
This powerful film produced from a Native perspective, has won many awards in recognition of its exploration of the history and current circumstances of the Sayisi Dene, a people of the ecological and cultural borderlands between tundra and forest in Canada. While specific to the Sayisi Dene, the film provides an excellent introduction to complex issues of politics, land rights, cultural ecology and processes of cultural destruction and rebirth that are of widespread concern in the circumpolar Arctic. This powerful film produced from a Native perspective, has won many awards in recognition of it's exploration of the history and current circumstances of the Sayisi Dene, a people of the ecological and cultural borderlands between tundra and forest in Canada. While specific to the Sayisi Dene, the film provides an excellent introduction to complex issues of politics, land rights, cultural ecology and processes of cultural destruction and rebirth that are of widespread concern in the circumpolar Arctic. It is a well-integrated film using historical photographs, archival material and contemporary film records that, together with the strong testimony of the Sayisi Dene people themselves, combine to provide a positive statement of human potential."
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Allan Code, 1951-, Mary Code, 1953-
Author / Creator
Allan Code, 1951-, Mary Code, 1953-
Date Published / Released
1993
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Sayisi Dene, Property rights, Alcoholism, Cultural change and history, Reindeer, Hunting, Cultural identity, Tribal and national groups, American Indian communities, American Indians, Ecosystems, Food chains (Ecology), Indigenous peoples, Ethnography
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Search for the Last Unicorn
directed by Cherique Pohl, fl. 2009 and Tom Jarvis, fl. 2013; produced by BBC Natural History Production (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2022), 49 mins
Reports of Northern White Rhinoceros alive in Southern Sudan has given conservationists renewed hope. Declared extinct in 2018, could this charismatic animal get a miraculous second chance? With exclusive access, the BBC follows an international team of experts, on an expedition to a war zone to go in search of th...
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directed by Cherique Pohl, fl. 2009 and Tom Jarvis, fl. 2013; produced by BBC Natural History Production (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2022), 49 mins
Description
Reports of Northern White Rhinoceros alive in Southern Sudan has given conservationists renewed hope. Declared extinct in 2018, could this charismatic animal get a miraculous second chance? With exclusive access, the BBC follows an international team of experts, on an expedition to a war zone to go in search of the Northern White Rhinoceros. An animal that little is really known about, inhabiting some of the most remote and dangerous countries in...
Reports of Northern White Rhinoceros alive in Southern Sudan has given conservationists renewed hope. Declared extinct in 2018, could this charismatic animal get a miraculous second chance? With exclusive access, the BBC follows an international team of experts, on an expedition to a war zone to go in search of the Northern White Rhinoceros. An animal that little is really known about, inhabiting some of the most remote and dangerous countries in Africa – could a lost population of these incredible beasts still exist?
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
BBC Natural History Production
Author / Creator
Cherique Pohl, fl. 2009, Tom Jarvis, fl. 2013
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Topic / Theme
Extinction, Rhinoceros, Sociocultural trends, Animal ecology, Africans, Habitats, Poaching, Wildlife conservation, Trapping, Animal deaths, Sudanese Civil War, 1983-, Dinka
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2022 BBC Worldwide
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