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60 Minutes, The Music Of Zomba Prison
presented by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015; produced by David M. Levine, fl. 2014 and Michael H. Gavshon, fl. 1999-2013; interview by Anderson Cooper, 1967-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2016), 13 mins
A report on the Zomba Music Project, a Grammy-nominated recording group featuring music composed and performed by prisoners and their guards at the maximum-security Zomba Central Prison in Malawi, Africa. Their first album “I Have No Everything Here” and current album “I Will Not Stop Singing” are produced...
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presented by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015; produced by David M. Levine, fl. 2014 and Michael H. Gavshon, fl. 1999-2013; interview by Anderson Cooper, 1967-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2016), 13 mins
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A report on the Zomba Music Project, a Grammy-nominated recording group featuring music composed and performed by prisoners and their guards at the maximum-security Zomba Central Prison in Malawi, Africa. Their first album “I Have No Everything Here” and current album “I Will Not Stop Singing” are produced by Ian Brennan. Includes interviews with: Ian Brennan, music producer; Sister Anna Tommasi, Italian nun; Officer Thomas Binamo, Zomba...
A report on the Zomba Music Project, a Grammy-nominated recording group featuring music composed and performed by prisoners and their guards at the maximum-security Zomba Central Prison in Malawi, Africa. Their first album “I Have No Everything Here” and current album “I Will Not Stop Singing” are produced by Ian Brennan. Includes interviews with: Ian Brennan, music producer; Sister Anna Tommasi, Italian nun; Officer Thomas Binamo, Zomba Prison guard/musician (through translator): and Zomba Prison inmates/musicians: Chikondi Salanje, Stefano Nyirenda, and Rhoda Mtemang’ombe (all through translator).
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Interview, News story
Contributor
David M. Levine, fl. 2014, Michael H. Gavshon, fl. 1999-2013
Author / Creator
Anderson Cooper, 1967-, Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
Ian Brennan, fl. 1999
Topic / Theme
Music reviews, Music composition, Sociocultural trends, Prison labor, Prisoners, Prison reform, Social work, Family and Culture, Malawians, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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60 Minutes, Fly Like An Eagle
presented by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015; produced by Katie Kerbstat, 1989- and Nicole Young, fl. 2009; interview by Scott Pelley, 1957-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2018), 13 mins
A profile of falconer Lauren McGough, a young woman from Oklahoma who travelled to the Mongolian steppe in Central Asia to learn the traditional ways of hunting with eagles from Kazakh nomads, themselves a dying breed. Includes interviews with Chukan, eagle hunter; and Ouni, eagle hunter.
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presented by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015; produced by Katie Kerbstat, 1989- and Nicole Young, fl. 2009; interview by Scott Pelley, 1957-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2018), 13 mins
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A profile of falconer Lauren McGough, a young woman from Oklahoma who travelled to the Mongolian steppe in Central Asia to learn the traditional ways of hunting with eagles from Kazakh nomads, themselves a dying breed. Includes interviews with Chukan, eagle hunter; and Ouni, eagle hunter.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Interview, News story
Contributor
Katie Kerbstat, 1989-, Nicole Young, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Scott Pelley, 1957-, Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
Lauren McGough, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Nomadic communities, Hunting, Eagles, Kazakh
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60 Minutes, Built By Angels
presented by Scott Pelley, 1957-; produced by Nicole Young, fl. 2009; interview by Scott Pelley, 1957-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019), 13 mins
The churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia are believed to have been built by angels. The northern highlands of Ethiopia rose 31 million years ago when fissures in the earth flooded the Horn of Africa with lava a mile deep. Includes interviews with Fasil Giorghis, an Ethiopian architect and historian; Tsigie Selassie Me...
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presented by Scott Pelley, 1957-; produced by Nicole Young, fl. 2009; interview by Scott Pelley, 1957-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019), 13 mins
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The churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia are believed to have been built by angels. The northern highlands of Ethiopia rose 31 million years ago when fissures in the earth flooded the Horn of Africa with lava a mile deep. Includes interviews with Fasil Giorghis, an Ethiopian architect and historian; Tsigie Selassie Mezgebu Head Priest of Lalibela; Stephen Battle, an architect; Simon Warwick a master stonemason.
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Interview, News story
Contributor
Nicole Young, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Scott Pelley, 1957-
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
Fasil Giorghis, fl. 2007
Topic / Theme
Monuments, Christianity, Religious beliefs, Churches, Archaeological sites, Architecture, Excavation, Religion and Belief Systems, Ethiopians, Post-Classical Period (500–1450)
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60 Minutes, Easter Island
presented by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015; produced by Keith Sharman, fl. 2006-2013; interview by Anderson Cooper, 1967-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019), 13 mins
A report on the Moai, the giant, human-like statues built hundreds of years ago on Easter Island, detailing the efforts to preserve the slowly disintegrating statues and the effects of tourism on the relationship the indigenous people, whose ancestors built the Moai, have with the statues. Includes interviews with...
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presented by Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015; produced by Keith Sharman, fl. 2006-2013; interview by Anderson Cooper, 1967-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019), 13 mins
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A report on the Moai, the giant, human-like statues built hundreds of years ago on Easter Island, detailing the efforts to preserve the slowly disintegrating statues and the effects of tourism on the relationship the indigenous people, whose ancestors built the Moai, have with the statues. Includes interviews with Pedro Edmunds Paoa, the mayor of the only town on Easter Island; Jo Anne Van Tilburg, a professor of archaeology at the University of...
A report on the Moai, the giant, human-like statues built hundreds of years ago on Easter Island, detailing the efforts to preserve the slowly disintegrating statues and the effects of tourism on the relationship the indigenous people, whose ancestors built the Moai, have with the statues. Includes interviews with Pedro Edmunds Paoa, the mayor of the only town on Easter Island; Jo Anne Van Tilburg, a professor of archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles; and Cristan Moreno Pakarati, a historian and tour guide on the island.
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Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
Interview, News story
Contributor
Keith Sharman, fl. 2006-2013
Author / Creator
Anderson Cooper, 1967-, Bill Whitaker, fl. 1961-2015
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
60 Minutes
Topic / Theme
Archaeological sites, Traditional history, Tourism industry, Family and Culture, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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60 Minutes, Polar Punk
presented by Lewis Jonathan Wertheim, 1970-; produced by Nathalie Sommer, fl. 2007-2015; interview by Lewis Jonathan Wertheim, 1970-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019), 13 mins
A report on Tanya Tagaq, an Inuit throat singer from the arctic circle in the far north of Canada, who has brought the ancient art form into popular culture by mixing it with elements of pop and punk rock music. For Tagaq, her music is about more than just preserving the art itself, as her popularity has brought r...
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presented by Lewis Jonathan Wertheim, 1970-; produced by Nathalie Sommer, fl. 2007-2015; interview by Lewis Jonathan Wertheim, 1970-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019), 13 mins
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A report on Tanya Tagaq, an Inuit throat singer from the arctic circle in the far north of Canada, who has brought the ancient art form into popular culture by mixing it with elements of pop and punk rock music. For Tagaq, her music is about more than just preserving the art itself, as her popularity has brought renewed attention to the long struggle of the Inuit people in Canada and the still misguided opinions they sometimes face about their cu...
A report on Tanya Tagaq, an Inuit throat singer from the arctic circle in the far north of Canada, who has brought the ancient art form into popular culture by mixing it with elements of pop and punk rock music. For Tagaq, her music is about more than just preserving the art itself, as her popularity has brought renewed attention to the long struggle of the Inuit people in Canada and the still misguided opinions they sometimes face about their culture from the outside. Includes interviews with Tagaq and her brother Carson.
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Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
Interview, News story
Contributor
Nathalie Sommer, fl. 2007-2015
Author / Creator
Lewis Jonathan Wertheim, 1970-
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
Tanya Tagaq, fl. 2002
Topic / Theme
Indigenous ethnic groups, Music history, Punk rock, Singers, Vocal groups, Family and Culture, Inuit, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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60 Minutes, The Future Of Sapiens
presented by Anderson Cooper, 1967-; produced by Denise Schrier Cetta, fl. 1994-2012; interview by Anderson Cooper, 1967-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2021), 13 mins
An interview with author and historian Yuval Noah Harari. He discusses his most recent work, which is focused on how scientific advance will lead to changes in the future of the human species. Includes an interview with Itzik Yahav, Harari’s husband.
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presented by Anderson Cooper, 1967-; produced by Denise Schrier Cetta, fl. 1994-2012; interview by Anderson Cooper, 1967-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2021), 13 mins
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An interview with author and historian Yuval Noah Harari. He discusses his most recent work, which is focused on how scientific advance will lead to changes in the future of the human species. Includes an interview with Itzik Yahav, Harari’s husband.
Field of Study
Science
Content Type
Interview, News story
Contributor
Denise Schrier Cetta, fl. 1994-2012
Author / Creator
Anderson Cooper, 1967-
Date Published / Released
2021
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
Yuval Noah Harari, 1976-
Topic / Theme
Homo sapiens, History, Technology, Artificial intelligence, Science and Technology, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Africa: A Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson, Episode 2, Mastering A Continent
directed by John Percival, 1937-2005; produced by John Percival, 1937-2005, Mitchell Beazley Television, Channel Four Television and Monarda Arts, in Africa: A Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson, Episode 2 (ArtHaus Musik, 1984), 52 mins
This major eight-part series reveals the rich and diverse drama of African history and is presented by the distinguished historian and scholar Basil Davidson. Covering a vast time scale - from the origins of some of the world‘s greatest civilisations, to colonisation, the rise of nationalism and the emergence of...
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directed by John Percival, 1937-2005; produced by John Percival, 1937-2005, Mitchell Beazley Television, Channel Four Television and Monarda Arts, in Africa: A Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson, Episode 2 (ArtHaus Musik, 1984), 52 mins
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This major eight-part series reveals the rich and diverse drama of African history and is presented by the distinguished historian and scholar Basil Davidson. Covering a vast time scale - from the origins of some of the world‘s greatest civilisations, to colonisation, the rise of nationalism and the emergence of modern Africa - the story is unfolded on location all over the continent with the help of archive film, carefully illustrated eye-witn...
This major eight-part series reveals the rich and diverse drama of African history and is presented by the distinguished historian and scholar Basil Davidson. Covering a vast time scale - from the origins of some of the world‘s greatest civilisations, to colonisation, the rise of nationalism and the emergence of modern Africa - the story is unfolded on location all over the continent with the help of archive film, carefully illustrated eye-witness accounts, interviews with statesmen and leaders, dramatic reconstructions and specially-shot film of festivals, ceremonies and life there today.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Percival, 1937-2005, Mitchell Beazley Television, Channel Four Television, Monarda Arts, Basil Davidson, 1913-2010
Author / Creator
John Percival, 1937-2005
Date Published / Released
1984
Publisher
ArtHaus Musik
Series
Africa: A Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson
Speaker / Narrator
Basil Davidson, 1913-2010
Topic / Theme
Agriculture, Daily life, Humans and human ancestors, Ancient civilizations, Dogon, Pökoot
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1984 Arthaus Musik
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American Experience, Season 30, Episode 1, Into the Amazon
directed by John Maggio, fl. 2001; produced by John Maggio, fl. 2001 and Hannah Olson, fl. 2013, Ark Media, John Maggio Productions and American Experience Films, in American Experience, Season 30, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 1 hour 54 mins
Into the Amazon tells the remarkable story of the journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon.
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directed by John Maggio, fl. 2001; produced by John Maggio, fl. 2001 and Hannah Olson, fl. 2013, Ark Media, John Maggio Productions and American Experience Films, in American Experience, Season 30, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2018), 1 hour 54 mins
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Into the Amazon tells the remarkable story of the journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Maggio, fl. 2001, Hannah Olson, fl. 2013, Ark Media, John Maggio Productions, American Experience Films, Oliver Platt, 1960-
Author / Creator
John Maggio, fl. 2001
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Oliver Platt, 1960-
Person Discussed
Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, Cândido Rondon, 1865-1958, Kermit Roosevelt, 1889-1943
Topic / Theme
Family and Culture, Climate and the Environment, World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), Northern Nambikwara, Southern Nambikuara, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 WGBH Educational Foundation
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American Jihadist
directed by Mark Claywell, fl. 2010; produced by Jody Jenkins, fl. 2010 and Mark Claywell, fl. 2010 (Philadelphia, PA: Breaking Glass Pictures, 2011), 1 hour 2 mins
American soldier. Family man. Jihadist. Isa Abdullah Ali is a person of many identities and contradictions but in the beginning he was a bullied boy growing up in America's capital. As a young man, he converted to Islam and fought alongside the Amal militia and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Though his past is murky, Isa c...
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directed by Mark Claywell, fl. 2010; produced by Jody Jenkins, fl. 2010 and Mark Claywell, fl. 2010 (Philadelphia, PA: Breaking Glass Pictures, 2011), 1 hour 2 mins
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American soldier. Family man. Jihadist. Isa Abdullah Ali is a person of many identities and contradictions but in the beginning he was a bullied boy growing up in America's capital. As a young man, he converted to Islam and fought alongside the Amal militia and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Though his past is murky, Isa claims to have killed more than 150 people in the fight to defend his faith.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jody Jenkins, fl. 2010, Mark Claywell, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
Mark Claywell, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2010, 2011
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Person Discussed
Isa Abdullah Ali, fl. 1980
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Breaking Glass Pictures
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Ancient Impossible, Monster Monuments
directed by Lawrance Channon, fl. 2014, David Zigerelli, fl. 2010, Stephen Mizelas, fl. 2002, Geoff Evans, fl. 2004, Ben Mole and Stuart Clarke, fl. 1989; produced by Stuart Clarke, fl. 1989, Wild Dream Films, in Ancient Impossible (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2014), 42 mins
How did the Ancients move impossibly huge objects? Why did the Roman forces at the siege of Masada decide to shift an entire mountain by hand? Episode: Monster Monuments: A massive monument carved out of solid rock, a monster-sized super-dome that defies the laws of gravity. These awe inspiring feats of engineerin...
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directed by Lawrance Channon, fl. 2014, David Zigerelli, fl. 2010, Stephen Mizelas, fl. 2002, Geoff Evans, fl. 2004, Ben Mole and Stuart Clarke, fl. 1989; produced by Stuart Clarke, fl. 1989, Wild Dream Films, in Ancient Impossible (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2014), 42 mins
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How did the Ancients move impossibly huge objects? Why did the Roman forces at the siege of Masada decide to shift an entire mountain by hand? Episode: Monster Monuments: A massive monument carved out of solid rock, a monster-sized super-dome that defies the laws of gravity. These awe inspiring feats of engineering defy explanation.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Derek Muller, 1982-, Stuart Clarke, fl. 1989, Wild Dream Films, Bill Graves, fl. 1983
Author / Creator
Lawrance Channon, fl. 2014, David Zigerelli, fl. 2010, Stephen Mizelas, fl. 2002, Geoff Evans, fl. 2004, Ben Mole, Stuart Clarke, fl. 1989
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
Ancient Impossible
Speaker / Narrator
Darius Arya, fl. 2006, Bill Graves, fl. 1983
Person Discussed
Darius Arya, fl. 2006
Topic / Theme
Architecture, Anthropology, Ancient and classical history curriculums, Monuments
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