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08:33 Dances of the Kwakiutl

08:33 Dances of the Kwakiutl

Archive.Org A magnificent film featuring Pacific Northwest Indian dances of the ancient winter ceremonial handed down among the Kwakiutl families as their way of keeping history. Beautiful costumes and masks are worn by the dancers in this black and white film

The Stonecutter

The Stonecutter

Archive.org Gerald McDermott. McDermott made this, his first commercial film at the age of 19, an extremely complex animation short featuring approximately 2000 animation cels presented in six minutes. Influenced by Klee and Matisse, McDermott used silk-screen as well as traditional painting techniques in crafting ethnographic folk tale animation shorts. With films that are startling in intensity, and majestic in execution, McDermott is clearly one of the outstanding animators of his...

Second Act May 2010

Second Act May 2010

DOCENTS Meet Kerry Corthell and Suzie Sargent Both have lost their jobs in fields in the poor economy. They are now using their “free” time to train as Docents for the Portland museum system – to do something they are both interested in and to make connections for what they hope will be new career paths. JOE OWEN Joe Own was a veteran reporter for Stars and Stripes newspaper telling the stories of men and women in the armed forces around the world. His career began at the Kennebec Journal and...

Second Act April 2010

Second Act April 2010

This month we meet Mahala Bishop, who has struggled with Bi-Polar disease for 10 years; Linc and Marti Fuller, who adopted two daughters from China at a time when most couples their age are dealing with grandchildren; and Tom Franklin, a 'retired' Boston lawyer who is anything but retiring.

Second Act March 2010

This month we visit with Pan Fried Steel, a steel drum band, Dale Robin Goodwin, a singer of American Root Music and Norman Abelson, a writer and poet

Second Act – July 2009

Second Act – July 2009

Each month hosts Bill Gregory and Lesley MacVane bring us people who are making the most of the Second Act of their lives. They may be artists, writers or someone managing a hospice. Through in-depth interviews the show's magazine format gives the viewer a real sense of the challenges and successes these people have enjoyed on life's journey.