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Explore the history of a uniquely American art form: country music. From its deep and tangled roots in ballads, blues and hymns performed in small settings, to its worldwide popularity, learn how country music evolved over the course of the 20th century, as it eventually emerged to become America’s music. COUNTRY MUSIC features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more than 80 country music artists. The eight-part series...
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2 discs contain footage from an event honoring the 45th anniversary of the Freedom rides. Participants include: Catherine Brooks, william Harbour, Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Kwame Leo Lillard, Salynn McCollum, Diane Nash, Rip Patton, John Seigenthaler, Hank Thomas, Rev. C.T. Vivian, James Zwerg.
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A Century of Birds is the first film to document the lives of those who pioneered and sustained the earlierst state-level bird-study and conservation movement in the southeastern United States. Through triumph and tragedy, this film celebrates the accomplishemnts of the Tennessee Ornithological Society. Since 1915, TOS members have scaled towering trees, waded through dark swamps, and climbed remote mountains to study the mysteries of bird life. Watch...
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"Community understanding and participation is what inspires artists to create artworks that reflect our city. This process of civic engagement is described in a documentary, which introduces Nashville’s Public Art Program and its value in urban design. The steps are illustrated by a walk through the selection process and installation of the first Percent for Public Art project, the Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks, by artist Alice Aycock"...
11) Prophets rising
19) A child shall lead them: two days in September 1957; the desegregation of Nashville Public Schools
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Meet three African-Americans who entered the first grade on Sept. 9, 1957 at previously all-white schools.
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