CPB-Funded Programs & Projects
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Adoption: An American Revolution
Television
A two-hour documentary special exploring the transformation taking place in contemporary adoption and the far-reaching impact on American public and private life. A primetime programming project in ...
African Americans and Islam Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project examining the effects of 9/11 on African-American Muslims and the emotions and tensions surrounding issues of national and religious ...
African Dreams
Television
A two-hour film presented by scholar and history detective Tukufu Zuberi examining Africa's postcolonial era starting with the birth of the Independence Movement in 1945. A primetime programming ...
Andrew Jackson and the Shaping of America
Television
A two-part series of one-hour shows examining one of the most important and controversial presidencies in American history and the issues that bitterly divided the nation during the tumultuous ...
Arabic Music in America
Television
An America at a Crossroads documentary chronicling a group of top Arab singers on their first visit to the United States and the musicians' hopes and dreams, but also their fears of leaving their ...
Arabic Music Succeeding in America Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project following a group of top Arab singers touring the United States for the first time and on the musicians' hopes and dreams, as well as ...
Behind the Veil in Iran: The Pink Revolution Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project examining the world of women in Iran through strong personal stories and presented by Azadeh Moaveni, daughter of the Iranian exile ...
By All Means Necessary
Television
This film intends to take a critical look at how and why America came to deal with the rest of the world in the ways that it did during the administration of George W. Bush, including the origins of ...
By All Means Necessary Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project looking at President Bush's approach to foreign policy in the post-9/11 world that has proven persuasive to Americans but divided ...
Campus Battleground (formerly Studying Hatred)
Television
This one-hour film examines concerns that a new form of anti-Semitism may be emerging on American college campuses since 9/11. Some experts have voiced concern that student organizations and ...
Citizen Soldiers
Television
This is an hourlong film on the U.S. Army Reserves and their extraordinary contribution to the war on terror, which tells the story of the Bravo Company of the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment ...
Citizen Soldiers Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project exploring how the war on terror has stretched the American army, requiring more Reserve units to be called into active duty for longer ...
Classical Advocates
Radio
Classical Advocates reinvents the presentation of classical music by weaving the perspectives of today's great artists into daily programming. Short comments from a small cadre of musicians, ...
Danger Zone Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project for a series and ancillary intellectual materials on the political development, funding and future of terrorism as told in a cinema verite ...
Day to Day
Radio
The hour-long broadcast provides breaking news coverage, comprehensive domestic and international reporting, and a mix of diverse voices and viewpoints in a daily exploration of American ideas, ...
Egalite for All: Human Rights and the Haitian Revolution
Television
A one-hour documentary about the only successful slave revolution in history and the creation of the world's first black republic: modern-day Haiti. A primetime programming project in collaboration ...
Ex-Extremists: The Developing Story of the Movement of Former Militant Extremists to Non-Violence Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project investigating radical Muslims who have recanted their beliefs, becoming advocates for reform in the Islamic world.
Extending the Education Value of National Programming
Web
Four educational Web sites associated with PBS programs are being redesigned and relaunched with new content to help bring public television into middle and high school classrooms: Empires: The ...
Feeling at Home in America Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project profiling several teenagers from a large Arab American community in the United States and how their lives were changed by the events of ...
Health Initiative
Television
Four two-hour specials devoted to cancer, heart disease, obesity, and depression with extensive related outreach, promotion and Web resources that will form the cornerstone of a major PBS health ...
Hearing Voices
Radio
Some of public radio's top producers weave first person narratives from everyday people into sound-portraits for established national programs. Their stories document an America not so much divided ...
Hidden Kitchens 2
Radio
NASCAR cooking in the racing pits, the George Foreman grill as a street kitchen for homeless people, freighter food on Lake Erie -- this series presents sound, rich, evocative radio stories exploring ...
Homegrown: Religion in U.S. Prisons
Television
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced the indictment of several members of a radical Islamist group who planned attacks on California military installations and synagogues. Members of the ...
How Democracy Works Now
Television
An Research and Development project for a proposed series exploring immigration reforms under consideration by Congress. A primetime programming project in collaboration with PBS.
In Performance at the White House: The Congressional Picnic
Television
A one-hour special featuring a picnic on the South Lawn and performances with a Broadway Americana theme where the audience is taken behind the scenes as First Lady Laura Bush welcomes her ...
In the Eye of the Beholder: News Coverage of the Middle East Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project examining the differences in news coverage by following two TV news reporters, one from Al Jazeera and an American from a 24-hour news ...
Indonesia: Battleground for the Soul of Islam
Television
Many Americans may not know that Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation. In fact, more Muslims reside in Indonesia than in all Arab countries combined. It is also a fledgling democracy. ...
Indonesia: Battleground for the Soul of Islam Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project examining the post-9/11 fight to control Indonesia and its fledgling democracy.
Inside the American Empire with Robert Kaplan
Television
The war on terror is taking place in countries far from Afghanistan and Iraq and outside of the coverage of most reporters. Author and Atlantic Monthly correspondent Robert Kaplan says the U.S. ...
Inside the American Empire with Robert Kaplan Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project examining the numerous small-scale, low-intensity conflicts in which U.S. troops help local governments remain stable and resist the growth ...
Invasion!
Television
An America at a Crossroads film examining the art and strategy of military invasion and occupation by looking at historic and contemporary examples of successes and failures with emphasis on the ...
Invasion! Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project examining the strategy of military invasion and occupation, using historical and contemporary examples of successes and failures, and the ...
Iran's Second Revolution Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project on the Iranian students' movement, its struggle to bring democracy to Iran and the support it receives from expatriates living in the ...
Islam vs. Islamists (formerly Ideology of Terror)
Television
Islam vs. Islamist is a one-hour film about the war within the Muslim world. The documentary shows how moderate Muslims around the world are voicing their objections to the teachings of radical Islam ...
Jihad: The Untold Story of Islamist Terrorism
Television
Jihad is a definitive television history of Islamist terrorism. The filmmakers examine the history and nature of this movement by focusing on radical Islam's relationship to violence and the social ...
Jihad: The Untold Story of Islamist Terrorism Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project examining the nature and causes of Islamic terrorism, radical Islam's relationship to violence, and related social and economic conditions.
Journal Editorial Report
Television
The second season of the twenty-six week series (thirty minutes per episode) hosted by Paul Gigot, Pulitzer Prize-winner, editor of The Wall Street Journal editorial page and former NewsHour ...
Katrina Webcast Project
Web
The project combines community access, outreach and a native filmmaker's take on post-Katrina New Orleans as it transitions from a city underwater to a city reborn. The 5-minute films will be ...
Latinos: Here and Now
Television
A 60-minute program that surveys Latino life in America, using the themes Origins, Politics, Marketing and Media, and Assimilation, as explored by comic George Lopez. A primetime programming project ...
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
Television
A six-part series of one-hour programs exploring how different types of comedy became popular, how they evolved over the course of the 20th century, and, ultimately, what all these jokes tell us ...
Masterpiece Theatre
Television
Funding for the first two years of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of new programs, reinforce relationships between the show and local stations and their members, and tie the show ...
Memorial Day and Capitol Fourth Concerts
Television
Funding for the National Memorial Day Concert and A Capitol Fourth Concert on the Capitol grounds and the Mall.
Nate the Great
Television
Nate the Great is a children's book series that has been popular with first readers for 30 years. The series' educational goal of teaching kids critical thinking skills is very important, and no ...
News and Notes with Ed Gordon
Television
A one-year grant for a daily news/talk program that gives voice to issues that are important to black America. The program emphasizes news, trends, and topical issues in the African American ...
No Laughing Matter: Humor After 9/11 Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project exploring the effect of 9/11 on Muslim- and Arab-American communities as seen through the perspective of Muslim- and Arab-American comics.
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project on recreating the wartime experience using the National Endowment of the Arts' collection of American soldiers' writing about their ...
Pavarotti at 70
Radio
A two-hour audio portrait of legendary performer Luciano Pavarotti on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The program brings new insights into the career and life of one of the greatest operatic ...
Picture War: Photography in Times of Conflict Research and Development
Television
An America at a Crossroads Research and Development project exploring the power of photography to influence public opinion and foreign policy in wartime, and its contribution to the historical record ...
Poder Latino
Radio
The grant is for a one-hour weekly current affairs discussion program produced in Spanish that focuses on issues of importance to Hispanic communities, such as health, education, economics, civic ...
PowerPoint
Radio
Funding for the national production and distribution of PowerPoint, a weekly two-hour interview and call-in program that covers national issues of importance to African-Americans. Under this grant, ...