Documentary

State of the RE:Union - Ozarks - Full Circle

Al Letson — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:00:00 +0000

Airs Monday, November 19 at 8:00 p.m. Description: The Ozarks have long been an isolated part of the country. Steep mountains break up the landscape into hills and hollows, making each little town into its own microcosm in this place some call the "State of the Ozarks;" the state line between Missouri and Arkansas meaning little to them. Here, families have stayed in the same hollows for generations with little influence from the outside world. Everyone knows everyone else, and their parents, and their grandparents. Which means that daily life here is steeped in the past, for better or for worse. In this episode, we go deep into the lives of people who live with the ghosts of their past: a family living with the legacy of a murder, young fiddlers learning songs passed down for centuries, and a married couple overcoming a history of domestic violence, together.

10:01 Spotlight: "Bully' at the Robinson Film Center.

Bill Beckett and Alexandyr Kent — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:01:00 +0000

Bill Beckett talks with Alexandyr Kent, Executive Director of the Robinson Film Center about the film Bully, which opens today at the Robinson. Bully is an eye-opening documentary which follows five kids and families during a school year. Two families have lost children to suicide, and one mother grapples with the future of her 14-year-old daughter who has been incarcerated after bringing a gun on her school bus.

10:01 Spotlight: A Night With Tarzan

Bill Beckett — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:01:00 +0000

Bill Beckett talks with Al Bohl about his documentary "Tarzan: Lord of the Louisiana Jungle" which will be shown tonight at the Robinson Film Center along with the original 1918 silent film movie "Tarzan of the Apes," starring Elmo Lincoln and featuring the West Edge String Quartet performing a new score for the movie by Kermit Poling.