pbs movies

Shari's Passover Surprise (1996)
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Comedy, Family

Trouble brews as Charlie Horse's campaign for class president leads him to invite the whole class to Shari's for Passover... a fact he conveniently...

Democracy on Trial (2024)
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Documentary

FRONTLINE investigates the roots of the criminal cases against former President Trump stemming from his 2020 election loss. With the presidential...

The Balloonist (2023)
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Documentary

Meet Brian Boland—the beloved, eccentric hot air balloonist and artist from the rural Upper Valley of Vermont.

Lemonade (1971)
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Drama, TV Movie

A perceptive and funny study about the fantasies, inhibitions and dreams of two frustrated and lonely middle-class matrons who set up competing...

Digital Nation (2010)
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Documentary

Digital Nation is a new, open source PBS project that explores what it means to be human in an entirely new world -- a digital world. It consists of...

Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution (2003)
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Documentary

Every great cook secretly believes in the power of food. Alice Waters just believes this more than anybody else. She is certain that we are what we...

Nazca Desert Mystery (2022)
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Documentary

One of the world’s greatest ancient enigmas, the Nazca lines are a dense network of criss-crossing lines, geometric shapes, and animal figures...

Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah (1995)
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Family, Comedy

Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop, and the gang discover the true meaning of Chanukah in this special holiday program. The story of the special holiday and all...

What Makes Us Human? (2012)
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Scientists have struggled for centuries to pinpoint the qualities that distinguish humans from the millions of other animal species with which we...

Dollars and Dentists (2012)
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Documentary

In a 2012 joint investigation by FRONTLINE and the Center for Public Integrity, correspondent Miles O’Brien uncovers the shocking consequences of a...

W.S. Merwin: To Plant a Tree (2016)
10 / 10

Documentary

A documentary on the life and work of Poet Laureate, two-time Pulitzer winner, and environmental activist W.S. Merwin.

Locked Up in America - Solitary Nation and Prison State (2014)
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For decades, the United States has been fixated on incarceration, building prisons and locking up more and more people. But at what cost, and has it...

Tour Eerie Erie (2002)
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Documentary, Horror, History, TV Movie

A short collection of local legends and ghost stories about Erie, Pennsylvania, and its surrounding areas. Produced by and aired on WQLN Channel 54...

Showdown With Iran (2007)
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Documentary

As the United States and Iran are locked in a battle for power and influence across the Middle East—with the fear of an Iranian nuclear weapon...

10-J: The History of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (2008)
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Documentary, History

In 1913 Congress created the Federal Reserve to bring financial stability to the nation after a number of banking panics, with a mix of regional...

In Your Own Backyard (2014)
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Comedy

The growth of the tech industry in the Bay Area is a hot button issue right now. Let Julie Armstrong, host of "In Your Own Backyard," show you how...

Echoes from the White House (2001)
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Documentary, History

Martin Sheen hosts this documentary that commemorates the 200th anniversary of the White House by taking an in-depth look at the beloved piece of...

Waiting for Godot in San Quentin (1998)
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Documentary

Documentary about the staging of 'Waiting for Godot' in prison.

Lucky Number (1990)
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Documentary

Lucky Number addresses the world of compulsive gamblers. Topics include who these individuals are, what drives them to gamble, the consequences of...

Heart Mountain: Three Years in a Relocation Center (1969)
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Documentary, History

A documentary film about the internment of Japanese Americans at Heart Mountain, Wyoming during World War II. The program, hosted by Jan Yanehiro,...