Independent Lens RSS feed for WNET programming.http://watch.thirteen.orgen-ushttp://watch.thirteen.orgWed, 16 May 2012 16:50:52 -0400Wed, 16 May 2012 16:50:52 -0400http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2228350237/Half the Sky is a landmark transmedia project featuring a four-hour PBS primetime national and international broadcast event, a Facebook-hosted social action game, mobile games, two interactive websites, educational video modules with companion text, and an impact assesment plan all inspired by, Half the Sky, the widely acclaimed book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2228350237/04/30/2012Half the Sky - coming to PBS October 1 & 2, 2012Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsPromotionhttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234656615/Diane Lane reflects on her experiences filming with Half the Sky in Somaliland, where she got a first-hand look at the challenges and solutions surrounding maternal mortality at the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2234656615/05/14/2012Half the Sky - coming to PBS October 1 & 2, 2012Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2222472797/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Strong!, weightlifter Cheryl Haworth goes clothes shopping with a friend, but has trouble finding anything she likes. Striving to be the strongest woman in the world seemingly puts her at odds with conventional standards of beauty.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2222472797/04/23/2012Watch Strong! - premiering in July, 26 2012 on PBS (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietySports & RecreationSports & RecreationHealthHealthFitness & NutritionFitness & NutritionSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2222489463/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Strong!, weightlifter Cheryl Haworth describes why being heavier is better for competition in her weight class. "You're sturdier, more stable," she says.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2222489463/04/23/2012Watch Strong! - premiering July 26, 2012 on PBS (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietySports & RecreationSports & RecreationHealthHealthFitness & NutritionFitness & NutritionCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2222489467/"Weightlifting is not simply about heaving weight over your head," says champion Cheryl Haworth. In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Strong!, Haworth and her teammates describe the physics -- and grace -- involved in their sport.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2222489467/04/23/2012Watch Strong! - premiering in July, 26 2012 on PBS (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietySports & RecreationSports & RecreationHealthHealthFitness & NutritionFitness & NutritionCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2222489460/Cheryl Haworth is a young woman with a big dream: to be the strongest woman in the world. As the 300-pound U.S. Olympic weightlifter prepares for Beijing 2008, she struggles with injury, confidence, and her place in a world where larger women are not readily accepted.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2222489460/04/13/2012Watch Strong! - premiering July 26, 2012 on PBS (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietySports & RecreationSports & RecreationPromotionhttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2221031969/As the AIDS crisis began claiming more and more victims, the community in San Francisco rallied to care for not just those suffering from the disease, but to support the LGBT community as a whole, as we see in this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, We Were Here.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2221031969/04/09/2012Watch We Were Here - premiering June 7, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityHealthHealthHealth Care & IllnessesHealth Care & IllnessesCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2221031957/When AIDS arrived in San Francisco in 1981, it decimated a community, but also brought people together in inspiring and moving ways to support and care for one another and to fight for dignity and a cure.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2221031957/04/09/2012Watch We Were Here - premiering June 7, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityHealthHealthHealth Care & IllnessesHealth Care & IllnessesPromotionhttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2221031965/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, We Were Here, a nurse who treated patients during the early years of the AIDS epidemic describes how victims of the disease experienced rapid health declines, as they struggled with the onset of pneumonia and Karposi's sarcoma.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2221031965/04/09/2012Watch We Were Here - premiering June 7, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityHealthHealthHealth Care & IllnessesHealth Care & IllnessesCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2221031963/In the early years of the epidemic, delegations of people living with AIDS began going to Washington DC to raise awareness about the impact of the disease and to lobby for more research and treatment of the disease, as we see in this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, We Were Here.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2221031963/04/09/2012Watch We Were Here - premiering June 7, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityHealthHealthHealth Care & IllnessesHealth Care & IllnessesCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2189845957/Danfung Dennis's haunting war documentary Hell and Back Again has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. The film follows U.S. Marine Sergeant Nathan Harris, 25, as he leads his unit to fight a ghostlike enemy in Afghanistan. Wounded in battle, Harris returns to North Carolina and his devoted wife to fight pain, addiction, and the terrifying normalcy of life at home.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2189845957/01/24/2012Hell and Back Again - airing May 28, 2012 (check local listings)Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentPromotionhttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2222233162/In this excerpt from the Oscar-nominated war documentary, Hell and Back Again, Sergeant Nathan Harris becomes increasingly frustrated as he and his wife look for a parking spot at a shopping mall. "I would rather be in Afghanistan, where it's simple," he says, as civilian life seems almost overwhelming after his wartime experience.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2222233162/04/12/2012Hell and Back Again - Premiering May 28, 2012 (check local listings)Film & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsNational SecurityNational SecurityCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2222233158/In this excerpt from the Oscar-nominated war documentary, Hell and Back Again, Echo Company is debriefed before their deployment on what is at stake in their mission. "Your conscience should be clear," they are told "and your honor should be clean."http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2222233158/04/12/2012Hell and Back Again - Premiering May 28, 2012 (check local listings)Film & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2222262911/In this excerpt from the Oscar-nominated war documentary, Hell and Back Again, Sergeant Nathan Harris describes how he was wounded in Afghanistan to a surprised store-greeter. "It's alright, I'm here and I'm home now," he tells her as she expresses her concern and appreciation through a hug.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2222262911/04/12/2012Hell and Back Again - Premiering May 28, 2012 (check local listings)Film & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsNational SecurityNational SecurityCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2213078151/Born in 1987, Filipino Amerasian JR was left with his mother at age 5 after the U.S. serviceman who was his father abandoned him. Growing up, he often faced discrimination due to his biracial ethnicity. Now, he has an opportunity to contact his American father. Find out if he does in the Independent Lens documentary, Left By the Ship.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2213078151/03/20/2012Watch Left by the Ship - premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2213297968/In this companion video to the Independent Lens documentary, Left by the Ship, Robert, a Filipino Amerasian blogger meets with other Amerasians living in Olongapo City, whose fathers were U.S. servicemen once stationed here. Their stories are sadly consistent, telling of rejection and discrimination, along with a hope that they will be reunited with their fathers.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2213297968/03/21/2012Watch Left by the Ship - premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2213003286/Robert, a Filipino Amerasian blogger, listens to his mother describe how the U.S. serviceman who was his father refused to accept responsibility for his son, in this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Left by the Ship.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2213003286/03/20/2012Watch Left by the Ship - premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2213297963/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Left by the Ship, Filipino Amerasian writer, Robert, learns how nightclub owners were paid "bar-fines" by U.S. servicemen who wanted dancers to spend exclusive time with them outside the bar. Their children were subsequently shunned, especially if the fathers were African American, like Charlene, who is profiled in the film.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2213297963/03/21/2012Watch Left by the Ship - premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)Film & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2213003283/For nearly a century, American servicemen were stationed at Subic Bay in the Philippines, and many of them fathered children with the women who lived nearby. When the base closed in 1991, hundreds of these children were left behind, stripped of their fathers and their sense of identity.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2213003283/03/20/2012Watch Left by the Ship - premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityPromotionhttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2224582174/United States Congressman Raul Grijalva, Pima County Legal Defender Isabel Garcia, and others describe how the struggle for Chicano American rights in Tucson stemmed out of the inequality inherent in the school district in the late 1960s in this companion video the Independent Lens documentary, Precious Knowledge.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2224582174/04/19/2012Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEducationEducationSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2214469475/Tucson ethnic studies student, Mariah Harvey, describes how Mexican American Studies classes at Tucson High School enriched both her understanding of racial difference in her community as well as her own sense of self-identity as a biracial LGBT teen in this companion video the Independent Lens documentary, Precious Knowledge.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2214469475/03/23/2012Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2214470420/As teachers in Tucson's Mexican American Studies Program, teachers Curtis Acosta and Jose Gonzalez successfully engaged students in the classroom, helping to close the achievement gap between white students and students of color. However, a group of lawmakers and politicians saw thing differently, and launched a campaign to end the program.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2214470420/03/23/2012Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2214470422/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Precious Knowledge, Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Horne, holds a press conference calling for the end of the Mexican American Studies Program. He believes ethnic studies emphasize ethnic solidarity, rather than assimilation with American ideas, and should be abolished.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2214470422/03/23/2012Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2224582172/When a highly successful Mexican American Studies program at a high school in Tucson comes under fire for teaching ethnic chauvinism, teachers and students fight back. This modern civil rights struggle is born at the epicenter of the immigration debate in the age of identity politics.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2224582172/04/19/2012Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentPromotionhttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2214469481/Nacho Vejar, an ethnic studies student in a Tucson high school, describes how Mexican American Studies classes encourage critical thinking, community involvement, and the pursuit of new talents in this companion video the Independent Lens documentary, Precious Knowledge.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2214469481/03/23/2012Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2214469459/In 1997, community activism led the Tucson city council to set up a study committee to look at ways of boosting Latino student achievement and reducing dropout rates. Based on its findings, the school board unanimously voted to create what would become the Mexican American Studies Program.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2214469459/03/23/2012Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233073147/Locho and Yama are nomadic herders in Tibet's high grasslands, who carve their existence from the land as their ancestors have for generations. As traditional nomadic life confronts rapid modernization, Summer Pasture captures a family at a crossroads, ultimately revealing the profound sacrifice they will make to ensure their daughter's future.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2233073147/05/11/2012Watch the complete film online through May 17thArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentEpisodeend=2012-05-18http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2209270356/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Summer Pasture, Tibetan herder, Locho, describes how he met his wife, Yama. While womanizing and carousing may not be entirely behind him, these two have started a family together and share the hardships and pleasures of nomadic life as two connected by karma.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2209270356/03/12/2012Watch Summer Pasture - premiering May 10, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2209270359/Tibetan nomad Locho explains that, while summer is welcome as a much-needed reprieve for herders, all seasons -- even the hard ones -- define who he and his fellow nomads are in this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Summer Pasture.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2209270359/03/12/2012Watch Summer Pasture - premiering May 10, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2231864103/In this update with the subjects of the Independent Lens documentary, Summer Pasture, we catch up with Locho and Yama and their two daughters to see how their lives have changed since they were first filmed. Now they have certain modern amenities, like a cell phone and a television, on which they view the documentary about themselves. Afterwards, they share their thoughts about the film.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2231864103/05/07/2012Watch Summer Pasture - premiering May 10, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2209270353/Locho and Yama are nomadic herders in Tibet's high grasslands, who carve their existence from the land as their ancestors have for generations. As traditional nomadic life confronts rapid modernization, Summer Pasture captures a family at a crossroads, ultimately revealing the profound sacrifice they will make to ensure their daughter's future.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2209270353/03/12/2012Watch Summer Pasture - premiering May 10, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesPromotionhttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2209270357/Despite a philandering husband, costly medical problems, and the loss of a child, nomadic herder Yama remains stoic when she describes life for her and her family in this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Summer Pasture.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2209270357/03/12/2012Watch Summer Pasture - premiering May 10, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2231864100/In this update with the subjects of the Independent Lens documentary, Summer Pasture, we see Locho and Yama's daughter Tsering Tsomo -- now 5 years old -- and her 3 year old sister, Drolkar Lhamo. Both parents agree that sending their girls to school is a high priority for the family, so that they will have greater opportunities and an appreciation for their Tibetan heritage.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2231864100/05/07/2012Watch Summer Pasture - premiering May 10, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2208192673/During some downtime during the Ponce Family Circus's tour of the Mexican countryside, the children explore a nearby campground and palatial estate in this excerpt from the documentary, Circo.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2208192673/03/09/2012Watch Circo - premiering May 3, 2012 (check local listings)Film & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2213003318/In this video update to the Independent Lens documentary, Circo, we learn that Ivonne agreed to return to the family circus on one condition: that they break away from her husband Tino's parents and form their own circus. Here, the Ponce family attends the premiere of the film at the Morelia International Film Festival.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2213003318/03/20/2012Watch Circo - premiering May 3, 2012 (check local listings)MusicMusicPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2208372765/For the Ponces, circuses literally run in the family from generation to generation. In this scene from the Independent Lens documentary, Circo, we follow Tino and his family to a Day of the Dead reunion at his grandmother's home and pay tribute to the late grandfather, his family's original ringmaster.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2208372765/03/09/2012Watch Circo - premiering May 3, 2012 (check local listings)Film & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2213003257/In this video companion to the Independent Lens documentary, Circo, filmmaker Aaron Schock describes how he accidentally stumbled upon the subjects of his film while making a completely different documentary in Mexico. He also realized after commencing the project, that the film would be the story not just of a struggling family business, but of also of a troubled marriage.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2213003257/03/20/2012Watch Circo - premiering May 3, 2012 (check local listings)MusicMusicPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2208345528/In this scene from the Independent Lens documentary, CIrco, Tino and Ivonne Ponce struggle with the challenges of raising a family of their own while running a touring circus in Mexico started by Tino's parents.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2208345528/03/09/2012Watch Circo - premiering May 3, 2012 (check local listings)Film & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2208192665/For generations the Ponce family has run one of Mexico's traditional family circuses. Ringmaster Tino struggles to keep the family business alive as life on the road and mounting debts threaten to pull his marriage apart.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2208192665/03/09/2012Watch Circo - premiering May 3, 2012 (check local listings)Film & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionPromotionhttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2212825447/In this video companion to the Independent Lens documentary, Circo, members of the band Calexico, Joey Burns and John Convertino, describe the creative process behind scoring the film, including finding a musical voice for each personality onscreen. Also featured in the video is a performance at the Tucson premiere of the film.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2212825447/03/20/2012Watch Circo - premiering May 3, 2012 (check local listings)MusicMusicPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2207904217/In 1933, a white buffalo was born on the National Bison Range in Montana. He was named "Big Medicine" by the Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Valley. White buffalo are sacred to many Native American tribes. In the companion video to the documentary "Facing the Storm," we see a special ceremony held in 2006 commemorating this earlier appearance.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2207904217/03/08/2012Watch Facing the Storm - premiering April 26, 2012 (check local listings)HistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesScience & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2207628386/The bison is an enduring symbol of America, and yet it stands on the brink of collapse. Cattle ranching, urban sprawl, and sport hunting has squeezed the beast from the Great Plains it once dominated. Is there room for the American bison in America anymore?http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2207628386/03/08/2012Watch Facing the Storm - premiering April 26, 2012 (check local listings)HistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesScience & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2207904212/By the early 1880s, buffalo were on the verge of extinction. Ironically, one man, William T. Hornaday, decided that hunting down and stuffing them was the best way to preserve these majestic animals. During one hunting expedition, Native Americans decorated the body of one of fallen buffalo, revealing their reverence for the buffalo.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2207904212/03/08/2012Watch Facing the Storm - premiering April 26, 2012 (check local listings)HistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesScience & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2207904207/Watch an excerpt from the Independent Lens film, Facing the Storm, in which the American Bison is described as a window looking out onto a vanished world and a living symbol of the American West.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2207904207/03/08/2012Watch Facing the Storm - premiering April 26, 2012 (check local listings)HistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesScience & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2198010991/CEO and founder of Tesla Motors, Entrepreneur Elon Musk, brings movie-star energy and sex appeal to the battle royale over the electic car. He's been compared to comic book hero Tony Stark, the millionaire-turned-superhero of "Iron Man" comic book fame.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2198010991/02/16/2012Watch "Revenge of the Electric Car" - April 19, 2012 (check local listings)TechnologyTechnologyTransportation & InfrastructureTransportation & InfrastructureCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2198027486/Every revolution needs its Napolean. At Nissan World Headquarters the world's most formidible car mogul, Carlos Ghosn, enters the electric vehicle race not with passion or vision, but with sheer capitialist drive.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2198027486/02/16/2012Watch "Revenge of the Electric Car" - April 19, 2012 (check local listings)TechnologyTechnologyTransportation & InfrastructureTransportation & InfrastructureCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2198010992/Greg "Gadget" Abbott and wife Charlotte Jackson are fighting the good fight in electric car conversion ... one vehicle at a time. They're amping up the jalopies of yesteryear into the dream rides of tomorrow. But can they compete with industry giants and angel investor-backed startups?http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2198010992/02/16/2012Watch "Revenge of the Electric Car" - April 19, 2012 (check local listings)TechnologyTechnologyTransportation & InfrastructureTransportation & InfrastructureCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2198027477/Former Vice-Chairman of General Motors, Bob Lutz, was blamed for killing off the EV1 electric car. But he came around to champion the Chevy Volt.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2198027477/02/16/2012Watch "Revenge of the Electric Car" - April 19, 2012 (check local listings)TechnologyTechnologyTransportation & InfrastructureTransportation & InfrastructureCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2195214424/In 2006, thousands of new electric cars were purposely destroyed by the same auto companies that built them. Today, fewer than six years later, the electric car is back ... with a vengeance.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2195214424/02/10/2012Watch "Revenge of the Electric Car" - April 19, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyTechnologyTechnologyTransportation & InfrastructureTransportation & InfrastructurePromotionhttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2209987854/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, When the Drum Is Beating, Professor Robert Fatton considers how the French colonists depended on African slave labor to achieve economic dominance -- and used the most brutal methods to dominate the men and women they enslaved.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2209987854/03/14/2012Watch "When the Drum is Beating" - April 12, 2012 (check local listings)MusicMusicPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2197962234/For 60 years, Haiti's most popular band, Septentrional, has survived corrupt governments, revolutions, natural disasters, extreme poverty, and national tragedy. Its joyous fusion of Cuban and Haitian beats lifts and celebrates the indomitable Haitian spirit.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2197962234/02/16/2012Watch "When the Drum is Beating" - April 12, 2012 (check local listings)MusicMusicPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsPromotionhttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2210001503/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, When the Drum Is Beating, members of the band Septentrional hold a planning meeting to discuss how they can overcome the obstacles of limited resources and personnel.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2210001503/03/14/2012Watch "When the Drum is Beating" - April 12, 2012 (check local listings)MusicMusicPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2209987858/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, When the Drum Is Beating, veteran members of the band Septentrional take a trip down memory lane in pre-earthquake Cap-Haitien.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2209987858/03/14/2012Watch "When the Drum is Beating" - April 12, 2012 (check local listings)MusicMusicPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2218346868/Discover the man behind the furry red monster named Elmo - puppeteer Kevin Clash. 4/9/2012http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2218346868/04/02/2012Premieres Monday, April 9, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Performing ArtsPerforming ArtsCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesPromotionhttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2189924412/Kevin Clash grew up dreaming of working with his idol, master puppeteer Jim Henson. Today, he is the man behind Elmo, among Sesame Street's most beloved characters.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2189924412/01/24/2012See Being Elmo - airing April 5 & 9, 2012 at 9pm (check local listings)Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesPromotionhttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2186316669/Lee finds a birthday card but cannot recognize that she is the "Mom" to whom the card is addressed. Exasperated and missing her children, Lee embraces a make believe family of stuffed animals.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2186316669/01/12/2012Premiering March 29, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHealthHealthAgingAgingCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2186316681/In this clip from the film, feisty Alzheimer's patient Lee Gorewitz pinches a box of cereal from the staff and teases her fellow patients as a way to combat caginess in the care unit.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2186316681/01/12/2012Premiering March 29, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHealthHealthAgingAgingCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2186316665/Lee Gorewitz lives in a care facility for Alzheimer's patients, but she is not simply waiting to die. She is full of curiosity and frustration, struggling to remember herself and make sense of a world that is falling away from her.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2186316665/01/12/2012Premiering March 29, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHealthHealthAgingAgingPromotionhttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2186320814/Lee Gorewitz is a feisty, opinionated woman given to philosophical ruminations on the nature of things, even as she struggles to navigate the increasingly confused and confusing landscape of Alzheimer's disease. In this clip, she makes mischief during the activity period in the Alzheimer's care facility where she lives.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2186320814/01/12/2012Premiering March 29, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHealthHealthAgingAgingCliphttp://watch.thirteen.org/video/2207180747/In this special educational module, Rose Mapendo, a woman whose family suffered severe hardships during violent conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, shares her story as a powerful way to inspire collective action that can bring about positive change.http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2207180747/03/07/2012A Community Classroom companion to Pushing the Elephant.Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesSegment