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On Veteran’s Day, the stories of soldiers with PTSD from James Gandolfini 11 November 2010 at 6:10 am by admin

Today is Veterans Day, and to commemorate that, HBO debuts a documentary about veterans, Wartorn: 1861-2010, and it focuses on the effects of war, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, on the people who’ve fought for us over the past two centuries. The film, directed by Jon Alpert and Ellen Gooseberg Kent, is executive produced by James Gandolfini, the actor best known for playing the lead role in The Sopranos

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+ Circus goes behind the scenes of the Big Apple Circus By admin 03 November 2010 at 7:40 am and have No Comments

Tonight, a six-part reality series on PBS explores circus life as goes behind the scenes of the Big Apple Circus, a one-ring, European-style circus.

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+ Fracked-up drinking water can catch fire, Gasland shows (source: Realityblurred.com) By admin 21 June 2010 at 5:21 pm and have No Comments

Tonight, HBO airs the Sundance special jury prize-winning documentary Gasland, which looks at the impact of natural gas drilling, which can pretty much be summed up in the image of a man lighting his tap water on fire. Director Josh Fox examined the impac… (source: Realityblurred.com) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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+ Fracked-up drinking water can catch fire, Gasland shows By admin 21 June 2010 at 5:15 pm and have No Comments

Tonight, HBO airs the Sundance special jury prize-winning documentary Gasland, which looks at the impact of natural gas drilling, which can pretty much be summed up in the image of a man lighting his tap water on fire. Director Josh Fox examined the impact and effects of hydraulic fracturing–fracking–after being offered $100,000 to let his property be drilled, and HBO describes the film as “a 24-state investigation of the environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing” including…

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+ HBO profiles the life of murdered Iranian protester Neda as part of its summer doc series By admin 14 June 2010 at 9:34 am and have No Comments

HBO’s always impressive summer documentary series is underway, with a new documentary airing every Monday night at 9 p.m. ET

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+ HBO profiles the life of murdered Iranian protester Neda as part of its summer doc series (source: Realityblurred.com) By admin 14 June 2010 at 9:34 am and have No Comments

HBO’s always impressive summer documentary series is underway, with a new documentary airing every Monday night at 9 p.m.

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HBO profiles the life of murdered Iranian protester Neda as part of its summer doc series (source: Realityblurred.com)

+ Frontline’s Wounded Platoon explores the impact of the Iraq War on soldiers By admin 18 May 2010 at 10:03 am and have No Comments

Tonight at 9 p.m. ET, PBS’ Frontline tells the stories of the men and women of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Army base Fort Carson, who’ve been involved in at least 17 murders and 36 suicides since the start of the Iraq War. As PBS describes it, the documentary The Wounded Platoon is “a story of heroism, grief, vicious combat, depression, drugs, alcohol and brutal murder; an investigation into the Army’s mental health services; and a..

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+ Sunshine explores "the changing definitions of family" as filmmaker reunites with birth mother By admin 04 May 2010 at 8:43 am and have No Comments

Tonight at 10 p.m.

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+ Discovery and BBC’s Life debuts Sunday with spectacular HD footage of ”challenges of life” (source: Realityblurred.com) By admin 19 March 2010 at 9:07 am and have No Comments

Sunday, the Discovery Channel will debut the first two hours of Life, an 11-part documentary series that was produced with the BBC, which aired it last fall. Oprah Winfrey narrates the US version, which on Sunday will be simulcast at 8 p.m. ET on all seven..

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+ Discovery and BBC’s Life debuts Sunday with spectacular HD footage of "challenges of life" By admin 19 March 2010 at 9:07 am and have No Comments

Sunday, the Discovery Channel will debut the first two hours of Life, an 11-part documentary series that was produced with the BBC, which aired it last fall.

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