The Met is showcasing one of the most recognizable works by the most important German painter of the 19th Century– “Two Men Contemplating the Moon”– the third version of one of Caspar David Friedrich’s most famous paintings. Watch a video about the exhibition.
“Fixing the Financial Crisis” looks at three areas of finance that will be transformed as a result of mistakes — Wall Street, U.S. regulatory agencies, and the global financial system. How can Wall Street operate without a standalone investment bank? How will regulators adapt? Watch.
Filmmakers, photographers, and artists have long been fascinated by the idea of artificial women that seem alive. The Stepford Wives, Lara Croft, the latest in Japanese female robots look so real they can easily fool the eye. Professor Julie Wosk of SUNY Maritime College showcases colorful images of female robots, androids, talking dolls, mannequins, and other artificial women ranging from early automatons to lifelike female heroines in today’s video games.
Wide Angle visits the city of Limerick– once a slum in Ireland known as “stab city” and the impoverished setting of the best-selling memoir Angela’s Ashes. The Limerick of today has all the main ingredients of change, including foreign investment, a miniature property boom and a burgeoning services industry. Watch. (Originally aired: 7/18/2006).
After months of cascading news about the financial crisis, many of you are asking, “What Do I Do Now?” Consuelo Mack anchor of public television’s Consuelo Mack WealthTrack, hosts a half-hour Q&A with financial advisors Jonathan Clements from myFi Citigroup and Mae Watson Grote from The Financial Clinic, providing New Yorkers with the advice they need to survive in this economy.
Over the last 50 years, NYC has lost around 900,000 manufacturing jobs. Today, New York’s surviving factories face stiff competition from foreign imports, and fight for space amongst condos and commercial developments. What has losing this source of jobs meant for New York’s economy? See multimedia feature.
* Unemployment surges in Europe
* Violence in the middle east
* After the fall: The shipyards of Gdansk
* Censorship in Thailand
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When Chicago filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the “breast cancer gene” at age 27, she knew the information could save her life. She set out to make a film about the science behind the gene and the impact of this new medical knowledge has on women’s lives. Watch the 90-minute documentary online until Dec. 22, 2008. (Originally aired: Oct. 2008).
A look at Lee Atwater’s rise from his beginnings in South Carolina all the way to the White House, where his political strategy was both admired and reviled for its controversial, sometimes racially-charged tactics that helped elect George H.W. Bush president and inspired protégés such as Karl Rove. Watch segments of the program. (Originally aired: 11/11/2008).
Cranes dominate our skylines, yet few people ever notice them, nor do they notice the men and women who operate them. City of Cranes takes the viewer hundreds of feet above the ground to hear the insights of crane drivers, and see a glimpse of the poetic, mesmerizing world of cranes. Watch the 14-minute short.
