Doyle McManus (LA Times), Todd Purdum (Vanity Fair), Jeanne Cummings (Politico), Dan Balz (Wash. Post), Christi Parsons (Chicago Tribune) Karen Tumulty (Time), and host Gwen Ifill discuss:
* Obama’s Election Tops 2008 News Events
* Economic Crisis to Test New Administration
* Iraq, Afghanistan Conflicts Threaten Geopolitical Stability
Watch here. (Originally aired: 12/26/2008)
On Thursday (8:00 pm), catch the premiere of It’s the Economy, New York! What’s Happening and What It Means to You, a new seven-part series hosted by New York Times …
It’s a Mexican-American Christmas tradition called “Las Posadas”. In a procession, parishioners reenact Joseph and Mary’s search for lodging in Bethlehem. In Antioch, California, an epicenter of foreclosures, church leaders say it’s a poignant story this year. Watch. (Originally aired: 12/26/2008).
* Israel strikes Hamas leaders
* The International Red Cross on the fighting in Gaza
* Medical breakthrough in Australia
* Guatemala’s women dying in childbirth
Watch.
In honor of one year of Reel 13, Thirteen interviews two of the stars in the January 10 movies. Neal Gabler interviews Martin Landau, who originally appeared in Hitchcock’s North by Northwest, and Richard Pena talks to Debbie Harry, who stars in the indie film My Life Without Me. Watch now.
See inside the catacombs and crypts of Brooklyn’s historic and sprawling Green-Wood Cemetery, and read more about the man who designed it.
This hour-long program examines what policymakers in Washington, including President-elect Obama, mean when they say that rebuilding our crumbling highways and bridges, leaky water systems and other vital lifelines will stimulate the economy and generates jobs. Will fixing our infrastructure save the economy? Watch now.
When Peter Friedman’s friends Tom Joslin and Mark Massi died, he accepted an extraordinary inheritance: 40 hours of tape documenting the couple’s bout with AIDS. His film, Silverlake Life: The View From Here is one of the most wrenching and candid documents about the epidemic. The award-winning film from 1993 will be watchable online through Feb. 22, 2009. Watch now. A 2006 postscript/follow-up to the film is here. (Originally aired: 6/15/1993)
The fall 2008 CINE awards have just been announced, and PBS and Thirteen/WNET won a few…and most are watchable online. See list and watch!
