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WGBH Forum Network Live and Archived Webcasts of Free Public Lectures in Partnership with Boston's Leading Cultural and Educational Organizations. Presented by WGBH in association with the Lowell Institute.The WGBH Forum Network is an audio and video streaming Website dedicated to curating and serving live and on-demand lectures given by some of the world's foremost scholars, authors, artists, scientists, policy makers and community leaders. These events are hosted by world-class cultural and educational organizations in Boston and beyond. Through this online service hundreds of thousands of people worldwide listen to these talks wherever and whenever they choose. We are proud of the role we serve in our community, of protecting and projecting the public voice; and of informing and inspiring that public voice toward greater civic engagement in the important issues of our time.
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Fernanda Rossi - Documentary Story Structure: From Great to Excellent
Wed, Jul 16, 2008
If you feel that your documentary project is almost there but don't know what would make it great, watch documentary story consultant Fernanda Rossi analyze Gino Del Guercio's work in progress Abandoned in the Attic. With this real life "before and after" example, Fernanda Rossi (known as "the Doc Doctor") will explain story structure models and what to look for to make your film excellent.
This event is part of the 2008 Making Media Now conference, presented by the Filmmaker's Collaborative.
More information about Fernanda Rossi, Story Consultant can be found at http://www.documentarydoctor.com
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Emmett Price III - From Jazz to Hip Hop and Beyond
Wed, Jul 09, 2008
Musician and educator Emmett Price III examines the connections between jazz, hip hop and other music forms. Price discusses the importance of music as a means of communication and its capacity to bridge generational and other interpersonal gaps.
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John Ferling - Almost a Miracle: America's War of Independence
Wed, Jul 02, 2008
The Atlanta History Center presents John Ferling as he discusses this chronicle of America's struggle for independence, an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication. As Ferling demonstrates, it was a war that America came much closer to losing than is now usually remembered. General George Washington put it best when he said that the American victory was "little short of a standing miracle." John Ferling has appeared in four television documentaries devoted to the Revolution and the War of Independence and has written nine books including John Adams: A Life, The First of Men: A Life of George Washington, Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, and Jefferson and the American Revolution, and A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic.
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China Galland - Love Cemetery: Unburying the Secret History of Slaves
Wed, Jun 25, 2008
China Galland author of Love Cemetery: Unburying the Secret History of Slaves, reads from her work, the story of a Texas town's reconciliation with its slave-owning past. China Galland is a professor in residence at the Center for Arts, Religion and Education at the Graduate Theological Union in California.
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Martin Wood - John Fowler and the English Country House Style
Wed, Jun 18, 2008
The English country house style was largely created and promulgated by interior decorator John Fowler and his later partner Nancy Lancaster. During the course of his career, Fowler was responsible for transforming some of Britain's important historic interiors, including more than 20 National Trust properties such as Sudbury Hall, as well as private residences such as Chequers and Buckingham Palace. In 1938 he founded Colefax and Fowler with the designer Lady Sibyl Colefax. Fowler sought to create visually successful rooms, rather than to replicate earlier interiors, but his guiding philosophy was always to 'do right by the house'. Although he was aware of historically accurate decoration, and indeed can be considered a pioneer in the early field of preservation, Fowler often altered the colors or added non-historic details to make a visually coherent composition for the visitor. Using research from his recently published monograph on John Fowler, author Martin Wood sketches Fowler's career from his early work to the last major country house he decorated, showing the development of his style and taste.
Martin Wood is a textile and garden designer and interior decorator. He has written extensively on garden design and is co-author of Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood, Nancy Lancaster: English Country House Style, and most recently, John Fowler: Prince of Decorators. He has led exclusive travel programs to Nancy Lancaster's English properties for The Institute of Classical Architecture.
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