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Politics & Government

'Oklahoma City' Explores Anti-Government Sentiments That Contributed to Bombing

6:42pm February 05, 2017

Director Barak Goodman talks about his new documentary Oklahoma City, which traces the Oklahoma City bombing's origins in the white supremacy movement and anti-government sentiments.

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Documentary Focuses On 'Voicelessness And Helplessness' Of Solitary Confinement

6:42pm February 05, 2017

Filmmaker Kristi Jacobson talks about her new documentary Solitary, an in depth look at life as a prisoner in solitary confinement at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia.

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Writer James Baldwin at home in Saint Paul de Vence, South of France, in 1985.

Did I Get James Baldwin Wrong?

6:04pm February 05, 2017

by Stephen Casmier

The new film I Am Not Your Negro paints a picture of the prophetic writer's racial outlook that challenges the feeling of hope I once found in his words.

Deepika Padukone and Vin Diesel at a fan screening of xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage in Mumbai, India.

Bollywood Queen Deepika Padukone Sets Her Sights On Hollywood

12:21am February 05, 2017

by Bilal Qureshi

One of India's biggest movie stars, Deepika Padukone, is making her Hollywood debut in xXx: Return of Xander Cage. She's hoping to replicate her massive Bollywood success on American movie screens.

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Orto Ignatiussen outside his home in Tasiilaq, Greenland, in 2016.

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An Inuit Actor Contemplates A Big Break Gone Small

6:00pm February 04, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

When a local theater director in a tiny town in East Greenland landed a part in a Hollywood blockbuster, he thought it might be the beginning of big things for his acting career.

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'I Am Not Your Negro' Gives James Baldwin's Words New Relevance

6:34pm February 03, 2017

by Mallory Yu

Filmmaker Raoul Peck's latest documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, is based off James Baldwin's unfinished book, Remember This House, which tells the story of the lives and deaths of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.

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'Wheeler' Follows Life And Career Of Little-Known Country Music Singer

5:22pm February 03, 2017

by Bob Mondello

The new documentary-style film, Wheeler, explores the life of a country music singer you may not have heard of — for a reason.

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'It's A Playground': Meryl Streep On Acting With Abandon

1:53pm February 03, 2017

Streep is nominated for an Oscar for playing Florence Foster Jenkins, a socialite who didn't let her imperfect voice stop her from becoming an opera singer. Originally broadcast Aug. 10, 2016.

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'La La Land' Director Aimed To Make A Film Even Musical Skeptics Would Love

1:53pm February 03, 2017

Damien Chazelle, who is nominated for an Oscar for his musical La La Land, says songs are "an expression of inner feelings that can't be articulated any other way." Originally broadcast Jan 5, 2017.

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Oscar Documentaries And A Foreign Language Film We Loved

10:58am February 03, 2017

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, we run down an impressive list of Oscar-nominated documentary features and dive into Asghar Farhadi's complicated, suspenseful The Salesman.