Documentaries

“A Small Southern Town”

Broadcast nationally in February 2000

This program examined one family’s role in one of the largest mass escapes of slaves in American history.   “A Small Southern Town” combined dramatic readings of first person accounts from slave times with modern day analysis to shed light on little known aspects of slave life and slave times in the Nation’s Capital.

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“Washington Goes To The Moon”

Broadcast nationally in July 1999

This two-hour program commemorated Apollo 11 landing on the moon. Part 1 looks at the monumental battle throughout the 60’s as President Kennedy’s deadline for landing a man on the moon came up against the Vietnam War, The War On Poverty, The Great Society, and a growing anti-technology movement. Part 2 chronicles the aftermath of the fire on Apollo One, which killed three astronauts and called into question the most fundamental aspects of NASA’s management structure.

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