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AMERICAN MASTERS PROFILES THE PREEMINENT CHOREOGRAPHER OF BROADWAY AND BALLET IN "JEROME ROBBINS: SOMETHING TO DANCE ABOUT"

Wed, February 18th, 2009

No other creative figure of the latter twentieth century was as contradictory as Jerome Robbins, and few were as controversial. He was a master of the Broadway musical, transforming its possibilities with such works as "West Side Story," "Gypsy," and...

KUED Film Tells of Slaves Freed to Fight for British

Simon Schama's "Rough Crossings" Dramatizes A Little-Known, Horrifying Chapter in the History of African American Slaves and Their Quest  for Freedom After the American Revolution
Mon, February 16th, 2009

At the end of the American Revolution, thousands of African-American slaves risked everything to fight for the British -- in exchange for a promise of freedom.  "There are some stories so big," says Simon Schama at the start of his latest docum...

The American Future:  A History by Simon Schama

A Country Remaking Itself
Wed, February 4th, 2009

Shot against the backdrop of the presidential election, British historian Simon Schama traveled through America to dig deep into the conflicts of its history to understand what is at stake right now.  A fascinating look at today's America throug...

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Presents: THE TRIALS OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER

Mon, January 26th, 2009

J. Robert Oppenheimer was brilliant, arrogant, proud, charismatic - and a national hero. Under his leadership during World War II, the United States succeeded in becoming the first nation to harness the power of nuclear energy to create the ultimate...

Rick Steves' Iran, Yesterday and Today

KUED to debut Steves' public television travelogue on the history, culture and people of Iran
Thu, January 29th, 2009

Rick Steves, recently back from Iran, calls it "the most poorly understood yet fascinating land" he's ever visited. In his upcoming travel special, premiering exclusively in Utah on KUED-Channel 7 Thursday, January 29, at 7 p.m., Steves takes viewers...

KUED Airs Six-Part Series: "The Story of India"

Mon, January 5th, 2009

Michael Wood's fascinating journey through the history of the Indian subcontinent, the first history of India on western television, chronicles the incredible richness and diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes; outlines the originality an...

  THE RAPE OF EUROPA  

Acclaimed Documentary Tells the Story of the Systematic Theft, Deliberate Destruction and Miraculous Survival of Europe's Art Treasures During the Third Reich
Mon, November 24th, 2008

The acclaimed theatrical film, THE RAPE OF EUROPA, tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and miraculous survival of Europe's art treasures during the Third Reich and World War II. In a journey through seven countries, t...

MASTERPIECE Special:  "The Unseen Alistair Cooke" 

A Revealing Portrait of the Longtime Host of MASTERPIECE THEATRE
Sun, November 23rd, 2008

Alistair Cooke (1908-2004) was known to millions as the graceful, amazingly well-read host of MASTERPIECE THEATRE for 22 years. But this very public side of a very outgoing man was just the tip of the iceberg to a fascinating career extending back to...

"Reserved to Fight" Features Utah Marines

Wed, November 12th, 2008

In May 2003, Fox Company of Marine Reserve Unit 2/23 returned home from front-line combat in Iraq. Reserved To Fight airs on KUED-Channel 7 Wednesday, November 12, at 9 p.m. and follows four Utah Marines of Fox Company for four years through their po...

KUED Brings Viewers "The Alta Experience"

A Local Documentary Celebrates the 70th Anniversary of Alta Ski Area
Wed, December 3rd, 2008

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of Alta Ski Area, "The Alta Experience" is a new KUED documentary that transports viewers to a mountain town with a history richer than its silver mining past.  KUED-Channel 7 premieres the documen...

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