Tues., Apr. 27, 2021: 10/9c on PBS and on YouTube
Streaming at 7/6c at pbs.org/frontline & in the PBS Video App
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On April 26 and 27, FRONTLINE presents
The Virus That Shook the World, a two-part documentary special chronicling the first year of the coronavirus pandemic through the eyes of people all over the world from a hot dog vendor in New York City to a ballet dancer in Moscow; from a food blogger in Wuhan to a filmmaker in a remote Indigenous village in Brazil.
Filmed in 21 countries and featuring extensive personal video and local footage, this documentary special from award-winning filmmaker James Bluemel (
On April 26 and 27, FRONTLINE presents
The Virus That Shook the World, a two-part documentary special chronicling the first year of the coronavirus pandemic through the eyes of people all over the world from a hot dog vendor in New York City to a ballet dancer in Moscow; from a food blogger in Wuhan to a filmmaker in a remote Indigenous village in Brazil.
Filmed in 21 countries and featuring extensive personal video and local footage, this documentary special from award-winning filmmaker James Bluemel (
Exodus,
Exodus: The Journey Continues,
Once Upon a Time in Iraq) traces the pandemic’s path around the globe through the stories of people experiencing it, showing how responses to the disease that has now killed more than 3 million people have differed across culture, race, faith and privilege.
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On Sundays, Pastor Tony Spell does not address the scant pews of his congregation as Dearly Beloved , nor does he invite them to turn to No 127 in their hymn books.
Instead, he prowls the stage around his pulpit with a Bible held aloft, shrieking into a microphone the size of a baseball bat, while men and women in the church roll their eyes, contort their bodies and speak in tongues.
It s an evangelical sales pitch that morphs into a heavy metal concert. Pastor Spell grunts and screams while a chorus of berobed women sing harmonies as though Ozzy Osbourne had replaced Diana Ross in The Supremes.
RRR
SS Rajamouli film “Roudram Ranam Rudhiram” is said to be one of the costliest films ever produced in India. The film is a fictional account starring Ram Charan and Jr NTR as freedom fighters Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem, who fought against the British and the Nizam of Hyderabad.
Major
Adivi Sesh stars as 26/11 martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan. The film is a biographical drama and its teaser was recently released. The film marks Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu’s debut as a producer and is directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka. The film is slated to release on July 2. It is being shot in Telugu and Hindi and will be dubbed in Malayalam.
Patriotism the reigning flavour down South
By IANS |
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Patriotism the reigning flavour down South.. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 15 : Superstars down South suddenly seem to be in a race to announce patriotism-themed mega projects. Filmmakers are going all out to launch teasers, trailers, and announcements of films that hoist the Tricolour spirit high.
Here are recent announcements in the southern film industry that are high on the patriotic spirit:
1947 Ghajini director AR Murugadoss is one of the producers of 1947 Ghajini director AR Murugadoss will co-produce the pan-Indian film (simply put, the term means it will be made and released in multiple languages). Murgadoss co-produces with Om Prakash Bhatt, and the film will be directed by Pon Kumaran. The Tamil film will be released in multiple languages across the country.