On May 22, Public Broadcasting Service started streaming its new 5-part series Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland. The series is a brilliant, heart-wrenching, often violent account of the struggle for Irish independence through previously unheard personal testimonies and extensive archival footage.
The image of John James Audubon is firmly lodged in our consciousness as a great, perhaps the greatest, American naturalist. Audubon’s seminal Birds of America (1827-1839), a beautiful if daunting collection of 453 of his life-sized paintings of North American Birds, towers over the field, setting.
Until recently, films with children as the subject were generally considered a risky proposition. Child-centered cinema consisted largely of animation, action or family stories. Children were thought too immature, unable to hold the screen, unreliable actors, either over-broad or lacking nuance.
Until recently, films with children as the subject were generally considered a risky proposition. Child-centered cinema consisted largely of animation, action or family stories. Children were thought too immature, unable to hold the screen, unreliable actors, either over-broad or lacking nuance.
Virtually ignored for much of her early career, politically controversial, and at odds with conventional mores and art trends, Alice Neel’s life and work (1900-84) are beacons for socially conscious artists, particularly women.