Kqed Movies

  • 1975
    The School for Scandal

    The School for Scandal

    The School for Scandal

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    London society matron Lady Sneerwell loves to gossip and spends her free time engaged in manipulation. When she selfishly derails the romance of Charl...

    The School for Scandal
  • 1974
    Cyrano de Begerac

    Cyrano de Begerac

    Cyrano de Begerac

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    Cyrano de Begerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.

    Cyrano de Begerac
  • 1974
    Feasting with Panthers

    Feasting with Panthers

    Feasting with Panthers

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    Oscar Wilde's five years at hard labor in Reading Gaol where he was imprisoned for being a sodomite.

    Feasting with Panthers
  • 1998
    Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

    Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

    Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

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    Richard Wagner's operatic retelling of the story of the search for the Holy Grail receives a lavish production in this video, which records performanc...

    Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
  • 1993
    Horowitz: A Reminiscence

    Horowitz: A Reminiscence

    Horowitz: A Reminiscence

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    Wanda Horowitz reminisces about her husband, the great pianist Vladimir Horowitz, with clips from his television appearances.

    Horowitz: A Reminiscence
  • 1974
    Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?

    Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?

    Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?

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    Five mothers sit anxiously in a hospital waiting room to reunite with their children, who have been participating in an experimental procedure for two...

    Monkey, Monkey, Bottle of Beer, How Many Monkeys Have We Here?
  • 1968
    From Protest to Resistance

    From Protest to Resistance

    From Protest to Resistance

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    Documentary film about three veterans of the Civil Rights movement who have become peace spokesman for the new opposition activist. It traces their th...

    From Protest to Resistance
  • 1968
    Assemblage

    Assemblage

    Assemblage

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    A feature length film from acclaimed dance choreographer Merce Cunningham.

    Assemblage
  • 2013
    Silicon Valley Goes to Space

    Silicon Valley Goes to Space

    Silicon Valley Goes to Space

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    Discover how the big, bold ideas of Silicon Valley are helping launch a new era of private space exploration in this half-hour KQED Science documentar...

    Silicon Valley Goes to Space
  • 2009
    When Medicine Got It Wrong

    When Medicine Got It Wrong

    When Medicine Got It Wrong

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    When Medicine Got it Wrong is the groundbreaking story of loving parents who rocked the halls of psychiatry, changing how we understand schizophrenia....

    When Medicine Got It Wrong
  • 1964
    Take This Hammer

    Take This Hammer

    Take This Hammer

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    Take This Hammer features KQED's mobile film unit following author and activist James Baldwin in the spring of 1963, as he's driven around San Francis...

    Take This Hammer
  • 1966
    Losing Just the Same

    Losing Just the Same

    Losing Just the Same

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    This documentary reflects on the lives and aspirations of an African American family - the Johns - who moved to West Oakland from Louisiana, focusing...

    Losing Just the Same
  • 1978
    Verna: USO Girl

    Verna: USO Girl

    Verna: USO Girl

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    An untalented singer-dancer, Verna Vane, fervently believes that a U.S.O. tour overseas will put her on the road to superstardom. Although she's more...

    Verna: USO Girl
  • 1978
    Out of Our Fathers' House

    Out of Our Fathers' House

    Out of Our Fathers' House

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    Drawn from the diaries and letters of noted feminists, such as women's suffrage founder Elizabeth Cady Stanton and labor organizer "Mother" Mary Jones...

    Out of Our Fathers' House
  • 1976
    The First Breeze of Summer

    The First Breeze of Summer

    The First Breeze of Summer

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    A portrait of an African American working-class family, this stage production depicts an elderly grandmother's flashbacks to the affairs she had as a...

    The First Breeze of Summer
  • 1987
    Those People: AIDS in the Public Mind

    Those People: AIDS in the Public Mind

    Those People: AIDS in the Public Mind

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    Documents the lives of a number of San Franciscans living with AIDS/ARC who have tried to face society's terror and paranoia. Shows the efforts of fri...

    Those People: AIDS in the Public Mind
  • 2019
    How Turfing Became Synonymous with Oakland

    How Turfing Became Synonymous with Oakland

    How Turfing Became Synonymous with Oakland

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    Turf dancers combine abrupt, angular movements with graceful footwork. This short film is an episode of the award winning Youtube series If Cities Cou...

    How Turfing Became Synonymous with Oakland
  • 2018
    Water from the Wilderness: Hetch Hetchy to San Francisco Bay

    Water from the Wilderness: Hetch Hetchy to San Francisco Bay

    Water from the Wilderness: Hetch Hetchy to San Francisco Bay

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    The compelling story of how San Francisco secured its fabled water supply, the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park. The film traces the e...

    Water from the Wilderness: Hetch Hetchy to San Francisco Bay
  • 1967
    Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

    Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

    Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

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    Profile of Duke Ellington featuring performances and interviews with the legendary bandleader. The performance footage was recorded in a number of pla...

    Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
  • 2024
    Baby Animals and their Fuzzy Friends

    Baby Animals and their Fuzzy Friends

    Baby Animals and their Fuzzy Friends

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    Puppies romp in a yard full of toys and kittens play in their new surroundings in this adorable program that will delight everyone from the youngest c...

    Baby Animals and their Fuzzy Friends