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Giving Thanks To Buck O'Neil

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Thursday, November 23, 2006

Documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns remembers Negro League great Buck O'Neil. Bill T. Jones discusses his brand of interpretive political dance; Also we'll be joined by the creator of the travel guide "Forgotten New York" and we'll hear from John Sayles and the role of organized labor in independent film.

Remembering Buck O'Neil

Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker, and producer of Baseball
- remembers Negro League great Buck O'Neil

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Keeping Up With Bill T. Jones

Bill T. Jones, co-founder, artistic director, choreographer and dancer at the Bill T. Jones Arnie Zane Dance Company
- discusses his brand of interpretive political dance.

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Hidden in Plain Sight

Kevin Walsh, urban explorer, creater of www.forgotten-ny.com and author of Forgotten New York: The Ultimate Urban Explorer's Guide to All Five Boroughs (Collins, 2006)
- shares some of his forgotten New York sites

Forgotten New York available for purchase at Amazon.com

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Cinema Verite

John Sayles, film director, and author, Union Dues (Nation Books, reissued 2006)
- weighs in on organized labor and its role in the independent film industry

Union Dues available for purchase at Amazon.com

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