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An Edgar Allan Poe doc in time for Halloween

Fri, Oct 31, 2025

Andrew D. Kaplan has made several documentaries about 19th century writers and “In Search of Edgar Allen Poe” is his latest. This extensive 3-hour doc is now streaming on PBS. We’ll talk…

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This film is about his best friend

Fri, Oct 24, 2025

Daniel Poler comes from Venezuela and Panama and his new film is coming to this year’s Virginia Film Festival (10/22-26). ESPINA is the film he made about and starring his best friend,…

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What Wakes Me Up/Moccasin Tracks

What Wakes Me Up 15 Cypress and Murphy

Tue, Oct 21, 2025

Joy is an act of resistance — Luci Murphy This is a two part show, starting with Penny Cypress, Chief Council for the Accowmacke Tribe on the Eastern Shore.  She tells of…

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He’s shot everyone from Castro to Clinton

Fri, Oct 17, 2025

Jeff Rathner started his career shooting news at CBS6 right here in Richmond. He ultimately ended up in DC working for 36 years at the PBS Newshour. Our discussion includes: – A…

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Douglas B. Maddox co-produced and then some

Fri, Oct 10, 2025

“The American Miracle” is a docudrama inspired by Michael Medved’s book of the same title. It states that God’s “providential hand” intervened in the founding of the United States. Douglas B. Maddox…

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