KERA

Looking back over 40 years television and print journalists recall their stories and memories of reporting the murder of President Kennedy and how it changed the country and changed the way the public gets it's news.

Documentary in 7 segments whose theme is "Multicultural Switzerland". The segments are: "Raclette Curry", "Was Wie Wann Wohin Gehört", "Home Alone?", "Hopp Schwyz", "Mixed Up", "Making of a Jew" and "Train Fantôme".

David Allan Coe, ex-prisoner turned country-western star, is featured in this combination in-studio concert performance and documentary film. The program follows the star performing at country music fairs, visiting with family at his childhood home and returning to the correctional institution where Coe claimed to have killed a fellow inmate. Musical selections performed by Coe and his Tennessee Hat Band include “The Fugitive,” “Longhaired Redneck” and “You Never Even Called Me By My Name.”

The town of Picher, Oklahoma, was once home to the world's richest lead and zinc mining field. After decades of mining, towering piles of mine waste covered 25,000 acres, devastating Quapaw tribal lands and local economies. Acid mine water burned nearby Tar Creek and stained it red. Despite these environmental hazards, many people in Picher desperately wished to stay and revitalize their town.

Contemporary African-American artists tell how their art and lives have been affected by African influences and their own experiences living as Black Americans in today's world. Writer/Professor, Maya Angelou expresses the black experience in words and poetry.

“Starting Over in America” is KERA’s 1986 documentary about refugees from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia who relocated to the Dallas area beginning in 1975. It tells their stories of challenges as they try to reunite their scattered families and rebuild their lives in America.

Report on how the sacred burial grounds of enslaved and freed blacks in New York and Texas have been destroyed and almost forgotten. Today a new generation attempts to honor these dead and heal the wounds of history.

A profile of Johnny Rogers, a 30 year old plumber and father, who can't read. The film follows his progress as he takes reading classes at the local library.