Please circulate to those who might be interested. best for the New Year, Nan Rubin
Nan Rubin, Project Director Preserving Digital Public Television Thirteen 450 W. 33rd St. New York, NY 10001 212-560-2925 (direct line) 212-560-2833 fax rub...@thirteen.org www.ptvdigitalarchive.org * * * * * Tavis Smiley Looking For Personal Stories/Memorabilia From MLK's 1967 Riverside Speech For PBS Primetime Special Dec 27, 2009 - 7:04:45 AM Second Tavis Smiley Reports To Focus On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence" Speech Submit Info at www.tavistalks.com/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-beyond-vietnam PBS host Tavis Smiley is looking for personal stories, photos and/or news articles relating to Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" in connection with TAVIS SMILEY REPORTS, a series of four hour-long PBS primetime specials to air throughout 2010. Anyone with personal experiences, eyewitness accounts or articles of interest can visit www.tavistalks.com/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-beyond-vietnam to submit their information no later than January 29, 2010. Submissions are being solicited for the second TAVIS SMILEY REPORTS, to premiere Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on PBS, which will delve into Dr. King's "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech. Dr. King delivered the speech on April 4, 1967, at Riverside Church in New York City, exactly one-year prior to the date of his assassination. It is considered pivotal but often under-appreciated in that King challenged the morality of the Vietnam conflict and urged a national discussion about the role of America in the world. Smiley will examine the context of Dr. King's words on liberty, responsibility and freedom against the backdrop of the fight for civil rights and an increasingly unpopular war, and examine the implications of his words today, particularly in light of President Obama's decision to increase U.S. troops in Afghanistan. See Tavis' request: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1WPNSgltvI VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
