Maria Badia

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Russia’s recent nuclear threats have revived Cold War animosity with roots in the Cuban missile crisis. During ​a standoff in 1962, a tense confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly resulted in a nuclear war.

Midterm Elections: How 1994 Midterms Set Off an Era of Divisive Politics | Retro Report

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Artist Nicolas Bruno has suffered from sleep paralysis since he was seven years old. He now re-enacts the terrifying nightmares caused by his condition to create surreal photography that helps him try to process and understand these dreams.

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Robert Capa and Gerda Taro, who met in Paris after fleeing persecution, created fake identities to break into the competitive French press. The couple went on to lead long and influential careers that changed war photography forever.

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For twenty years, photographer Shannon Taggart has been taking pictures of the world’s largest Spiritualist community in Lily Dale, New York – and other smaller communities around the world.

In her exciting quest to capture the invisible, Ms Taggart achieved surprising results. Her search for the ectoplasm – a substance believed to be both spiritual and material - lead her to explore not only the tricks of the trade and its neglected photographic history, but also its lesser-known links to science, prominent historical and intellectual figures, and the women's rights movement.

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In the summer of 1944, engulfed by a war spread across three continents, the US Army made a foray into some unlikely territory: producing Broadway-style musicals.

In the winter of 2017, Waterwell in association with Under the Radar Festival, and the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum have excavated and revived these unknown shows as a collaboration between artists and veterans. In a time, where art is needed most, watch as these creators celebrate the importance of producing theatre for both the military and the American public at large.

Working in the Theatre is an Emmy® Nominated documentary series produced by The American Theatre Wing which documents conversations, narratives, technique, and history on film to excite and inform audiences about theatre, sharing and preserving knowledge of our industry.

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“People have this desire to know that the world is bigger than them. That there are possibilities out there that go beyond our daily lives. People want to experience magic. They want to experience wonder. They want to feel that anything is possible.” – Mark Kalin, Creative Director, The Illusionists

Magic has been a part of the theatre since the very beginning. The work varies from illusions to stunts to special effects and so much more. Watch as magic makers from The Illusionists – Turn of the Century, Broadway Illusionist Jim Steinmeyer, and members from the production of The Magic Play at The Goodman Theatre share the history and present nature of magic in the theatre.

Working in the Theatre is an Emmy® Nominated documentary series produced by The American Theatre Wing which documents conversations, narratives, technique, and history on film to excite and inform audiences about theatre, sharing and preserving knowledge of our industry.

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THE PLAY YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS SEALED INSIDE AN ENVELOPE….

The production White Rabbit Red Rabbit, a unique production at the Westside Theatre, provides us with the basic practices of creating theatre: writer writes, producer selects, actor performs. But, in this instance, the one person show, demonstrates what we often take for granted. The actor about to perform has never seen it. In fact, there is a new actor every performance, and they’ve only been told what is absolutely necessary. And more, the writer, Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour can not have his work produced in his homeland.

Watch as the creators and performers share their journeys and commitment to the unknown through the world of White Rabbit Red Rabbit.

Working in the Theatre is an Emmy® Nominated documentary series produced by The American Theatre Wing which documents conversations, narratives, technique, and history on film to excite and inform audiences about theatre, sharing and preserving knowledge of our industry.

Director: Maria Badia/ Genre: Documentary/ Country: Spain/ Length: 25 min/ Year: 2015/ Language: Spanish/ English

This is a story about the “other” muslims. In a small spanish town in the inspiring Alpujarra mountains, in Andalusia, 35 families of westerners live a simple life as newly converted muslims, following the traces of Sufism, considered by many as the mystic and most spiritual branch of Islam.

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In Central America, a caravan of migrants seeking a better life heads north to the United States, as narco-traffickers move drugs and money back and forth across the same border. From Academy Award-nominated director Sebastian Junger and Emmy-winning producer Nick Quested, Blood on the Wall explores the depths of corruption plaguing Mexico and Central America and the policies of the past that have made it impossible for everyday people to find justice.

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Unseamly: The Investigation of Peter Nygård delves into the fashion mogul's life. He's been accused of rape and sex trafficking by more than 80 women, which he denies. The series examines the stakes for him and the women who say they were his victims.

44 min