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As reality shows continue to dominate the airways, not even PBS is immune. But in Carrier, a new 10-part nonfiction series, the narrative is as character-driven as any scripted drama, telling the professional and personal stories of several men and women serving in the US Navy during Operation Iraqi Freedom. With unprecedented access, the filmmakers take viewers on board the USS Nimitz, one of the largest war ships in the world, during a six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf. The resulting series is a compelling, in-depth portrait of life on this floating city as well as a revealing window
State penitentiaries and inner-city schools are not usually the first venues that come to mind when one thinks about going to see moving productions of Shakespeare's works. So when husband-and-wife filmmaking team Hank Rogerson and Jilann Spitzmiller and veteran documentarian Mel Stuart each read articles about the amazing work taking place in these unusual settings, they were inspired to pick up their cameras. Stuart's film, The Hobart Shakespeareans, focuses on inspirational teacher Rafe Esquith, whose amazing dedication and innovation opens up new ways of thinking for his nine-to-11-year