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Posts Tagged ‘Kansas City PBS’

Womontown: How 12 City Blocks in Kansas City Became a Radical Enclave By and For Women

By | March 8, 2022 | 0
The Womontown documentary features co-founders Andrea Nedelsky and Mary Ann Hopper walking through their old neighborhood in Midtown Kansas City. Emily Woodring and Brydie O'Connor of Kansas City PBS film Nedelsky discussing Womontown's history.

Fed up with harassment and housing discrimination, lesbians in 1990s Kansas City dreamed of a place where they could “walk hand in hand, freely down the streets.” So they created Womontown. The radical enclave encompassed 12 city blocks and attracted women from all over the U.S.

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Preserving Our Past: Kansas City Stories of Black History

By | February 17, 2022 | 0
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In “Preserving Our Past: Kansas City Stories of Black History,” a new Kansas City PBS documentary compiled in honor of Black History Month, Flatland reporter Catherine Hoffman shares untold or unexamined stories of local Black history.

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Kansas City PBS Names Kalie Hudson Chief Content Officer

By | January 12, 2022 | 0
Kansas City PBS television studio.

Kansas City PBS has announced that Kalie Hudson has been named chief content officer, effective Jan. 12.

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‘Prognosis is Pointless’: Journey Pro Owner Forces Cancer to Tap Out

By | November 19, 2021 | 0
Journey Pro wrestling event founder DJ Stewart

Journey Pro wrestling event founder DJ Stewart has survived two cancer diagnoses while building a life, and a business.

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New Kansas City PBS Documentary Ponders Past, Present and Future of Movie Theaters

By | November 10, 2021 | 0
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“Fade to Black,” a new Kansas City PBS documentary, explores the past, present and future of movie exhibition through the eyes of the people who helped build the industry, and hope to ensure it survives the COVID-19 pandemic.

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