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Utilizing the themes and sensibility of Patti Smith: Dream of Life, an impressionistic portrait of the artist.

PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE. 10 tonight, Channel 12. IF IT'S just-the-facts-ma'am biography you're after, you could learn more about Patti Smith from her Wikipedia entry than you're likely to glean from "Patti Smith: Dream of Life," a film about the punk icon from South Jersey that premieres tonight on PBS' "POV." But if "Dream," which caps the ...

The week between Christmas and New Year's typically has been a dead one in TV land.

Classic tales of love and loss based on the fiction of Henry James! Regardless of how much you love classic literature, Affairs Of The Heart is going to be a tough sell.

Poet and punk musician Patti Smith may have hibernated for 16 years, but she's back stronger than ever.

What's our former homegirl Patti Smith up to? You can tune in at 9 p.m. Dec. 30 on WTVS Detroit Public Television and see "Dream of Life," the documentary that was the result of director Steven Sebring following her around for 11 years .

"Anvil! The Story of Anvil" Although "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" did not make the short list for the documentary Oscar, it has been named best music doc by the International Documentary Assn.

Anvil! The Story of Anvil is the highlight of the seven categories announced before the 2009 International Documentary Association winners; the top gongs are saved for Friday's event.

How can NPR and PBS reach a much more "diverse" audience? The debate is currently framed as reaching more people who fit the classic definition of "Minority" in America.

Thanks to all our veterans on this Veterans Day. Have you said thank you to a veteran you know? Television will take note of this important day with this sampling of programs: *** " Return to Duty" has earned strong reviews.

Several items of interest to elders today, and let's start with the holiday - " it is Veterans' Day, the time we set aside to honor the men and women who put their lives at risk in combat for the rest of us.

Chances are when you think of filmmaker Alan Berliner , you think of Nobody's Business , the film he made about his cranky dad, the late Oscar Berliner, who famously permitted himself to be dragged kicking and screaming in front of the camera for a movie sure to be a flop about a nobody whom no one would give a flip about.

To view the full experience of this website, please download and install Adobe Flash Player 9 . POV, a cinema term for "point of view," is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films.

U.S. public broadcaster PBS was the top winner at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards in New York Monday night, picking up a leading six trophies at the 30th annual celebration.

Our daily look at a few shows that promise to be among the day's more interesting, for all the right - or wrong - reasons.

The Emmys just don't stop, do they? Three weeks ago it was the Daytime Emmys . Sunday night it was the Primetime Emmys .

Manhattan College will host the premiere of the film The Chicano Wave/La Onda Chicana, a documentary which explores the evolution of Mexican-American music.

In a rush to start the new season of "Greek" ? Tonight's opener finds the gang dealing with the fallout from their "End of the World" party.

Archive for August 28th, 2009 EVENTS AROUND TOWN END OF SUMMER CONCERT Friday, 6 to 8 p.m., a free outdoor performance by Just Nuts, a dance/party band.

Theatre, ritual, dance, sport, or a bloody spectacle? Bullfighting is one of those events many of us in this part of the world simply don't understand.