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jeffrey brown spoke with ronstadt recently for our arts and culture series, canvas. >> ♪ jeffrey: in987, linda ronstadt, one of the biggest pop stars of her era, did something extraordinary -- recording an album of traditional mexican music. it was called canciones de mi padre, songs of my father, and looked back to music that had moved and influenced her since childhood. it would become a surprise barrier and record-breaking hit. is it true that record companies didn't want you to record the mexican -- >> oh, they were horrified! i was oblivious. but i also knew i had the clout to do it. and it didn't occur to me that it would be successful or not successful. i just, i knew i had to make the record. if i didn't make the record i would die. jeffrey: at her san francisco home today, some things are different. beginning in the early 2000's ronstadt's movement slowed, her speech at times slurred, by a condition first diagnosed as parkinson's, later as progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare disorder with no known cure. her favorite activity now, at age 76 -- reading. >> they saying so th
jeffrey brown spoke with ronstadt recently for our arts and culture series, canvas. >> ♪ jeffrey: in987, linda ronstadt, one of the biggest pop stars of her era, did something extraordinary -- recording an album of traditional mexican music. it was called canciones de mi padre, songs of my father, and looked back to music that had moved and influenced her since childhood. it would become a surprise barrier and record-breaking hit. is it true that record companies didn't want you to...
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jeffrey brown visited the national gallery of art and washington, d.c.or the arts and culture series canvas. >> the painting is called girl with the flu and though there have been questions about it in the past, it is one of the museums works by johannes premier. girl with the flute is something else. >> there are so many headlines. it's not fake. >> if it is not a vermeer, is it diminished? is it a lesser painting? >> i think we are closer to vermeer than ever when we look at this. >> there were just around 35 paintings definitively credited to vermeer. a small number for such a renowned artist. he was the focus of a major forgery scandal. the exhibition shows two paintings that once held in the -- hung in the gallery as authentic. a large group of the real ones as a national gallery did is a big event in the art world. she points to the painting woman holding a ballast. >> an extraordinary sense of stillness and tranquility. and when you look at a painting like this, you know the sun is coming in through this window, but he hides it and it allows this
jeffrey brown visited the national gallery of art and washington, d.c.or the arts and culture series canvas. >> the painting is called girl with the flu and though there have been questions about it in the past, it is one of the museums works by johannes premier. girl with the flute is something else. >> there are so many headlines. it's not fake. >> if it is not a vermeer, is it diminished? is it a lesser painting? >> i think we are closer to vermeer than ever when we...
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jeffrey brown talks with stanley nelson about new documentaries on pbs for our arts and culture seriesnvas." >> look to the american slave. >> the words and work of frederick douglass to stir a nation in a film titled "becoming frederick douglas." >> northern and southern newspapers recounted colonel montgomery's victory, led by harriet tubman. >> the escape from bondage and daring missions of harriet tubman to bring others north from "harriet tubman: visions of freedom,," two new films from documentarian stanley nelson. >> these two people with different agencies, one freed themselves, and didn't stop at freeing themselves, but wanted to make sure other people were free. i think that is an important lesson. >> nelson who we joined recently in the harlem office of his nonprofit organization fire like media is one of the preeminent chroniclers of a wide range of african-american experience. civil-rights history including the films "freedom summer" and "the black panthers," the role of education in "tell them we are rising," culture in films like "miles davis: birth of the cool," and doz
jeffrey brown talks with stanley nelson about new documentaries on pbs for our arts and culture seriesnvas." >> look to the american slave. >> the words and work of frederick douglass to stir a nation in a film titled "becoming frederick douglas." >> northern and southern newspapers recounted colonel montgomery's victory, led by harriet tubman. >> the escape from bondage and daring missions of harriet tubman to bring others north from "harriet tubman:...
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jeffrey brown has more. ♪ jeffrey: in 1957, jerry lee lewis belted out his hit "whole lotta shakin' goingnational television audience. the attitude and style, pounding piano and blasting rulm hyewwoin early rival to elvis presley. but revelations about his personal life -- he had married a 13, possibly 12 year old cousin, while already married -- brought scandal that derailed his career. run-ins with the law, drug and alcohol abuse, violent deaths of family and friends -- it was all part of the jerry lee lewis story. but, he also managed to reinvent himself in the 1970s and after on the country music scene, recording nearly two dozen top n country hits. >> please join me in congratulating me the inductee, long overdue in my opinion, jerry lee lewis. jeffrey: and was honored as a founding father by generations of pop and rock stars. elton john called him "the best rock and roll pianist ever." and at the 1995 opening of the rock 'n roll hall of fame, bruce springsteen introduced lewis as "the man who doesn play rock 'n roll, he is rock 'n roll." jerry lee lewis died today at his home in des
jeffrey brown has more. ♪ jeffrey: in 1957, jerry lee lewis belted out his hit "whole lotta shakin' goingnational television audience. the attitude and style, pounding piano and blasting rulm hyewwoin early rival to elvis presley. but revelations about his personal life -- he had married a 13, possibly 12 year old cousin, while already married -- brought scandal that derailed his career. run-ins with the law, drug and alcohol abuse, violent deaths of family and friends -- it was all part...
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jeffrey brown visited the national gallery of t in washington, d.c. series, canvas. jeffrey: the painting is called girl with a flute. and though there have been questions about it in the past, it has long hung in washington's national gallery of art is one of the museum's four works by johannes vermeer. now, there are three, and girl with a flute is mething else. the curator. >> there are so many headlines. vermeer is not a vermeer. it's a fake. it's not fake. jeffrey: what is it if it's not a vermeer now, is it diminished? is it a lesser painting? >> no. i think we are closer to vermeer than ever when we look at this. jeffrey: there are just around 35 paintings in the world definitively credited to vermeer, an extraordinarily small number for such a renowned artist. he was the focus of a major forgery scandal in the 1940's. the exhibition shows two paintings that once hung in the gallery as authentic vermeers. pulling a large group of the real ones together, as the national gallery did in a 1995 exhibition, is a big event in the art world. one that
jeffrey brown visited the national gallery of t in washington, d.c. series, canvas. jeffrey: the painting is called girl with a flute. and though there have been questions about it in the past, it has long hung in washington's national gallery of art is one of the museum's four works by johannes vermeer. now, there are three, and girl with a flute is mething else. the curator. >> there are so many headlines. vermeer is not a vermeer. it's a fake. it's not fake. jeffrey: what is it if...
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jeffrey brown talks to actors wendell pierce and sharon d. arts and culture series, "canvas." >> there were promises made. you mustn't tell me you have people to see. jeffrey: in "death of a salesman," willy loman is a proud but beaten-down man, an aging traveling salesman grasping at illusions of his own success and that of his sons, . >> you cannot eat the orange and throw the peel away. a man is not a piece of fruit. >> he is not the finest character that ever lived. but he's a human being. jeffrey: while his wife, linda, desperately tries to save him. >> so attention must be paid. jeffrey: in a new production, there is an additional reality. the loman family is black. and that, for actors wendell pierce and sharon d. clarke, brings a new richness and depth to the story. >> it doesn't change. it's augmented. the delusion, the pursuit of this american dream, this idealism. >> it's an impossibility. it's futile. >> it's an intangible thing. but he refuses to accept that. >> i wanted linda to be the linchpin of the family, as black women are
jeffrey brown talks to actors wendell pierce and sharon d. arts and culture series, "canvas." >> there were promises made. you mustn't tell me you have people to see. jeffrey: in "death of a salesman," willy loman is a proud but beaten-down man, an aging traveling salesman grasping at illusions of his own success and that of his sons, . >> you cannot eat the orange and throw the peel away. a man is not a piece of fruit. >> he is not the finest character...
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jeffrey brown talks with playwright sir tom stoppard for our arts and culture series, canvas. >> you frey: the year is 1899, the city vienna. >> it is a beautiful style, darling. jeffrey: the members of the next plan, an assimilated jewish family in which a confused grandchild can put a star of david atop a christmas tree, feel themselves part of a highly cultured viennese society and austro-hungarian empire. over t coming years and generations, they will learn how wrong they are. >> to a gentile, i am a jew. there is not a gentile anywhere who at one moment or another has not thought "jew.” jeffrey: nearly every family member in the play will be killed or die as a result of the holocaust. it is the devastating story of a family tree cut down, one that is impacting audiences and playwright tom stoppard himself in ways he hadn't expected. tom: i came out very dry-eyed and quite happy with the show. a woman approached me and she was drenched in tears. and i suddenly started crying with her. i just switched straight into her state of mind. and actually, this is new with me. i've shed mor
jeffrey brown talks with playwright sir tom stoppard for our arts and culture series, canvas. >> you frey: the year is 1899, the city vienna. >> it is a beautiful style, darling. jeffrey: the members of the next plan, an assimilated jewish family in which a confused grandchild can put a star of david atop a christmas tree, feel themselves part of a highly cultured viennese society and austro-hungarian empire. over t coming years and generations, they will learn how wrong they are....
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jeffrey brown reports from berkeley, california, for our arts and culture series, canvas. >> we startour most traditional food, which is black oak acorn soup. jeffrey: it was a meal of the past. >> this is a food that has sustained our ohlone people for thousands upon thousands of years. jeffrey: and present. >> cowgirl creamery triple-cream cheese. jeffrey: this was a special gathering of the new "cafe ohl one" just outside the anthropology museum at the university of california, berkeley. the space is now called "ottoy" which means "to amend or repair" in the chochenyo language, and this was a celebration for co-founder vincent medina and other members of his ohlone tribe. but also something more. >> when i was a child, i remember first hearing about our ancestors that were being held here at this university. jeffrey: just days before, medina spoke of the deep historical trauma that gives the location of his new cafe such meaning now. >> i remember there was an elder that was there who was just pointing her finger. i could never forget that. and she said that the university of calif
jeffrey brown reports from berkeley, california, for our arts and culture series, canvas. >> we startour most traditional food, which is black oak acorn soup. jeffrey: it was a meal of the past. >> this is a food that has sustained our ohlone people for thousands upon thousands of years. jeffrey: and present. >> cowgirl creamery triple-cream cheese. jeffrey: this was a special gathering of the new "cafe ohl one" just outside the anthropology museum at the university...
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thanyou, jeffrey brown.ow on our william brangham host a special report on the wider, often unseen impacts of gun violence in america. >> that gun took everything from me. william: gun violence is plaguing this country. >> some guy with an ar-15 just murdered my daughter. >> my mom called and said, david shot himself. william: but what about the trauma that lingers? >> i don't go to bed any night that i don't think of her being blown apart. >> this is not something that you come out of unchanged. william: ricochet: an american trauma. october 5 at 10:00, 9:00 central. judy: that is tomorrow night on pbs. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, please stay safe and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- >> architect. beekeeper. mentor. a raymondjames financial advisor tailors advise to help you live your life. life, well-planned. ♪ >> carnegie corporation for
thanyou, jeffrey brown.ow on our william brangham host a special report on the wider, often unseen impacts of gun violence in america. >> that gun took everything from me. william: gun violence is plaguing this country. >> some guy with an ar-15 just murdered my daughter. >> my mom called and said, david shot himself. william: but what about the trauma that lingers? >> i don't go to bed any night that i don't think of her being blown apart. >> this is not something...
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i am jeffrey brown on broadway. >> on the news hour online right now, a new california law is removing that is an offensive slur against native american women from some places names. in one central california community some residents are celebrating while others are conflicted about the potential name change. read more about that on our website. pbs.org/news hour. for more on the nuclear warning, the latest from the midterm campaign trail in the new supreme court term. join michelle's indoor and her panel tonight on pbs. saturday on pbs news week and after changes this week in the global oil market a look ahead at what americans could face at the gas pump. that is saturday on pbs news weekend. that is the news hour for tonight. for all of us at the pbs news hour,. have a great weekend and we will see you soon. >> moving our0 years. >> moving our0 bnsf, the engine that connects us. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour. including kathy and paul anderson, and camilla and george smith. the walton family foundation, working for
i am jeffrey brown on broadway. >> on the news hour online right now, a new california law is removing that is an offensive slur against native american women from some places names. in one central california community some residents are celebrating while others are conflicted about the potential name change. read more about that on our website. pbs.org/news hour. for more on the nuclear warning, the latest from the midterm campaign trail in the new supreme court term. join michelle's...
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jeffrey brown was there and spoke with her about her life and career, beginning with her humble rootsmining community in kentucky. here's an excerpt, part of our arts and culture series, canvas. loretta lynn: this is my first birthday party i ever had. jeffrey: oh, really? loretta lynn: yes. when i was a little girl, mommy would say, well, today, you're 5 years old. next time, today, you're 6. i never had a birthday. jeffrey: well, now you deserve it, i guess. loretta lynn: well, i'm loving it. jeffrey: what was the ambition back then? loretta lynn: you know, you never dare to dream big, because, where have you been to dream? how could you dream when you have never seen nothing or never been nowhere. never been to town, so i -- you didn't dare dream. ♪ jeffrey: her first hit, i'm a honky tonk girl, came in 1960, and set her on a trailblazing path. first woman in country music to write a number one hit song, you ain't woman enough to take my man; first to be named country music association entertainer of the year, and to have more than 50 top 10 country hits. what's the key to writing
jeffrey brown was there and spoke with her about her life and career, beginning with her humble rootsmining community in kentucky. here's an excerpt, part of our arts and culture series, canvas. loretta lynn: this is my first birthday party i ever had. jeffrey: oh, really? loretta lynn: yes. when i was a little girl, mommy would say, well, today, you're 5 years old. next time, today, you're 6. i never had a birthday. jeffrey: well, now you deserve it, i guess. loretta lynn: well, i'm loving it....