angeles, i am tavis smiley, tonight our first conversation with roger corman, the director responsible for more than 400 f films during his long career. he joins us to discuss his sa tief tire of the films and keb moe talks to us. we are glad you join us, all of that in just a moment. ♪ and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ please welcome our legendary film producer roger corman back to this program. his latest release was "death rate" which is on netflix and dvd. a trailer from "death rate" 2050. my fellow citizens of this great country of ours. the united corporations of america. welcome to that death race. what about frankinstein. >> i see frankinstein will be extinct tomorrow. ♪ >> by the way, just for the record my hair -- >> the leader there, the chairman, the president does have a sort of an interesting hair hairdo. were you trying to make a particular statement mr. corman? >> they were sort of an inside joke. we shot the picture earlier in the primaries, we had no idea f that trump would be president. we thought it was a little joke and we

. >>> good evening f angeles, i am tavis smiley, tonight our first conversation with roger corman, ther responsible for more than 400 f films during his long career. he joins us to discuss his sa tief tire of the films and keb moe talks to us. we are glad you join us, all of that in just a moment. ♪

. >>> hi, join me next time for a discussion with roger corman and blues giants. that's next time.ou then. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> be more, pbs. >>> good evening from los angeles. i'm tavis smiley. we saw the fireworks of james comey's testimony before the senate and shining a light on what happened in his meeting with president trump. did he deliver enough evidence to amount to obstruction of justice? are his business interests being enriched in violation? tonight we look into this and more in a conversation with barbara boxer who spent three decades as a lawmaker on capitol hill before retiring from the u.s. senate earlier this year. we're glad you've joined us. a conversation with barbara boxer in just a moment. ♪

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