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Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Even before the 2020 killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, attempts at criminal justice reform were beginning to take root, including in Philadelphia with the 2017 election of civil rights attorney Larry Krasner as

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Channeling “the rebellious spirit of the Molly Maguires,” the Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival challenges the boldest, most defiant filmmakers to present their work, shatter convention, and incite spirited debate. The festival credo is “eyes and minds wide open,” and they mean it. After canceling last year due to COVID-19, the JTIFF returns to the Mauch Chunk Opera House (14 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe) for its fourth edition with live, in-person screenings on Thursday, April 22 through...

A familiar face will broadcast on the streets of Philadelphia this week. Sheinelle Jones, who graduated to NBC News and her current 9-10 a.m. host stint on that network’s “Today” from Channel 29’s local “Good Day Philadelphia," will report live from her hometown and former bailiwick through Friday as part of an ongoing series, “Reopening America” which involves a skein of big-city visits to show how the 2020 COVID shutdowns have affected those metropoles econo...

Monday, April 19 | 7 PM Philly D.A. is a groundbreaking documentary series embedded inside the long shot election and tumultuous first term of Larry Krasner, Philadelphias unapologetic District Attorney, and his experiment to upend the criminal justice system from the inside out. Following a sneak preview of the first episode, we’ll host a discussion with the film’s director, Ted Passon; Jessica Brown, Esq, Supervising Attorney in the Chittenden County Public Defender Office; and Sk...

“Philly D.A.”, “The Donut King” join ‘Independent Lens’ spring slate PBS’s ‘Independent Lens,’ presented by ITVS, has laid out its spring slate of documentary programming, including the premiere of Ted Passon and Yoni Brook’s eight-episode docuseries Philly D.A. This spring will ... April 8, 2021 PBS’s ‘Independent ...

Courtesy of Sundance Institute The crop of documentaries that premiere at the Sundance Film Festival is always wide-ranging, both in style and in content. And this year’s selections were no exception, even if the 2021 festival was an unusual one, having largely migrated to digital platforms. They ran the gamut from dramatic explorations of refugees’ experiences to funny and heartbreaking looks at American high schools to experimental films about technology’s effects on our lives. The worl...

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is the subject of "Philly D.A.," a new docuseries that will premiere April 20 on PBS. The eight-episode series documents the progressive politician's first three years in office. It debuted Feb. 2 at the Sundance Film Festival, which was conducted virtually due to COVID-19.

FX Announces Hysterical, Mayans M.C. Premiere Dates (TV News Roundup) Natalie Oganesyan, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail CASTING Netflix’s thriller series “ Toni Collette, Omari Hardwick. “Pieces of Her,” based on Karin Slaughter‘s New York Times bestseller, follows 30-year-old Andy Oliver (Heathcote) and her mother Laura (Collette) whose lives are turned upside-down following a random act of violence in their quiet Georgia town. Looking for answers, Andy journeys across the count...

‘Philly D.A.’: TV Review | Sundance 2021 Daniel Fienberg Philly D.A. It’s the most common question whenever an outsider — be it Ross Perot or Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump — runs for a position of power in an entrenched political system: Having big ideas or exciting the electorate is one thing, but when you challenge the political orthodoxy, how do you actually govern if you happen to win? This is the backdrop of Ted Passon, Yoni Brook and Nicole Salazar’s eight-pa...