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Navigating Life with Parkinson's Disease | Full Documentary | Independent Lens | PBS

Three people navigate their lives with resourcefulness and determination in the face of a degenerative illness, Parkinson’s disease. An optician pursues deep brain stimulation surgery; a mother raising a pre-teen daughter becomes a boxing coach and an advocate for exercise; and a cartoonist contemplates how he will continue to draw as his motor control declines.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tNGuUL1Sx4

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A History of Funk Music and Black Liberation of the 1970s | Full Documentary | Independent Lens

“WE WANT THE FUNK!,” a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spans from gospel, soul, highlife and early jazz roots, to its rise and impact on new wave and hip-hop, as funk music has been transcendent for creators and listeners alike.

Revolutionary moments in the movement are captured in James Brown's dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, Fela Kuti's Afrobeat and other influential musicians of the genre.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrgV35cBHVs

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Hour by Hour: Inside The Titanic’s Engine Room As It Sank

The story of the engineers who worked tirelessly to keep the electric power running as the Titanic sank. Their selfless actions kept the lights on and the electric lifeboat winches operational to facilitate the survival of others.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0mUH4fH09E

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How Native American Civilizations Thrived Before Colonization

Hundreds of Indigenous nations with advanced cultures already lived in Canada when French and English colonizers arrived and fought for land claims. Indigenous people suffered as a result of first contact.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8s6U9NuUJE

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The Bizarre Reality Of Life During WW2

Life on the home front during WWII was anything but ordinary. Cinemas were forced to close and every aspect of daily life was reshaped by total war. However, in the shadow of global conflict, the authorities realized escapism through movies, music and humor was essential. This is the story of the civilians who kept laughing, crying and holding on to hope while the world around them changed forever.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4AynJZfZs4

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