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$20 I'm Not Hungry Anymore DVD
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As a Friend, you can make a gift to Basin PBS and have 100% of your donation go to the TV programs you love. You select your own level of support. Enter your email address and receive our monthly e-guide highlighting your favorite shows and events. Support Basin PBS at $40 and above and receive special invitations to station events. Click here to choose the Friends option.
$25 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE : FREEDOM RIDERS
This inspirational documentary is about a band of courageous civil-rights activists calling themselves the Freedom Riders and features the expert interview of University of Texas of the Permian Basin Professor, Derek Catsam, who is a published author on the subject.
Gaining impressive access to influential figures on both sides of the issue, FREEDOM RIDERS chronicles a chapter of American history that stands as an astonishing testament to the accomplishment of youth and what can result from the incredible combination of personal conviction and the courage to organize against all odds.
This DVD ships after the May 16 PBS premiere of FREEDOM RIDERS.
$50 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: GEORGE H.W. BUSH
From the American Experience critically-acclaimed series of presidential portraits, this biography examines the life and career of our 41st president, from his service in World War II and early career in Texas to his days in the Oval Office.
Drawing upon personal diaries and interviews with his advisors and critics, the film also explores President Bush's role as the patriarch of a political family whose influence is unequaled in modern American life.
Bonus material includes a PDF Teacher's Guide; Going Negative? - Bush Insiders and the 1988 Campaign; Tandem Parachute Jump with the U.S. Army Golden Knights.
$80 BASEBALL - A Film by Ken Burns (2010) (11-DVD Boxed Set)
Now an all-new episode, The Tenth Inning, directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, brings the series up to date. The strike, the home run chase, the steroids scandal, the rise of the Yankees and the triumph of the Red Sox - through it all, baseball remains a mirror of America.
It is an epic overflowing with heroes and hopefuls, scoundrels and screwballs. Babe Ruth. Jackie Robinson. Shoeless Joe Jackson. Sandy Koufax. Satchel Paige. Pete Rose. Roberto Clemente. Casey Stengel. Hank Aaron. Joe DiMaggio. Ichiro Suzuki. Barry Bonds.
$85 KEN BURNS: THE CIVIL WAR (6-DVD Set) Commemorative Edition
On the 150th anniversary of the beginning of America’s Civil War, PBS brings back Ken Burns’s landmark 1990 series. Burns’s epic documentary brings to life America’s most destructive — and defining — conflict. THE CIVIL WAR is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one. Voices for the series include Sam Waterston, Jason Robards, Julie Harris, Jeremy Irons, Morgan Freeman, Paul Roebling, Garrison Keillor, Kurt Vonnegut, Arthur Miller and Studs Terkel. Historian David McCullough narrates.
Bonus Disc Special Features include: From the Archive: Shelby Foote Interviews; Interview with Ken Burns; and additional interviews: George Will, Stanley Crouch, Shelby Foote, and Jay Unger & Molly Mason. Other Special Features: Commentary by Ken Burns; Biography Cards; Battlefield Maps; Civil War Challenges; 16-page collector's booklet featuring a selection of photos and battle details.
$100 GOD IN AMERICA: How Religious Liberty Shaped America (3-DVD Set)
This DVD explores the historical role of religion in the public life of the United States. The six-hour series interweaves documentary footage, historical dramatization, and interviews with religious historians.
God in America examines the potent and complex interaction between religion and democracy, the origins of the American concept of religious liberty, and the controversial evolution of that ideal in the nation's courts and political arena.
The series considers the role religious ideas and institutions have played in social reform movements from abolition to civil rights, examining the impact of religious faith on conflicts from the American Revolution to the Cold War, and how guarantees of religious freedom created a competitive American religious marketplace.
$150 AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT: The Movie Collection Set 5 (3-DVD Set)
From MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! David Suchet plays the dapper Belgian detective to perfection in these sumptuously realized Agatha Christie mysteries. The set includes the iconic Murder on the Orient Express, as well as an exclusive bonus program about the history of the Orient Express hosted by Suchet.
BROADCASTER'S CIRCLE - Keep arts and culture accessible to all
$500 BROADCASTER'S CIRCLE
The Broadcaster’s Circle is the newest project of the Basin PBS Community Advisory Council - a family of supporters who go the extra mile to keep Basin PBS’ vision of quality programming and community service alive and who believe in the critical importance of preserving the mission of local public broadcasting.
Become a founding member of Basin PBS’ Broadcaster’s Circle by donating $500 or more.
Membership brings benefits for two including: special on-air recognition, advance screenings of PBS programs and invitations to meet PBS personalities.
Contact Daphne Dowdy Jackson at 432.563.5728 to learn more or join online today and receive your Broadcaster's Circle Welcome Kit in the mail.
