Curated Video
What We Can Learn From These Native American Comedies
Native American representation in film and TV used to be confined to Westerns and storylines of defeat. Today, a new wave of Native American comedies, written and created by Native peoples, are taking back their narratives. Shows like...
Great Big Story
Swimming From Alcatraz to San Francisco 48 Times
Meet Mitali and Anaya, who have conquered the dangerous waters by swimming from Alcatraz to San Francisco multiple times, inspiring others.
Great Big Story
Swimming From Alcatraz to San Francisco 48 Times
Meet Mitali and Anaya, who have conquered the dangerous waters by swimming from Alcatraz to San Francisco multiple times, inspiring others.
Weird History
Life As An Inmate At Alcatraz
The federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, located off the coast of San Francisco, CA, opened in 1934. Until it closed nearly three decades later, Alcatraz was reserved for some of the most ruthless criminals.
Weird History
Life of Alcatraz Prison Guards
Until it closed nearly three decades later, Alcatraz was reserved for some of the most ruthless criminals. Life at Alcatraz was not just about confinement and punishment but discipline and routine. Not everything about Alcatraz was...
Book Club for Kids
Fact and Fiction in "Al Capone Does My Shirts"
Alcatraz Island, off the coast of San Francisco, was used as a prison for many years and held some of the most notorious criminals, including the mobster Al Capone. But inmates weren’t the only ones who lived on the island. The book Al...
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CLEAN : FILE Let go of your Lego says Chinas Ai Weiwei
CLEAN : FILE Let go of your Lego says Chinas Ai Weiwei
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Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei's work transforms Alcatraz into tribute to world's political prisoners
A free exhibition by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has transformed the former island prison of Alcatraz into a tribute to the world's political prisoners, some famous and some forgotten.
Called "@ large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz,"...
Curated Video
Activists to mark 50 years since Alcatraz takeover
Native American activists are preparing to mark the 50th anniversary of their occupation of Alcatraz island.
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An exhibition by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has transformed the former island prison of Alcatraz into a tribute to the world's political prisoners, some famous and some forgotten. (Sept. 24)
An exhibition by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has transformed the former island prison of Alcatraz into a tribute to the world's political prisoners, some famous and some forgotten.
Called "@ large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz," the...
A&E Television
History.com: Alcatraz Prison
Information about the federal prison on Alcatraz Island including the following subheadings: Early Years as a Military Prison: 1850s-1933, Doing Time as a Federal Prison: 1934-63, Famous Inmates, Escape Attempts from Alcatraz, and The...