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Documentaries about idealists, underdogs, visionaries, and not-so-ordinary Americans

[Queens College Today @QCToday]

Screening of "Marcella" 📽️
12/3, 6 pm
At @CalandraItal
Info: https://t.co/Eizt6Fts12

Marcella Hazan changed the ways we cook and experience Italian food. Winner of the 2025 James Beard Award for Best Documentary. With post-screening discussion.

[NYC Public Schools @NYCSchools]

Every student shines at Sid Miller Academy in Brooklyn. 💙

Their dedicated teachers, staff, and paraprofessionals create joyful spaces for students with multiple disabilities to learn and thrive by nurturing their strengths.

#DisabilityPrideMonth

[Peter Miller @WillowPondFilms]

@robertsietsema What a crime — against hard working journalists, and also against all of us who depend on their wisdom and reporting. Thanks to you and your colleagues for all that you do.

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

Here's a story from canvassing today in Western North Carolina that is worth reading:

I went to a house somewhat off the beaten path. A woman around 40-years-old answered the door. I introduced myself, told her I lived about 25 minutes away, and told her I was out volunteering on behalf of Kamala Harris for president.

She told me that Kamala had her vote, but she's not sure about her husband, who is a lifelong Republican.

I asked if anything I might say to her husband could change his mind. She said she wasn't sure, probably not, and that he "comes from a family of hardcore Trumpers."

Right as I was saying "you never know," her husband comes outside.

He's the same age as her (and me).

Big old unkept beard. Tattoos up and down. Wearing a "protect the 2A" shirt that had some sort of big ass gun on it, and old baggy blue jeans.

He said, "What's all this about?"

I introduced myself to him. I told him I heard from his wife that he may be supporting Donald Trump and that's totally okay, but I'm curious why.

He told me he wasn't really sure, it's what his family has always done.

He asked me why I'm supporting Kamala Harris.

I told him about my views on taxation, abortion, and health care, and then also just the importance of having someone who wants to unite America and who is not a character-depraved asshole, which I think Donald Trump is.

He asked me why I think that of Trump. I told him about the racist remarks from the MSG rally, the pussy grabbing stuff, January 06, the signed bibles, and so on.

He looked me in the eye and said "You know what, you're right. I can't vote for that guy. He's a fucking piece of shit."

(This is verbatim, his words not mine.)

I thanked him for giving me the time of day. I wasn't going to press him any further.

As I was walking away, he said, "Hey."

I turned around and he put out his hand. As we shook hands, he looked me in the eye and said "I am going to vote for Kamala Harris."

His wife was almost tears. He seemed to be too. Truly. Like this big fucking weight was off this man's chest.

Needless to say, it was the highlight of my week.
It shows that people are decent. Yes, many people are low-information. But many are decent. And many people want what is best for America.

It's also a reason to keep knocking doors. There are more people like him out there 🇺🇸

[Alfred A. Knopf @AAKnopf]

Wishing a happy pub day to:

🇮🇹 MARCELLA’S ITALIAN KITCHEN
by Marcella Hazan
forward by Molly Baz

And now available in paperback:

🖊️ TO FREE THE CAPTIVES
by Tracy K. Smith

[American Experience @AmExperiencePBS]

“What Wilmington tells us is how fragile American democracy is.”

AMERICAN COUP: WILMINGTON 1898 premieres November 12 at 9/8c on @PBS → https://t.co/qF80X4CvS1 #AmericanCoupPBS

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

Watch Trailer For Shocking ‘American Coup: Wilmington 1898’ Ahead Of Film’s Premiere At Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival https://t.co/LgQ7QOCcf0

[Peter Miller @WillowPondFilms]

"American Coup: Wilmington 1898" premieres at
@HSDFI. An urgent story from the past I had the honor of helping tell, grateful to finally be sharing it far and wide.

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

EXCLUSIVE: The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival will host the world premiere of American Coup: Wilmington 1898, about a forgotten chapter in American history that saw a white supremacist mob terrorize Black residents of a North Carolina city, overthrowing an elected city government https://t.co/NuEwzPJKdO

[Zinn Ed Project @ZinnEdProject]

Did you know there was a coup in U.S. history?

To overturn a Reconstruction-era, democratically elected gov't.

Join us for class (free & engaging) on the Wilmington Massacre with Yoruba Richen @redrubes14 and see excerpts from the new documentary. ⬇️

https://t.co/jo0bdIlwYo

[Julie Ries @JulieRiesWriter]

Thrilled and honored to be named a 2024 James Jones First Novel Fellow for my manuscript The Hunger Bride. Thank you to everyone who's supported my writing, and congratulations to co-fellow Thomas Andrew Green! You can read more about our projects here.

https://t.co/aOSdieAldR

[Peter Miller @WillowPondFilms]

The @WoodyGuthrieCtr celebrates Woody Guthrie’s powerful songs about Sacco and Vanzetti, on the 97th anniversary of their execution. Check out this short video featuring clips from our documentary — and some comments from yours truly.

https://t.co/m4zHAltZ2Y

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

While the GOP in states like Georgia and Utah are banning our children’s books, @Tim_Walz worked to banish kids’ hunger. That’s the future we deserve. #DNC2024

[Marcella @marcellafilm]

A thoughtful appreciation of Marcella’s famous tomato sauce recipe (and its brilliant author) from @kimseverson in the @nytimes: “Its luscious simplicity is the draw.”🍅 https://t.co/GDrrpUJcR7

[Marcella @marcellafilm]

"Shockingly easy to make and so delicious... It's no surprise this tomato sauce is beloved by millions and has stood the test of time." @simplyrecipes https://t.co/OuW32RlFHI

[Ken Burns @KenBurns]

You can't go wrong with a social studies teacher. Excited to have @Tim_Walz on the ticket. Good to have someone who knows American history.

[Kenneth Miller @KenMillerWrites]

Great to see Mapping the Darkness in such scintillating company! Photo courtesy of my bookish niece, who encountered this display at her local B&N.

[Peter Miller @WillowPondFilms]

I just gave to Kamala Harris, please join me. Let's defeat the fascists (again)! https://t.co/D0U5MRk2Fk

[PBS Communications @PBS_PR]

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, @PBS debuts a new @AmExperiencePBS film, WILMINGTON 1898: An American Coup, that recounts the events of November 1898, when the multiracial government of Wilmington, NC, was overthrown by white supremacists in a deadly massacre and coup d’état #TCA24

[StarNewsOnline @StarNewsOnline]

Work on the project was first announced in late 2023. https://t.co/2uW3MaFhXl

[Marcella @marcellafilm]

Fans of @TheBearFX (now in its third amazing season): the Olivia Colman character is modeled in part after... Marcella!

#marcellahazan #oliviacolman #TheBearFX