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The Irish In America: Long Journey Home, Part 1 - The Great Hunger (1998)

Cast: Jason Robards, Jr. Elvis Costello   

Tags: History Social History Politics & Government 

Length: 90min

Part one of this acclaimed PBS series explores the earliest roots of the Irish people in the New World. Centering on the crucial event of the Potato Famine, this tape examines the causes of what would become one of the greatest mass migrations in...

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The Irish In America: Long Journey Home, Part 2 - New Lives (1998)

Tags: Politics & Government Social History History 

Length: 90min

Part two of the acclaimed PBS series explores the path taken by new Irish arrivals in the New World. Irish roles in the building of the American nation are examined, as well as the emergence of Irish-American heroes including such figures as John L....

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The Irish In America: Long Journey Home, Part 3 - Up From City Streets (1998)

Tags: History Social History Politics & Government 

Length: 90min

Part three of the acclaimed PBS series explores the golden age of Irish-Americans living in America as immigrants, with children who begin to make their first indelible marks upon American society. Included are brief profiles of such figures as Al...

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The Irish In America: Long Journey Home, Part 4 - Success (1998)

Cast: Claire Bloom   

Tags: Politics & Government Social History History 

Length: 90min

Part four of the acclaimed PBS series explores the rise of two great Irish dynastic families in America, the Kennedys and the O'Neills. The trial, triumphs, and tragedies of these two clans are investigated in detail and held up as examples of the...

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The Last Waltz (1978)

Cast: Ringo Starr Neil Young Frank Marshall Laszlo Kovacs Bob Dylan Eric Clapton   

Tags: Concerts Biography Music 

Length: 117min

Martin Scorsese's documentary of the 1976 final performance of the legendary Sixties rock group The Band is at once a show featuring some of the greatest rock performers of their generation and a bittersweet look back at an era that was just beginning...

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Free (1973)

Tags: Docudrama Drama 

Length: 80min

There are documentaries, "rockumentaries," and docudramas. Free however, is a unique mixed "rockumentary" and docudrama. The rock festival filmed took place in 1970 on Randall's Island in the New York City area, and includes performances by (among...

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