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As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, a new documentary is shedding light on the stories of those who shaped the time period. Ten years in the making, “The American Revolution,” a six-part documentary series by famed filmmaker Ken Burns, along with Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, will debut in November on PBS. The public had the opportunity to enjoy a sneak peek during an outdoor screening on Tuesday in Colonial Williamsburg as part of the third annual “A Common Cause to All” conference.
The Gettysburg Film Festival is set to return Thursday, May 8, through Sunday, May 11, bringing together filmmakers, actors, historians and authors to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, according to an announcement. The festival will be headlined by Ken Burns, the award-winning documentarian behind "The Civil War," "Baseball," "The War," "The U.S. and the Holocaust" and the upcoming "The American Revolution." Burns will lead a special discussion on World War II’s lasting impact.
Philanthropists and family offices have a vital role to play by seizing the high-risk, high-reward opportunities that can lead to groundbreaking innovation, said Sir Leonard Blavatnik. Family offices are ideally placed to power the next generation of British biotech and life sciences companies, according to Sir Leonard Blavatnik. ‘Family offices should invest,’ said Sir Leonard, speaking exclusively to Spear’s at Kensington Palace, the venue for a gala dinner where the winners of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom were announced last week.
None of the three shows recently admitted into the crowded field of hospital drama—the electrifying “Berlin ER,” the more mainstream “The Pitt” and the do-not-resuscitate “Watson”—are what one would call “feel good.” But “The Calling” is: Nonfiction, no-frills and nothing less than inspiring, it follows a group of students at New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine who may not represent the entire future of American medicine, but are devoted and grateful. And their happiness is contagious. Major funding for "The Calling: A Medical School Journey" was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, with additional funding from Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Blavatnik Family Foundation.
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