PBS will spotlight Sun Ra and his Philly musical collective on ‘American Masters’
PBS will soon highlight a pioneering musician whose band is still based in a Germantown rowhome. Sun Ra,…
Looking back at 2025: The SS United States leaves Philly to become artificial reef in Florida
A longtime Philadelphia resident left the city for good in 2025. After months of delays due to weather…
SS United States documentary to show ship’s trip from Philly to Alabama, plus its sinking in Gulf of Mexico
A documentary about the SS United States will include footage of its journey from Philadelphia to Alabama and…
‘The American Revolution’: Here are 4 Philly-area revolutionaries in Ken Burns’ series
The main characters in Ken Burns’ “The American Revolution” aren’t exactly strangers. The new PBS docuseries, which premiered…
Netflix’s ‘Mob War’ examines rivalry between John Stanfa and Joey Merlino
The rivalry between mobsters John Stanfa and Joey Merlino might’ve started as an internal power struggle, but it…
Documentary from Philly filmmakers tracks five friends over 33 years
Before Eliza Fox graduated college, she checked a VHS camera out of a public access station and roped…
‘Enongo’ follows a rapper and academic, who once lived in Philly, as she finds her voice
Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo holds a Ph.D. in science and technology studies from Cornell University and has been teaching at…