Hecho A Mano: Creativity in Exile
Hecho a Mano: Creativity in Exile weaves together the stories of four Cuban artists now living in Miami. Francisco “Paquito” Hechavarría played piano for some of Cuba’s biggest bands and was a regular...
View ArticleRalph Munroe’s Barnacle: Centerpiece of a Legacy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xh2hWkGKk&feature=player_embedded It’s hard to imagine what South Florida looked like when Ralph Munroe arrived here back in 1877. No highways, no streets, and...
View ArticleConquering the Dragon: Breast Cancer Survivors Race for Life
Conquering the Dragon: Breast Cancer Survivors Race for Life is a documentary about breast cancer survivors reaching for the stars and creating triumph out of tragedy, never letting up in their...
View ArticleMuhammad Ali: Made in Miami
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tYLnfRDAHA In 1960, a young boxer named Cassius Clay came to Miami , determined to become world heavyweight champion. In the end, he became something more—a legend....
View ArticleAll Shook Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JUqNoajSjY&feature=plcp “Miami was like a Mecca for three or four months in the winter, everything happened in Miami. It was the center of the entertainment world...
View ArticleKey West: Bohemia In The Tropics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgK7Rm1UYV8&feature=player_embedded Key West: Bohemia in the Tropics is lively account of a largely unknown story: how a radical government experiment in community...
View ArticleOut of Darkness, Into Light
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A7xhV_cK-w&feature=player_embedded Out of Darkness, Into Light is a half hour documentary which delves into the lives of three adult survivors of child sexual abuse,...
View ArticleProhibition and the South Florida Connection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f8_PvQjKgI&feature=player_embedded For many, the word Prohibition conjures up scenes of gang wars in New York, New Jersey and Chicago along with some of the decade’s...
View ArticleHialeah Speedway: No Guts, No Glory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxDORuQdCf8&feature=player_embedded A Production of WLRN Hialeah Speedway, the legendary South Florida racetrack, was more than just a place. It was a moment in time,...
View ArticleA New WLRN Documentary "Weird Florida: On The Road Again"
Update 8 a.m. Sunday, December 23 : "Weird Florida" On Page One The South Florida Sun-Sentinel featured WLRN's latest documentary , "Weird Florida," on its Sunday front page story on December 23....
View ArticleStories From The Overseas Highway
WLRN's new documentary takes viewers on a rollicking ride along Florida’s only All-American Road. Experience the stunning beauty of the Florida Keys and meet a colorful cast of off-beat characters in...
View ArticleA Call to Serve: Florida Jews and the U.S. Military
WLRN's hour long original documentary pays tribute to Florida Jews who have served in military campaigns from the Seminole Wars through Afghanistan, and who sometimes made the ultimate sacrifice for...
View ArticleDeep City: The Birth of the Miami Sound
An Original Documentary from WLRN Deep City: The Birth of the Miami Sound tells the story of how two musical geniuses created the first black-owned record label in Florida and changed the face of soul...
View ArticleTreblinka's Last Witness
TREBLINKA’S LAST WITNESS , a WLRN original documentary, is a first-hand account of Samuel Willenberg’s life as a Jewish prisoner of the Treblinka death camp. WLRN Radio interview with Samuel Willenberg...
View ArticleTreblinka's Last Witness, Samuel Willenberg, Dies At 93
With the death of Samuel Willenberg on Friday at 93, the last surviving witness of the horrific crimes committed by Nazi Germany at Treblinka has gone. I met Samuel in Tel Aviv four years ago when WLRN...
View ArticleHow The '68 Election Changed America
9pm NIXON'S THE ONE: The '68 Election - History/Culture Documentary A WLRN Original Production In 1962, Richard Nixon's once meteoric political career lay in ruins. The former vice-president had...
View ArticleTravel with Florida's Master of the Weird!
WEIRD FLORIDA: ROADS LESS TRAVELED Florida is a state known for its sun, surf, and sand, where South Beach is famous and theme parks are abundant. But wait a minute! Florida also has a darker, offbeat...
View ArticleA CENTURY IN THE SUN: Henry Flagler and the Making of Modern Florida
A CENTURY IN THE SUN is the story of how Standard Oil magnate Henry Flagler comes to Florida in the late 1800s, builds a railroad and hotel empire on the last American frontier, and launches a...
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