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Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 8/29/11

On Aug. 21, 1911, Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen from Paris’ Louvre Museum and recovered over two years later. Joe Medeiros unearths lost details in a worldwide search a century later in his wide-ranging investigative documentary.

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Chloë Sevigny, Mr. Nice

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 8/22/11

Join Stephen Schaefer as he sits down with Chloë Sevigny to discuss her new film Mr. Nice.

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Brendan Gleeson, The Guard

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 8/15/11

Brendan Gleeson, who stars opposite Don Cheadle in The Guard, corrects misinformation that he began acting at 34 after a career teaching, that he studied at RADA, that he's making a movie about The Quiet Man or that as a married man of four he's gay!

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Miranda July, The Future

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 8/8/11

An artist who does it all – writes, directs, performs – in various media including stage and film, Miranda July is also someone who polarizes. Join host Stephen Schaefer as he sits down with the artist herself to discuss her 2011 film, The Future.

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Bill Haney & Robert F. Kennedy Jr., The Last Mountain

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 8/1/11

Bill Haney’s compelling documentary The Last Mountain examines the horrible environmental and health effects of mountain top coal removal in Appalachia and the efforts of the locals, aided by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to stop the defiant Massey Energy.

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John Fricke, The Judy Garland Retrospective

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 7/25/11

An Emmy-winning authority on Judy Garland, John Fricke discusses his new book, plugs the All Singin’ All Dancin’ All Judy! retrospective at Lincoln Center (opens July 26, 2011) and the Paley Center’s Judy Garland: The Television Years showing.

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John C. Reilly, Terri

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 7/18/11

Host Stephen Schaefer sits down with Oscar nominated actor John C. Reilly to discuss his 2011 film, Terri. Reilly plays a kind principal to a troubled, obese student, the first of a trio of Reilly films this year that involves parents and children.

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Tanaz Eshaghian, Love Crimes of Kabul

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 7/11/11

Iranian born Tanaz Eshaghian came to the U.S. at the age of six and has grown up to be a documentarian. Her latest work, spotlighted in the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s annual Human Rights Watch Festival for 2011, is Love Crimes of Kabul.

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James Marsh, Project Nim

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 7/4/11

Oscar winning documentarian James Marsh (Man on Wire) tells the world’s saddest monkey tale in Project Nim which starts with the chimpanzee as the subject of a Columbia University project to see if a primate could actually learn language. But then.

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Sue Bourne and Julia O’Rourke, Jig

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 6/27/11

Who knew Irish step dancing was a minefield of international competition? Host Stephen Schaefer sits down with director Sue Bourne and Julia O’Rourke, a featured dancer, to discuss their new documentary, Jig.

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