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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ shows that diversity onscreen is a win for everyone
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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ shows that diversity onscreen is a win for everyone

Crazy Rich Asians, a new Hollywood film that is an adaptation of the best-selling book by Kevin Kwan, topped the box office over the weekend...

Aug 21, 2018
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The School in the Cloud, a documentary on Sugata Mitra’s TED Prize wish, makes its premiere
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The School in the Cloud, a documentary on Sugata Mitra’s TED Prize wish, makes its premiere

. At the School in the Cloud learning lab in the village of Korakati, India, students sit on colorful stools in front of computer screens, t...

Mar 20, 2018
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Chris Burkard’s quest for the perfect Arctic surf
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Chris Burkard’s quest for the perfect Arctic surf

Along the remote, frozen coast of Hornstrandir National Park, photographer Chris Burkard (TED Talk: The Joy of Surfing in Ice-Cold Water) an...

Apr 19, 2017
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The plot of ‘Interstellar,’ in 10 TED Talks
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The plot of ‘Interstellar,’ in 10 TED Talks

Since the first teaser in late 2013, we’ve been in countdown mode for Interstellar, Christopher Nolan’s new outer-space epic tha...

Nov 5, 2014
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A haunted TED Talk? Filmmaker Stewart Thorndike on her new horror film
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A haunted TED Talk? Filmmaker Stewart Thorndike on her new horror film

Writer/director Stewart Thorndike is working on a trio of female-driven horror films — sharp, low-budget psychological thrillers. Her ...

Sep 15, 2014
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A bold and lyrical vision of China’s future, from our founding video director
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A bold and lyrical vision of China’s future, from our founding video director

In a city of dusty orange skies and water panics, one mysterious delivery driver sees everything. “The Sand Storm,” a lyrical short film fro...

Sep 2, 2014
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A filmmaker dives into Sylvia Earle’s underwater world in the doc Mission Blue
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A filmmaker dives into Sylvia Earle’s underwater world in the doc Mission Blue

Fisher Stevens produced The Cove, the 2009 Oscar-winning documentary about dubious Japanese dolphin-hunting practices, and his latest film t...

Aug 19, 2014
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Mission Blue chronicles the life, loves and calling of ocean champion Sylvia Earle
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Mission Blue chronicles the life, loves and calling of ocean champion Sylvia Earle

Sylvia Earle is a fearless 78-year-old woman. In the new documentary Mission Blue, we watch her dive with sharks in the deep blue sea and fe...

Aug 15, 2014
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Drone’s-eye view of Berlin: Watch the TEDSalon intro video
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Drone’s-eye view of Berlin: Watch the TEDSalon intro video

This wow of a video premiered today in Berlin at the first TEDSalon in Germany. Filmmaker Christopher Kippenberger, a pioneer in using drone...

Jun 23, 2014
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