“Manitoba Tonight” with the brilliant filmmaker Atom Egoyan; “Jesus Video Project”: In 1998, Dr. Bob Cosby sent out 1.8 million copies of a video called “Jesus” to every resident in Alabama; Amy Elliott drives deep into the delta to explore authentic moving images of the Deep South’s historical past. Original airdate 10/11/1999
Up Next in Split Screen Season Ten
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Split Screen: S10-E2 Field of Feuds
Meet the feuding fields where FIELD OF DREAMS was shot; Janet Pierson profiles the Moth, the lively monthly gathering for storytelling; “Ocularis”: Randi Barros and Kerry Reardon take us to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where the residents understand that independence is also important in showing work...
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Split Screen: S10-E3 The Fiji Stooges
Donal Lardner Ward and John Pierson visit the Meridian Theatre in Fiji, the most remote movie theater in the world, with a few movies in tow; in 1923, a set from a desert-bound Cecil B. DeMille shoot was intentionally buried and presumed lost forever—until now. Original airdate 09/04/2000
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Split Screen: S10-E4 Animating WAKING...
Hanging out with Richard Linklater and Tommy Pallotta while making the uniquely animated feature WAKING LIFE; The Alloy Orchestra at the Maui Film Festival; “Multiplex 1—The Projectionist”: Welcome to the Museum Place Cinemas, where movies are $1 at all times. Original airdate 09/11/2000
