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Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
1877. The lawless era in Deadwood is coming to an end. As the town's first elections approach, it becomes apparent that, like it or not, civilization is on its way. But a civilized town is not necessarily a peaceful town, and the power struggles that determine the fate of Deadwood have never been more brutal. A ruthless newcomer, businessman George Hearst, threatens to reshape the town in his own image, forcing Deadwood's settlers - including the...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The “simple justice” in the title of SDPB’s new women’s suffrage documentary is derived from a quotation from John A. Pickler: “… simple justice demands that woman should have the ballot, and in this opinion, I am warmly seconded by my wife, who desires to vote, as I think all sensible women should.”But the circuitous route that led to women’s right to vote in South Dakota is anything but simple and, some may argue, not terribly just....
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Temples of Justice" visits 45 courthouses in South Dakota and tells the colorful stories of several. The documentary reveals how swindlers changed history, where there's a bullet hole in a judge's chambers, and which courthouses helped South Dakotans survive the Great Depression as WPA projects.
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Over South Dakota" begins with poetic musings from Patrick Hicks, writer in residence at Augustana College in Sioux Falls; and ends with words from Badger Clark, the late cowboy poet who was the state's first poet laureate. In between, the production soars over a dozen areas of the state, giving viewers a unique and powerful perspective of our home. South Dakota singer/songwriter Boyd Bristow narrates--Container.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"South Dakota Public Broadcasting Television explores the state's artistic history in "Light of the Prairie, Glass in South Dakota". Humanities scholar, Dr. Barbara Johnson of Aberdeen, leads a journey throughout the state to look at a beautiful and often underappreciated aspect of history"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Hear the stories of South Dakota towns that were once-thriving centers of commerce but have since diminished or disappeared from the map. SDPB's Stephanie Rissler guides us through the history of these vanishing towns -- conducting interviews with historians, town elders, and those whose stories have intersected with these now-lost centers of community life in South Dakota." -- container.
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Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The Black Hills Playhouse marked its 60th anniversary in 2005, ranking it as one of the oldest, continuously operated summer stock theatres in America. This beautifully photographed documentary is chock full of history, nostalgia and theatrical how-to.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Deadwood Pioneer: A Face from the Past maps the work of the archaeologists, historians, and forensic experts who have pieced together the short life of a man whose skeletal remains were unearthed near what is now the intersection of Jackson and Taylor streets. Buried in an unmarked garve, the remains were left behind when the original cemetery was relocated to the hills above Deadwood in 1878. The remains were reinterred at Deadwood's Mount Moriah...
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