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NHPTV Special Presentations

In addition to our own productions, New Hampshire Public Television offers special programs that focus on Northern New England people, places and issues.


	Tuck's Gift The story of the New Hampshire Historical Society’s landmark headquarters building, and its benefactor Edward Tuck, is one of New Hampshire’s richest and most dramatic tales. Transatlantic voyages, labor discord, disputes among the principals, a near bankruptcy, and an untimely death marked the construction of New Hampshire’s Temple of History. >> A Co-Production of New Hampshire Historical Society and New Hampshire Public Television

	Saving Songbirds Songbirds fly in and out of our lives, enchanting us with their colorful plumage and melodies. Warblers, orioles and bobolinks – these perching birds are familiar sights to New Englanders. But the population of many songbird species is plummeting, and the birds face serious threats to their survival. >> A NHPTV Production

	Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve A documentary about how Keene State College evolved over 100 years from a teachers college to a leading public liberal arts college. >>

	Lost In Laconia Lost in Laconia is a documentary about Laconia State School, New Hampshire's first institution for people labeled feebleminded, deficient or disabled. As the film makes clear, it should also be the last such institution. Through interviews with former residents and staff, we learn how social theories can lead to institutional abuse and inhumane treatment of our most vulnerable citizens. >>

	Journey of the Broad-Winged Hawk Every year, thousands of broad-winged hawks embark on a treacherous flight from New Hampshire to South America. JOURNEY OF THE BROAD-WINGED HAWK follows the raptors’ two-month, 4,500-mile migration from New Hampshire, over an Appalachian flyway in Pennsylvania, over Corpus Christi, Texas, and ending in the rainforests of Ecuador and the Maquipucunu Reserve. Along the way, people and communities follow and celebrate the hawks’ journey. >> A NHPTV Production

	Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture This feature documentary traces the life and work of American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens from his birth in Dublin, Ireland, to his work in New York City and Paris to his death in Cornish, New Hampshire. Trained in Paris and Rome, Saint-Gaudens is considered America’s premier sculptor of the 19th and early 20th centuries. "People & Places" CINE Golden Eagle Award (fall 2009) Watch a Preview >>

	Including Samuel Before his son Samuel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about the inclusion of people with disabilities. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. When his son was being treated for life-threatening pneumonia, a doctor urged Habib, then photography editor at the Concord Monitor, to use his talents to document Samuel’s story. >> Followed by a NH Outlook special about "Including Samuel"

	Autumn’s Passage New Hampshire Public Television has brought together images of the Granite State’s renown foliage and favorite fall outings with timeless poetry about the harvest season. Autumn’s Passage captures the poignant experience of Autumn through a series of vignettes, each celebrating the beauty and rich traditions of fall. A NHPTV Production

	Communities and Consequences Award-winning director/producer Jay Childs and demographics expert Peter Francese take you inside the world of small town New England to reveal the causes and effects of a graying state. Through the voices of New Hampshire’s citizens, Communities and Consequences uncovers the connections between local decisions and the out-migration of New Hampshire’s working age population.

	Franco-Americans: We Remember They came to New England for the promise of a better life. They brought with them a commitment to their faith, their family and their community. A NHPTV Production

	Golden: The Hobey Baker Story Gifted athlete, charismatic leader, the embodiment of excellence, character and sportsmanship. This was Hobey Baker, arguably the greatest amateur athlete who ever lived. Golden - The Hobey Baker Story is a stirring account of Baker's life, told through film clips, photographs, and interviews with Hobey's nephew, distinguished sports figures, and historians.

	Hello, New Hampshire New Hampshire Crossroads producer Chip Neal guides us on a journey that starts at the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., where more than 140 traditional New Hampshire artists, musicians, and craftspeople shared their talents and the state's cultural legacy with hundreds of thousands of visitors on the National Mall. A NHPTV Production

	Invisible: Abbott Thayer and the Art of Camouflage The life and works of the passionate New Hampshire artist, naturalist, and teacher Abbott Thayer (1849-1921) is explored in this documentary. The film recognizes Thayer as the father of modern camouflage, and for his outstanding contributions to art and the conservation of Mt. Monadnock.

	MacDowell: An American Artists Colony In 1896 Edward MacDowell and his wife Marian purchased a farm in Peterborough, New Hampshire. He was, in his time, the most highly regarded composer in America.

	Who Has Seen the Wind? What is this unseen force -- at once gentle and ferocious? The air currents are on a journey, as are we. On our journey, meteorologist Dave Thurlow seeks out some of the people who have truly seen the wind.