Radio Documentaries

In 1999 Pacifica Radio Archives produced its first documentary—on the memorial service for gay icon Quentin Crisp—which went on to receive a 2000 Golden Reel award from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters.

Since then PRA has gone on to produce a variety of radio programs, which have been broadcast on Pacifica radio sister stations and affiliates. Here's a partial list.

2006

From the Vault

Ongoing weekly series that highlights Pacifica’s broadcast history. More >>

The Sound of History

Six-part series broadcast on KPFK, Los Angeles, highlighting significant arts and literature recordings recently preserved.

2005

The War and Peace Broadcast: 35th Anniversary

Two-hour documentary about the 1970 broadcast on WBAI (New York) of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace in its entirety. More >>

2004

John Hersey’s Hiroshima

Award-winning dramatic reading of the book performed by Tyne Daly, Ruby Dee, Roscoe Lee Browne and others. More >>

A Passel of Pomp and a Circus of Circumstance

Historic conventions coverage from the Archives.

W.E.B. Dubois: 100 Years of The Souls of Black Folk

Commemorates the anniversary of the publication of The Souls of Black Folk.

2003

A Passion for Survival: Dr. Helen Caldicott in Dialogue

Twelve-part series with Dr. Caldicott in conversation with activists, analysts and experts on the environment.

The Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation & Access Project is funded (in part) by awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, grants from the GRAMMY Foundation®, The Ford Foundation, The Pacifica Foundation, supporters of the Pacifica Radio Archives, members of the Adopt-a-Tape program, and listeners to Pacifica Radio Stations, KPFA, KPFK, KPFT, WBAI, WPFW.

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