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African American Soldiers in the Civil War: A Kansas Story
African American Midwest Documentary Project and the Nicodemus Historical Society partnered to create the "Kansas Free Fighters" documentary, with the support of a Humanities for All grant.
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Porubsky's -- Transcendent Deli
Porubsky’s – Transcendent Deli follows Matthew Porubsky on his journey to discover the history and appeal of the business his grandparents began in the Little Russia neighborhood in Topeka over seventy years ago.
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Five Flags of Ford County
The territory today known as Ford County has been called by a multitude of names over the centuries, from New Spain to the Province of Louisiana to the State of Kansas, among others.
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Humanities vs. Godzilla
Godzilla is 70! Johnson County Community College’s Billington Library is celebrating this monster milestone in September with the Godzilla Friday Film Series.
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Oil and Gold: The McPherson Globe Refiners Basketball Story
Experience a Kansas basketball team’s triumph at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
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Mariachi Estrella: Ad Astra Per Aspera
Share the triumphs and tragedies of Topeka’s Mariachi Estrella, the nation’s first all-female mariachi band.
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Preserving History with Thousands of Glass Plate Negatives
Share the triumphs and tragedies of Topeka’s Mariachi Estrella, the nation’s first all-female mariachi band.
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Make Your Mark
Share the triumphs and tragedies of Topeka’s Mariachi Estrella, the nation’s first all-female mariachi band.
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Kinsley's Patterns of Change
Share the triumphs and tragedies of Topeka’s Mariachi Estrella, the nation’s first all-female mariachi band.
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Strugglers Hill Neighborhood
Share the triumphs and tragedies of Topeka’s Mariachi Estrella, the nation’s first all-female mariachi band.
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Talk About Literature Kansas in Newton, KS
Share the triumphs and tragedies of Topeka’s Mariachi Estrella, the nation’s first all-female mariachi band.
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Smithsonian Exhibition: The Way We Worked
Share the triumphs and tragedies of Topeka’s Mariachi Estrella, the nation’s first all-female mariachi band.
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From Football to Futbol
Produced by Justicia, Inc. and Via Dolorosa Films.
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Volland Memories: The Kratzer Films
Longtime merchant and photographer Otto Kratzer documented 20th century life in the Flint Hills community of Volland, KS.
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Uncommon Ground: A Century of Bartlett Arboretum
The Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine has been an oasis on the plains for generations of Kansans. Learn about its revival under the care of original Dixie Chick Robin Macy and the "Soil Sisters."
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Quindaro
Produced by Northeast Cooperative Council, Inc., Kansas City, and filmmaker Jefferson Edward Donald.
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The Kansas State Penitentiary: An Institution and a Neighbor
What does it mean to be a community? Residents of Lansing talk about the impact of having a prison in their town.
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