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The WETA Movie: Mississippi Burning

This 1988 drama stars Gene Hackman and Willem Defoe as two FBI agents investigating the disappearance of three civil rights activists in 1967 Mississippi.

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An actor portraying a member of the tiny population of Homo sapiens from whom we all sprang. Geneticists have traced our ancestry to a bare 600 individuals who lived on the shores of Pinnacle Point, South Africa, learning to read the moon to exploit a rich marine resource.

NOVA: Becoming Human: Unearthing Our Earliest Ancestors

NOVA investigates new discoveries that are transforming the picture of how humans developed from early hominids.

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Profiles of Washington-area individuals whose work and volunteer efforts make a difference.

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