Documentaries & Podcasts using ADST audio
NHK Okinawa: ADST provided audio files of 23 interviewees to NHK Okinawa as part of a documentary that aired May 15th for the 50th Anniversary of the reversion of Okinawa: NHK Japan TV documentary, U.S.-Japan security relations
PBS: “The American Diplomat,” directed by Leola Calzolai-Stewart, aired on PBS February 15th, 2023 as part of American Experience, a series of historical documentaries and films. It used audio segments from Ambassador Edwarrd R. Dudley’s interview and excerpts from Ambassador Terence Todman’s ADST oral history.
Sony Classics: ADST provided Storyville Films, co producer for the documentary film Julia, with audio excerpts from Julia Child’s 1991 interview with Jewell Fenzi.
NPR:
–Nixon at War, written and produced by Kurt Andersen of Studio 360, is the third installment of an NEH-funded audio documentary series, distributed by PRX. It features several audio excerpts from ADST’s archives.
–Here and Now, Afghanistan Papers–Craig Whitlock. NPR’s Scott Tong interviewed Craig Whitlock, author of The Afghanistan Papers, which cites ADST oral histories. The interview also included audio from our oral history archives.
–Here and Now, 2/7/22, The Great Wager podcast series–Nixon in China: For the 50th Anniversary of Nixon’s historic trip to China, Jane Perlez and Scott Tong co-host this five-episode podcast series. ADST provided several audio excerpts.
C-SPAN:
–Former Iran Hostage John Limbert Oral History Interview: American History TV looked back 40 years to November 1979, when Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy and took 66 Americans hostage. This interview with a former U.S. Foreign Service officer talks about his time as a hostage in Iran.
Independent Filmmakers:
– Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat: ADST provided audio files for director Johan Grimonprez’s documentary on international tensions in 1960 as the United Nations Security Council, a coup in the Congo, the State Department’s Jazz Ambassadors program, and the emerging U.S. civil rights movement collided. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2024.