This is a concept for a platform that will post an ongoing series of short documentary videos from research labs around the U.S. These videos will feature true-life, human stories of young scientists, especially women and minorities, who can provide inspiring role models for the next generation.

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Ethnohistorical research combines early documentary sources as well as archaeology, linguistics, and social theory with biogeographical evidence of the earliest cultures.

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When David Hoffman was doing research for his documentary Sputnik Mania, he says he came across dozens of songs that were much lighter than the general mood at the time.

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Now, based on my research and experience producing my white-collar crime documentary, Crossing the Line: Ordinary People Committing Extraordinary Crimes the time period between being convicted and sentencing can span over a years time.

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The Jersey research was also the subject of a BBC Radio 4 documentary earlier this month.

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There are more women working in documentary films than narrative films, but study director Stacy Smith said her research found that "as commerce moves in, females move out".

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The book and the documentary are products of the Vessels of Brazil Project, which has been conducting careful research work for over 10 years about artisanal boat-building traditional knowledge in Brazil.

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It is not as such a piece of documentary photography, yet through it we can learn much and perhaps it will encourage further research and understanding.

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