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Audiences are invited to look back at The 2010s, a turbulent era marked by political and social upheaval, culminating in the single most dramatic year of the 21st century: 2020. It was a decade in which social media transformed society and streaming upended entertainment,…


The 2010s welcomed outstanding shows in TV history and is known as “the second golden age of television.” Beyond Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad, innovations in streaming led to opportunities for new types of voices and diverse audiences.

A deep dive into the major trends and innovations in popular music during the 2010s as streaming dominated, genres collapsed and music underwent a profound mood swing from EDM-infused pop to darker more intimate stylings by decade’s end.

A candid reflection not only on Barack Obama’s presidency, but also the seismic political shifts that took place in both the Republican and Democratic parties while he occupied the Oval Office.

A look back on Donald Trump’s meteoric political rise in 2016, how he defeated Hillary Clinton, delivered on many of his campaign promises and left a polarizing legacy.

Examining a new era of activism that erupted in the 2010s, marking a decade of increased polarization and social change through movements like Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and the rise of the Alt-right.

An exploration of social media’s growing influence during the 2010s as platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok became massively popular and changed the way we saw ourselves and the world.

A fast-paced, emotional chronicle of how the year of 2020 was one of the most transformational years in history with a presidential impeachment, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the largest civil rights demonstrations in history.
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Public Enemy’s Chuck D leads a cast of hip-hop icons and leading African-American and Latino cultural commentators as they chart the factors that led to the birth of the revolutionary art form of hip-hop in 1970s New York, as well as the creation of the seminal hit The Message. They evoke a picture of how, after the turbulence of the 60s and the civil rights struggles, desperate social conditions and the experience of countless dispossessed people of colour living in a city mired in crisis helped give birth to a new art form.

Putin, Russia and the West is a four-part British documentary television series first shown in January and February 2012 on BBC Two about the relationship between Vladimir Putin's Russia and the West. The series is produced by Norma Percy, whose previous series include The Death of Yugoslavia, Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace, and Iran and the West. The documentary was criticized by some dissidents for being an apology for Putin's regime.