The Big Picture was SCETV's Public Affairs program from 2008-2013. Find curated content for students and educators below. (From our Streamline collection)
When available closed captioning has been provided for broadcast segments.
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The host is at the Charleston Museum with Director John Brumgardt where an exhibit was on display on the Life and Times of Congressman Robert Smalls. South Carolina State Museum along with Robert...
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Part 5 of the Commemoration of the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary: Interview with the author of the book, The Orangeburg Massacre, Dr. Jack Bass. Bass was a journalist during the era and...
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Part 6 of the Commemoration of the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary: Amid a background that includes the FBI's refusal to reopen the case of the Orangeburg Massacre, residents of Orangeburg...
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The Big Picture spent Constitution Day 2010 in Mount Pleasant at the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, where 119 people took the oath to make United States citizens. Over 46 countries from...
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In 2008, the Catawba River was named the most endangered river in the United States by the advocacy group American Rivers. In this program, The Big Picture looks at the preservation of this river and...
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Meet Clark Ellefson, owner of Lewis and Clark Gallery, Columbia, S.C. He started his business in the 1980s when this type of business was not considered ideal for the area. Ellefson creates lamps and...
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Herman Leonhardt has blown glass more than twenty years. His art requires a lot of stamina, with the kilns producing heat at almost 2,000 degrees. His work is sold at fine galleries all along the East...
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Laura Spong, retired and a grandmother several times over carved out a space and mixed with like-minded people began the process of becoming a professional artist. She describes her art as being, "non...
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Meet Mary Alice Monroe, whose best-selling novels nearly all share a dominant, lowcountry theme. She has written ten best-selling novels, but it was not until she moved to the Isle of Palms...
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Meet Patti Callahan Henry, “the Fresh Face of Southern Literature.” Patti’s path to writing is unique. She started her adult life as a nurse, and found herself writing after she found out her daughter...
