Today's movies mark the birthday of Woody Allen, World AIDS Day, and an anniversary of the Antarctica Treaty.
Bananas (1971) is an early Woody Allen
comedy about a "banana republic" revolution.
This movie by Allen, born December 1,
1935, is one of his classics.
Bananas
Common Threads: Stories From
the Quilt (1989) is about the stories
of AIDS victims told through a great
quilt. This movie won an Oscar
for Best Feature Documentary. Today,
December 1, has been United Nations
World AIDS Day, since 1988.
Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt
Mountain of Ice (2003) is an episode of
nova on PBS. Conrad Anker leads an expedition
to climb the highest peak in Antartica in
2001. The Antarctica Treaty was signed
December 1, 1959. This episode won an
Emmy for Cinematography.
Mountain of Ice
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