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Friday Nite Videos -- Jan 3, 2014

Bill Moyers on North Carolina: Battleground State. Auld Lang Syne, with lyrics. The inner workings of the $50 billion divorce industry. How Gollum, star hobbit, was brought to life. Bobby 'Blue' Bland's Stormy Monday.

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North Carolina: Battleground State
An extreme right-wing government vs. citizen protesters. Bill Moyers reports how the battle for control of American politics is likely to be fought for the foreseeable future: state by state.

Auld Lang Syne 
Auld Lang Syne is a poem written by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788. It was later set to the music of a folk song, sung here by Dougie MacLean, with English translation of the lyrics.

 

Divorce Corp
A stunning documentary of the appalling waste, and shameless collusive practices that are the inner workings of the $50 billion a year U.S. family law industry.

Creating Gollum
Gollum is digital, and he may be the biggest star of the new Hobbit blockbuster. Here's how he was brought to life.

Bobby Bland's Stormy Monday
Bobby 'Blue' Bland was a blues and soul original that we lost in 2013. Here is his rendition of Stormy Monday.

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