The Story of Soaps (2020)
• May 19th, 2020 • 2h 0min
Documentary
Overview
This ABC/PEOPLE television special highlights the impact of the soap opera. In today's shifting television landscape, "The Story of Soaps" traces how female creators migrated from radio to television to become the dominant force in daytime for more than three decades. Today, the legacy of the soap opera continues all over prime time and reality t.v. An extensive look is taken at this iconic, impactful genre.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Generation Sputnik
Released on: 2016-12-01
Documentary, History, TV Movie
From 1957 —the year in which the Soviets put the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit— to 1969 —when Ameri...
L'Île-de-France, berceau de la télévision
Released on: 2022-01-12
Documentary
In 1942, television was born in Paris, rue Cognacq-Jay. Today, around 60% of programs are filmed in ...
Christina Aguilera: Pop Diva
Released on: 2015-06-11
Documentary
A biography on the life of Christina Aguilera.
Viva la Vulva
Released on: 2019-02-24
Documentary
With a sense of humour, this documentary questions the condition of women from the angle of the imag...
Trekkies 2
Released on: 2004-04-20
Documentary, Comedy
Denise Crosby takes another look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" and how the series from around the ...
Wild Flamenco: Bambino's Story
Released on: 2021-11-19
Documentary
In his time of greatest splendor, the singer Miguel 'Bambino' Vargas Jiménez (1940-99) was the last ...
Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse
Released on: 2018-03-20
Documentary
In this highly anticipated sequel to his groundbreaking, ADVERTISING AND THE END OF THE WORLD, media...
Songs of Mashangva
Released on: 2010-01-01
Documentary, Music
In the deep hills of northeast India, Christianity and pop culture have taken over the lifestyle and...
Plastic Galaxy: The Story of Star Wars Toys
Released on: 2014-01-14
Documentary
Plastic Galaxy explores the ground breaking and breathtaking world of 'Star Wars' toys. Through inte...
This Is It
Released on: 2009-10-28
Music, Documentary
A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for ...
Terror Studios
Released on: 2016-09-20
Documentary
How the Islamic State has created a powerful propaganda factory that manipulates and twists at its c...
AURORA: Nothing Is Eternal
Released on: 2016-08-04
Documentary, Music
Following the artist from the bustling streets of New York to her rain-soaked hometown of Bergen, th...
An American Family Revisited: The Louds 10 Years Later
Released on: 1983-03-23
Documentary
A ten-year update on the Loud family and their reflections on becoming the first reality TV stars. T...
Fanalysis
Released on: 2002-03-05
Documentary
Actor/cult icon Bruce Campbell examines the world of fan conventions and what makes a fan into a fan...
Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family
Released on: 2003-01-06
Documentary
Eldest son Lance, of the Loud family profiled on PBS in 1973, became the first openly gay man on tel...
How the Moon Conquered Pop
Released on: 2019-01-10
Documentary, Animation, Music, TV Movie
Musicians inspired by the Moon. Since the Apollo landings, the Moon has entered popular consciousnes...
The Codes of Gender
Released on: 2010-10-13
Documentary
Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jh...
A LEGO Brickumentary
Released on: 2014-11-09
Documentary, Family
A look at the global culture and appeal of the LEGO building-block toys.
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
Released on: 2001-01-01
Documentary
Documentary about the Emmanuelle movies, looking at their making as well as their social and cultura...