NATURE

THE MYSTERY OF EELS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 @ 9:00PM Eels have been a source of fascination to writer, artist and conservationist James Prosek since childhood. His introduction to the slimy, muscular fish occurred when fishing as a boy in the ponds and rivers of Connecticut. He would catch them by accident when fishing for something else. But when an old game warden explained that they were born...

GUTS

WITH MICHAEL MOSLEY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 @ 8:00PM   What’s really going on inside your stomach? In this one off special for BBC4 Michael Mosley offers up his own guts to find out. Spending the day as an exhibit at the Science Museum in London he swallows a tiny camera and uses the latest in imaging technology to get a unique view of his innards digesting his food. He discovers pools of...

IN PERFORMANCE

AT THE WHITE HOUSE MEMPHIS SOUL THURSDAY, APRIL 17 @ 7:00PM “In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul” will honor the memorable soul sounds from the mid- to late-1960s that came from Memphis, Tennessee and legendary labels like Stax-Volt Records, that featured artists such as Al Green, Mavis Staples, Ben Harper, Alabama Shakes and many more. The evening pays homage to Memphis,...

THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 @ 9:00PM THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. The film chronicles The Central Park Jogger case, for the first time from the perspective of these five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice. Find out more...

INDEPENDENT LENS

WONDER WOMEN! THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN SUPERHEROINES MONDAY, MARCH 7 @ 10:00PM Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines traces the fascinating birth, evolution, and legacy of Wonder Woman, and introduces audiences to a dynamic group of fictional and real-life superheroines fighting for positive role models for girls, both on screen and off. Wonder Women!explores the...