INDEPENDENT LENS

RAT FILM SATURDAY, JULY 2 @ 9:00PM Trace the history of Baltimore through this provocative film that uses the rat–as well as the humans who love them, live with them and kill them–to chronicle the systemized oppression in impoverished communities far beyond the city’s borders. FIND OUT MORE...

VICTORIA

ON MASTERPIECE COMFORT AND JOY SUNDAY,  JANUARY 13 @ 8:30PM It’s Christmastime at the palace and Albert is intent on recreating the holiday joy he remembers from his youth. Victoria gets more than one surprise visitor and finds herself threatened by a relative. Meanwhile, the festive spirit sparks romantic tension throughout the palace. (90 Minutes) FIND OUT MORE...

GREAT PERFORMANCES

MOVIES FOR GROWNUPS AWARDS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM Watch as Helen Mirren receives the 2017 Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award. The MFG awards were established to celebrate and encourage filmmaking that appeals to movie lovers with a grownup state of mind—and to recognize its artists. FIND OUT MORE...

WASHINGTON WEEK

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 @ 9:00PM On this week’s Washington Week: In the aftermath of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, students mobilize to demand action on gun control, President Trump endorses arming teachers, and the NRA hits back at accusations they are to blame for the gun violence plaguing America.  FIND OUT MORE...

IMPOSSIBLE BUILDS

THE FLOATING HOUSE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 @ 11:00PM Follow the build to make living beneath the waves into a reality as a team in Dubai attempts to construct a floating house combining the best of land and marine design. Will they achieve the impossible? FIND OUT MORE...