AMERICAN MASTERS BILL T. JONES: A GOOD MAN

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 @ 6:00PM

Bill T. Jones, the recipient of a prestigious MacArthur “genius” grant and winner of two Tony Awards, has been named “an irreplaceable treasure” by the The Dance Heritage Coalition. Above all, he is a socially conscious choreographer who never shies away from controversy — tackling thorny subjects such as race and politics with elegance and intelligence, artistry and originality.

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VIETNAM WAR STORIES

TUESDAY, MARCH 10 @ 10:00PM

Telling emotional stories that haven’t been heard before, Vietnam War veterans recount their experiences in this one-hour television documentary. Vietnam War Stories presents a portrait of the war told entirely from the perspective of veterans, who reflect on their memories of the conflict from five decades ago. For many service members, these experiences still feel like they happened yesterday.

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THE FABRIC OF THE COSMOS

THE ILLUSION OF TIME

WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM

“The Fabric of the Cosmos,” a four-hour series based on the book by renowned physicist and author Brian Greene, takes us to the frontiers of physics to see how scientists are piecing together the most complete picture yet of space, time, and the universe. With each step, audiences will discover that just beneath the surface of our everyday experience lies a world we’d hardly recognize—a startling world far stranger and more wondrous than anyone expected.

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PAGE EIGHT

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 @ 11:00PM

What happens when spies grow older in a post-9/11 world? Sixty-something MI-5 agent Johnny Worricker has amassed an impressive art collection, an amicable collection of ex-wives, and a droll, unflappable relationship with the work he enjoys alongside his boss and best friend, MI5 chief Benedict Baron. But when Benedict brings to light damning evidence of British complicity with illegal American torture operations, it falls to Johnny to do the right thing. (2 HOURS)

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FROM THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS

GIVE ME THE BANJO

SATURDAY, MAY 26 @ 6:00PM

The banjo’s been called America’s quintessential instrument, perhaps because its long and contested history has encompassed so many popular musical forms, from black folk styles and the 19th century minstrel show, to blues, ragtime, early jazz, old time folk and bluegrass. One of the biggest challenges of making Give Me the Banjo was trying to cover the full range and breadth of music that the banjo has helped to shape.

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DEAF JAM

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 @ 8:00PM

Aneta Brodski is an Israeli-born teenager living in Queens, New York. She is passionate and driven and well liked by her high school classmates. Unique among her classmates, Aneta longs to fully participate in the hearing world.

While she is proud of her deafness, she does not want to be defined by it. She longs to be understood by everyone around her in the bustling city. Some of her classmates feel that Deaf culture is — and should be — claimed by a fierce embrace of deaf identity and respect for the unique beauty of its language.

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ONE LAST THING

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM

Few men have changed our everyday world of work, leisure and human communication in the way that Steve Jobs, Apple’s former CEO, has done. The scope of his impact was evident in the outpouring of tributes from around the world — voiced on Twitter as well as through makeshift memorials in front of Apple stores — following his death, from complications of pancreatic cancer, on October 5, 2011. Steve Jobs – One Last Thing not only examines how his talent, style and imagination have shaped all of our lives, but the influences that shaped and molded the man himself.

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THE WAR WE ARE LIVING

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM

If you ask Colombia’s city dwellers and governing political class, they’ll tell you the country’s 40-year-old civil war is over. But The War We Are Living reveals the “other” Colombia, in rural areas far away from the capital, where the war is all too real – and now the battle is over gold. In Cauca, a mountainous region in Colombia’s Pacific southwest, two extraordinary Afro-Colombian women are fighting to hold onto the gold-rich land that has sustained their community through small-scale mining for centuries.

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WILL FERRELL

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM

Taped at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on October 23, the 90-minute special featured a star-studded cast of Ferrell’s friends and colleagues including top entertainers Ed Asner, Jack Black, Matthew Broderick, Adam McKay, Conan O’Brien, John C. Reilly, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon and more. The evening paid tribute to the humor and accomplishments of the popular writer, actor and producer.

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