Music Without Borders

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM

Host Marco Werman (of public radio’s The World on PRI) heads our crew of international correspondents —Alexis Bloom, Arun Rath and Mirissa Neff — who will take viewers on journeys of discovery from the bayous of Louisiana to the backstreets of Havana, from the nightclubs of Paris to desert music festivals in Mali. They’ll interview everyone from Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famers to Bollywood singers, violin virtuosos to bluegrass musicians.

Each episode of SOUND TRACKS will feature three well-crafted stories followed by a “Global Hit” musical performance. Our pilot episode takes you to Russia, Nigeria and Kazakhstan (with a Hollywood sidetrip) and concludes with a soulful song by the Portuguese diva, Mariza, who may be the biggest star you’ve never heard of.

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Renée Fleming & Dmitri Hvorostovsky

A Musical Odyssey in St. Petersburg

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 @ 6:00PM

America’s favorite soprano, Renée Fleming, and Russia’s greatest living baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, travel to St. Petersburg—the “Venice of the North”—where they perform great opera scenes in the magnificent palaces of the Czars in the former capital of Imperial Russia. Renée Fleming & Dmitri Hvorostovsky.

Recorded in high definition television and directed by Brian Large, the film—a thrilling blend of history, art and music—was conceived and produced by American conductor Constantine Orbelian, founder of the “Palaces of St. Petersburg” festival, and the only American in history to become Music Director of a Russian orchestra.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31

First Steps – PART 1 @ 6:00PM & 9:00PM

Birth of Humanity – PART 2 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM

Last Human Standing –  PART 3 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM

Where did we come from? What makes us human? An explosion of recent discoveries sheds light on these questions, and NOVA’s comprehensive, three-part special, “Becoming Human,” examines what the latest scientific research reveals about our hominid relatives.

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Made in Miami

MONDAY, DECEMBER 26 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM

Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami tells not only Ali’s story, but the story of Miami’s black community and the Fifth Street Gym, as well. The film combines rarely seen footage with interviews of trainer Angelo Dundee, fight doctor Ferdie Pacheco, Ali’s Miami neighbors, former Overtown residents, and sportswriters and photographers who covered the young phenom.

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Inspector Lewis

Counter Culture Blues

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

In the sixties, Midnight Addiction was the number three British rock band in the world. But that was before lead singer Esmé Ford drowned herself. Or so everyone thought. Thirty-five years later, she turns up alive to reassemble her stunned band mates for one last, lucrative tour.

Inspector Lewis, who was once a Midnight Addiction fan himself, lucks into the reunion when he and Sergeant Hathaway are sent to talk to the band’s drummer, Richie Maguire, about his habit of illegal hunting near a church. But soon they are investigating the mysterious murder of Lucas, a teenage orphan who was run down after trying to scale the fence at Richie’s farm.

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LAW & DISORDER

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 @ 7:00PM 10:00PM

Behind the enduring images of heroic rescues undertaken by the New Orleans Police Department in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, there is another story of law enforcement in crisis, even out of control. Law & Disorder, a year-long, ongoing collaboration among FRONTLINE, ProPublica and the New Orleans Times-Picayune, investigates charges that NOPD officers inappropriately used lethal force against New Orleans citizens and then tried to cover up their actions. Airing days before the fifth anniversary of one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history and drawing from reports published in a real-time online investigation, FRONTLINE takes a fresh look at how the NOPD performed when the rules of civilized society collapsed.

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