Category Archives: Program Highlights

AMERICAN MASTERS

WATERMAN – DUKE: AMBASSADOR OF ALOHA

SATURDAY, MAY 20 @ 9:00PM

Narrated by Jason Momoa, discover the inspiring story and considerable impact of five-time Olympic medalist Duke Kahanamoku. He shattered swimming records and globalized surfing while overcoming racism in a lifetime of personal challenges.


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INDEPENDENT LENS

WHEN CLAUDE GOT SHOT

MONDAY, MAY 9 @ 11:00PM

In Milwaukee, a 15-year-old attempted to carjack law student Claude Motley and shot him in the face. Through multiple surgeries and catastrophic health care bills, the effects of gun violence upends Claude’s life. Yet he still finds himself torn between punishment for the young man and the injustice of mass incarceration for Black men and boys. Can he find mercy in his heart for his attacker?


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INDEPENDENT LENS

TRY HARDER!

MONDAY, MAY 2 @ 11:00PM

At Lowell High School, San Francisco’s academic pressure cooker, the kids are stressed out. With a majority Asian American student body, high-achieving seniors share their dreams and anxieties about getting into a top university. But is college worth the grind?


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CALL THE MIDWIFE

SEASON 11, EPISODE 7

SUNDAY, MAY 1 @ 9:00PM

An unforeseen event in Poplar means that Nonnatus House suffers its biggest threat yet. Timothy returns home from university after falling ill. Sister Hilda and Sister Julienne expect more from Nancy and decide to show her what she is capable of.


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RIDLEY ROAD

SEASON1, EPISODE 1

SUNDAY, MAY 1 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

A young Jewish woman falls in love with a member of the ‘62 Group’, joins the fight against fascism in London, and risks everything for her beliefs and love. Ridley Road premieres Sunday, May 1.


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SANDITON

SEASON 2, EPISODE 6

THURSDAY, APRIL 28 @ 11:00PM

Alison gets ready to leave Sanditon with her dreams in tatters. Charlotte considers what her future will look like, while Georgiana learns some shocking truths, and Esther faces a bleak future. With so much at stake, will anyone have a happily ever after?


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NOVA

CAN WE COOL THE PLANET?

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 @ 10:00PM

As global temperatures rise, scientists are exploring solutions from planting trees to sucking carbon out of the air to geoengineering. But would they work? And what are the risks of engineering Earth’s climate?


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