GREAT PERFORMANCES
AT THE MET
FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES
FRIDAY, APRIL 1 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Grammy-winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s memoir marks the Met’s first performance of an opera by a Black composer and its first production back in its theater following the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. Featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, the opera tells the story of a young man’s journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship. (3 HOURS)
AT THE MET
FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES
FRIDAY, APRIL 1 @ 10:00PM
Grammy-winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s memoir marks the Met’s first performance of an opera by a Black composer and its first production back in its theater following the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. Featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, the opera tells the story of a young man’s journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship.
ZOOT SUIT RIOTS
TUESDAY, MARCH 29 @ 10:00PM
In August 1942, the murder of a young Mexican-American man ignited a firestorm in the City of the Angels. In no time at all, ethnic and racial tensions that had been building up over the years boiled over.
WRITING WITH FIRE
MONDAY, MARCH 28 @ 11:00PM
In a male-dominated media landscape, the women journalists of India’s all-female Khabar Lahariya (“News Wave”) newspaper risk it all, including their own safety, to cover the country’s political, social, and local news from a women-powered perspective. From underground network to independent media empire, they defy the odds to redefine power. Nominated for an Academy Award.
SEASON 2, EPISODE 2
THURSDAY, MARCH 31 @ 11:00PM
Charlotte starts her new job as a Governess for the mysterious Alexander Colbourne. Alison seeks to be reunited with her knight in shining armour, and Georgiana receives bad news. Meanwhile, Tom and Colonel Lennox make plans for Sanditon’s development.
SEASON 11, EPISODE 2
THURSDAY, MARCH 31 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
While Trixie tries to calm an anxious patient, Sister Frances examines a young woman with some troubling symptoms. Lucille helps support a single mother through her fourth pregnancy and intervenes when authorities question her capabilities as a mother.
THE CONDUCTOR
FRIDAY. MARCH 25 @ 10:00PM
Follow Marin Alsop’s journey to become the first female music director of a major American symphony despite repeated rejection by the classical music industry. Features archival footage with her mentor Leonard Bernstein and is set to a soundtrack of her performances.
THE CONDUCTOR
FRIDAY. MARCH 25 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Follow Marin Alsop’s journey to become the first female music director of a major American symphony despite repeated rejection by the classical music industry. Features archival footage with her mentor Leonard Bernstein and is set to a soundtrack of her performances.
PELOSI’S POWER
TUESDAY, MARCH 22 @ 7:00PM & 11:30 PM
An examination of the powerful and polarizing Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. FRONTLINE’s documentary traces Pelosi’s life and legacy, how she has gained and wielded power across three decades, and how she has faced grave challenges to her leadership and to American democracy from Trump and his allies.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 @ 10:00PM
Bring Her Home follows three Indigenous women – an artist, an activist, and a politician – as they fight to vindicate and honor their missing and murdered relatives who have fallen victims to a growing epidemic across Indian country. Despite the lasting effects from historical trauma, each woman must search for healing while navigating racist systems that brought about this very crisis.