A QUESTION OF LOYALTY
SATURDAY, MAY 8:00PM
An American-born generation straddles their country of birth and their parents’ homelands. CORRECTION: Certain errors in a previous version of this program have been corrected, including the statement that the Core Civic South Texas Family Residential Center separates children from their families, which is not the case, and the erroneous use of a photo of a different facility.
UNCLE VANYA
FRIDAY, MAY 7 @ 10:00PM
Tony Award nominee Conor McPherson breathes new life into Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece with his acclaimed adaptation of the drama, portraying life at the turn of the 20th century filled with tumultuous frustration, dark humor and hidden passions. (2 hours 30 min)
THE CAPITAL OF BASEBALL
THURSDAY, MAY 6 @ 10:00PM
In the seventh “inning” of Ken Burns’s film BASEBALL, rare newsreel film and interviews celebrate the glorious heyday of New York City baseball with some of its most memorable moments: the “shot heard round the world,” Bobby Thomson’s home run off Ralph Branca in 1951; Willie Mays’ incredible catch in the 1954 World Series; and Don Larsen’s perfect game. The highlight of the episode is 1955, when the Brooklyn Dodgers, sparked by Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, finally win their first World Series, only to be moved by their owner to a new city 3,000 miles away: Los Angeles. (2 hours 30 min)
THE CAPITAL OF BASEBALL
THURSDAY, MAY 6 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM
In the seventh “inning” of Ken Burns’s film BASEBALL, rare newsreel film and interviews celebrate the glorious heyday of New York City baseball with some of its most memorable moments: the “shot heard round the world,” Bobby Thomson’s home run off Ralph Branca in 1951; Willie Mays’ incredible catch in the 1954 World Series; and Don Larsen’s perfect game. The highlight of the episode is 1955, when the Brooklyn Dodgers, sparked by Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, finally win their first World Series, only to be moved by their owner to a new city 3,000 miles away: Los Angeles. (2 hours 30 min)
THE WORLD WITHIN
BIRTH
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5 @ 10:00PM
Go on a journey with parents who are preparing for babies to see how our bodies create and sustain new life. Through their stories, we learn about what is fundamentally shared and absolutely unique about the experience of birth.
EPISODE 4
TUESDAY, MAY 4 @ 10:00PM
LaTonya Myers fights for probation reform, but any slip-up could send her back to prison.
Go inside the emotional, high stakes work that Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and an ensemble of idealistic outsiders from different walks of life take on as they attempt a fundamental overhaul of an entrenched criminal justice system.
ESCAPING ERITREA
TUESDAY, MAY 4 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM
An unprecedented undercover investigation into one of the world’s most repressive regimes — Eritrea. Exclusive secret footage and testimony shed new light on shocking allegations of torture, arbitrary detention and indefinite forced conscription.
AMY TAN
UNINTENDED MEMOIR
MONDAY, MAY 3 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
An intimate portrait of the groundbreaking writer that interweaves archival imagery, including home movies and personal photographs, animation and original interviews to tell the inspiring story of Tan’s life and career.
EMPTY PROMISES
SUNDAY, MAY 2 @7:00PM & 11:00PM
Martha uses dinner-table tactics to help Norway. The first lady gives Martha unusual lessons in public speaking. The president gets on dangerous ground with Martha.
THE TIME HAS COME 1964-66
SATURDAY, MAY 1 @ 8:00PM
After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the Civil Rights Movement: the call for power. Malcolm X takes an eloquent nationalism to urban streets as a younger generation of Black leaders listens. In the South, Stokely Carmichael and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee move from “Freedom Now!” to “Black Power!” as the fabric of the traditional movement changes.