BEETHOVEN IN BEIJING
FRIDAY, APRIL 16 @ 10:00PM
Experience the international impact of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s historic 1973 trip to China, offering a story of cultural reversals and a glimpse into the worldwide future of classical music.
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GREAT PERFORMANCES
BEETHOVEN IN BEIJING
FRIDAY, APRIL 16 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Experience the international impact of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s historic 1973 trip to China, offering a story of cultural reversals and a glimpse into the worldwide future of classical music.
THIS OLD HOUSE
HOUSE FIRE RECLAMATION
THURSDAY, APRIL 15 @ 9:00PM
The final house of Season 42 moves Tommy, Kevin, Richard, Jenn, and the team to Dorchester, MA where a 1905 three-family home endured a fire on the 4th of July in 2019. Thankfully, no one was hurt, but the house suffered significant damage.
BASEBALL
SHADOW BALL
THURSDAY, APRIL 15 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Throughout America, and even on the baseball diamonds in New York’s Central Park, thousands of homeless people build shantytowns called “Hoovervilles.” More than ever, America needs heroes. And even as it struggles to make it through the Depression, baseball provides them. Inning Five, Shadow Ball, tells the story of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s, excluded from major league play at that time.
NOVA
PICTURE A SCIENTIST
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 @ 10:00PM
Women make up less than a quarter of STEM professionals in the United States, and numbers are even lower for women of color. But a growing group of researchers is exposing longstanding discrimination and making science more inclusive.
NATURE
THE LEOPARD LEGACY
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 @ 6:00PM
Follow the story of a leopard mother as she raises her cubs near the Luangwa River, facing a constant battle to hunt successfully, defend her territory and protect her cubs against enemies.
FINDING YOUR ROOTS
THE NEW WORLD
SATURDAY, APRIL 17 @ 8:30PM
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces ancestors of actor John Lithgow and journalist Maria Hinojosa who thrived in North America long before the birth of the United States.
INDEPENDENT LENS
DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL
MONDAY, APRIL 12 @ 11:00PM
Down a Dark Stairwell chronicles the tragic shooting in Brooklyn of Akai Gurley, an innocent Black man, and the trial of the Chinese American police officer, Peter Liang, who pulled the trigger, casting a powerful light on the experiences of two marginalized communities thrust into an uneven criminal justice system together.
ATLANTIC CROSSING
ON MASTERPIECE
THE THRONE
SUNDAY, APRIL 11 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Olav and the king plan their escape. Meanwhile, Martha and the children take refuge with her Swedish royal relatives. But the Nazis threaten the king if he harbors the crown princess.
AMERICAN MASTERS
TONI MORRISON
THE PIECES I AM
SATURDAY, APRIL 10 @ 7:00PM
A recent documentary about Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison brings the renowned writer’s words to screen, while sharing an intimate personal look at her through the eyes of a close friend. John Yang sits down with director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, who has known Morrison for 38 years, to discuss how they met, her career as an editor at Random House and how she dispelled the “white gaze.”