Category Archives: Program Highlights

CHASING THE MOON

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

EARTHRISE

TUESDAY, JULY 23 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM

Earthrise covers 1964-1968, four heady, dangerous years in the history of the space race, focusing on the events surrounding the Apollo 1 and Apollo 8 missions. As Americans moved through the 60s and reflect on the challenges ahead, many begin to wonder: What exactly is it going to take to beat the Soviets to the moon?


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POV SHORTS

THE CHANGING SAME

MONDAY, JULY 22 @ 11:30PM

In the Florida Panhandle lies the provincial town of Marianna, Florida, where one native resident runs a particular marathon in hopes of lifting the veil of racial terror caused by the town’s buried history.


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POV

ON HER SHOULDERS

MONDAY, JULY 22 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people. Away from the podium, she must navigate bureaucracy, fame and people’s good intentions.


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GRANTCHESTER

SEASON 4, EPISODE 2

ON MASTERPIECE

THURSDAY, JULY 25 @ 7:00PM

When a professor dies at a cutting-edge computer laboratory, Geordie turns to Leonard for assistance. As they discover the messy love lives of the computer laboratory team, Cathy is tricked, Will returns and Mrs. C makes a shocking discovery.


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8 DAYS

TO THE MOON AND BACK

TUESDAY, MARCH 2 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

Join Apollo 11 on its historic journey. The film seamlessly blends mission audio featuring conversations among Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins with new footage, NASA archive and stunning CGI to recreate the first moon landing.


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NOVA

BACK TO THE MOON

SATURDAY, JULY 13 @ 11:00PM

Fifty years after humans first set foot on the Moon, new scientific discoveries are fueling excitement for a return to the lunar surface—this time, perhaps, to stay. Join the scientists and engineers working to make life on the Moon a reality.


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CHASING THE MOON

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 @ 7:00PM & 9:00PM

A Place Beyond the Sky begins in 1957 and tracks the early years of the space race as the United States struggles to catch up with the Soviet Union. The episode reveals breathtaking failures and successes of the nascent American space program and demonstrates the stakes and costs of reaching the moon.


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BIG PACIFIC

VIOLENT

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12 @ 10:00PM

Violence is part of life in the Pacific and those that live here must choose whether to avoid conflict or rise to meet it. Surrounded by the Ring of Fire, the Pacific Ocean is the epicenter of natural mayhem.


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