Category Archives: Program Highlights

INDEPENDENT LENS

DAWNLAND

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 @ 11:00PM

They were forced to assimilate into white society: children ripped away from their families, depriving them of their culture and erasing their identities. Can reconciliation help heal the scars from childhoods lost? Dawnland is the untold story of Indigenous child removal in the US through the nation’s first-ever government-endorsed truth and reconciliation commission, which investigated the devastating impact of Maine’s child welfare practices on the Wabanaki people. The Wabanaki are the people who are there to greet the light, “the people of the dawn,” and their story brings to light how getting to the heart of the truth can offer a flicker of hope.


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SINKING CITIES

NEW YORK

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 @ 8:00PM

Discover how New York City – overwhelmed in 2012 by Superstorm Sandy – has learned from that disaster, and must defend itself against rising seas and the next big storm. With 520 miles of shoreline and no coastal protection, engineers and urban planners are tackling the problem with urgency and creative engineering.


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GREAT PERFORMANCES

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS THE MUSICAL

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM

Experience one of the most famous musicals of all time with a celebrated new adaptation featuring the original Tony Award-nominated stars Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope. The acclaimed production was directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon.


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NATURE

SUPER CATS

CATS IN EVERY CORNER

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM

Discover how cats have conquered the world, thriving in almost every landscape on Earth, from the wetlands of Asia to Africa’s oldest desert, to the shores of California and the tropical beaches of Costa Rica.


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NATIVE AMERICA

NATURE TO NATIONS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 @ 11:00PM

Explore the rise of great American nations, from monarchies to democracies. Investigate lost cities in Mexico, a temple in Peru, a potlatch ceremony in the Pacific Northwest and a tapestry of shell beads in upstate New York whose story inspired our own democracy.


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INDEPENDENT LENS

WILDLAND

MONDAY, JUNE 7 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM

Filmed during two recent wildfire seasons, Wildland is a sweeping yet deeply personal account of a wildland firefighting crew as they struggle with fear, loyalty, dreams, and demons. This is the story of ordinary people with nothing left to lose — as they trudge through an unforgiving face a test of mind, body, and spirit.


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