ON MASTERPIECE
SEASON 4, EPISODE 4 ~ HARVEST
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
The extraordinary discovery of a 2,000 year old body leads Endeavour and Thursday to investigate the eerie village of Bramford, where nature is pitted against man and pagan rites hide nuclear mysteries.
PEER TO PEER CONVERSATIONS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 @ 7:30PM
Don’t miss Rubenstein’s interview with General Petraeus, who discusses his survival after being shot, what to say when the president asks you to do something, his amazement at the breadth of the CIA’s secrets and his time with two presidents. Part 2
WASHINGTON WEEK
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER8 @ 9:00PM
President Trump stunned Washington this week when he bypassed Republicans and struck a deal with Democrats to raise the debt limit and fund the government for three months. Conservative House members expressed their frustration to ousted Trump adviser Steve Bannon, who took aim at House Speaker Paul Ryan’s leadership.
Did the president go rogue and sell out the GOP? Has the Republican Party been thrown into permanent disarray or can the warring factions mend their ideological differences?
AMERICAN MASTERS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 @ 10:00PM & 11:30pm
People worldwide have seen the Disney animated classic Bambi and been deeply moved by it, but few can tell you the name of the artist behind the film. Even fewer are aware of this pioneering artist’s impact on American art and popular culture. Until his death at the age of 106, Tyrus Wong (1910-2016) was America’s oldest living Chinese American artist and one of the last remaining artists from the golden age of Disney animation. (90 Minutes)
THE GROWN-UPS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 8:00PM
In a school for individuals with Down Syndrome, four middle-aged friends yearn for a life of greater autonomy in a society that marginalizes them as disabled. The Grown-Ups is a humorous and at times sad and uncomfortable look at the tragic limbo of conscious adults. Winner, Best Female-Directed Film at the 2016 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. A co-presentation with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB).
ON MASTERPIECE
LAZARETTO
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Whispers of a cursed hospital ward and a seemingly innocuous death begin a chain of events that lead Endeavour to investigate the dark depths of Oxford’s medical community.
PEER TO PEER CONVERSATIONS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 @ 7:30PM
Don’t miss Rubenstein’s interview with General Petraeus, who discusses his survival after being shot, what to say when the president asks you to do something, his amazement at the breadth of the CIA’s secrets and his time with two presidents. Part 2
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 @ 9:00PM
As Hurricane Harvey dissipates, the recovery effort in Texas is just beginning. The Category 4 storm dropped more than 50 inches of rain near Houston and killed dozens of people. Tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes as the city begins to dry out.
Early estimates put the cleanup costs as high as $200 billion. How is the federal government responding to what may be the costliest natural disaster in American history?
AMERICAN MASTERS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM
Slacker. Indie filmmaker. Oscar nominee. Writer, director, producer, actor Richard Linklater (b. July 30, 1960) is all these things and more. Boasting a trove of never-before-seen archival footage, American Masters: Richard Linklater – dream is destiny provides an unconventional look at the fiercely independent style of filmmaking that emerged out of Austin, Texas in the late 1980s and 1990s with Linklater as its poster boy. The new documentary premieres nationwide Friday, September 1 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). The film will be available to stream the following day via pbs.org/americanmasters and PBS OTT apps.
RAISING BERTIE
MONDAY, AUGUST 28 @ 8:00PM
Raising Bertie is an intimate portrait of three African American boys as they face a precarious coming of age in rural Bertie County, North Carolina. Like many rural areas, Bertie County struggles with a dwindling economy, a declining population, and a high school graduation rate below the state average. This powerful vérité film weaves the young men’s narratives together as they work to define their identities and grow into adulthood while navigating complex relationships, institutional racism, violence, poverty, and educational inequity.