WE COME FROM PEOPLE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29 @ 9:00PM
Angela Bassett, Valerie Jarrett and Nas’ familial roots run back into the heart of slavery, revealing there is no single narrative and challenging our preconceptions of an era that has profoundly shaped our nations sense of itself.
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
FRIDAY, MARCH 8 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Makers: Women in Business tells the story of the exceptional women—past and present—who have taken the world of business by storm. Told by female business leaders themselves, this is a candid exploration of what it takes to make it and a celebration of the extraordinary individuals who, over the course of 50 years, have proven that a woman’s place is wherever she believes it to be.
BRAKELESS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 @ 8:00PM
Brakeless is a cautionary tale of what happens when punctuality, protocol, and efficiency are taken to the extreme.
On Monday, April 25th 2005, a West Japan Railway (West JR) commuter train crashed into an apartment building and killed 107 people when a driver tried to catch up with an 80-second delay. Just what pressures made the driver risk so much for such a minimal delay? Was this accident simply the result of human or mechanical failure, or the failure of society in a larger sense?
DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM
Six years after Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy have prevailed over pride, prejudice, the caddish Mr. Wickam and the frivolous Mrs. Bennet, a coach races up to Pemberley, Darcy’s palatial estate, with an hysterical Lydia shrieking, “Murder!” So continues Jane Austen’s timeless classic, Pride and Prejudice, in Death Comes to Pemberley, a star-studded adaptation of crime-writer P.D. James’ bestselling whodunit.
INVESTIGATION
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 @ 10:00PM
How do artists push beyond what they already know and readily see? Can acts of engagement and exploration be works of art in themselves? In this episode, artists use their practices as tools for personal and intellectual discovery, simultaneously documenting and producing new realities in the process.
WITH GWEN IFILL
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 @ 9:00PM
It’s less than two week until Election Day. While voter turnout during midterm elections drops nearly 30% compared with presidential elections, that doesn’t mean the stakes are not high this year. In fact, control of the U.S. Senate is at stake. On November 4, Americans across the country will cast ballots for governor in 36 states, as well as 36 Senate races, and all 435 House races.
THE PARADISE, SEASON 2
EPISODE 4
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 @ 7:00PM
Denise and Moray have everything they wished for – almost. What lengths will they go to in order to fulfill their ultimate dream, and can their love withstand blind ambition? Denise faces new challenges that keenly point out the difference between friendship and leadership, while Moray suddenly seems to live in the shadows, much like Jonas. Meanwhile, a Paradise employee faces a painful visit from the past, that also holds the opportunity for ultimate forgiveness.
BEN FRANKLIN’S BALLOONS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM
The first stage in human flight didn’t begin with the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, but with daring inventors and aeronauts in 18th century Paris. In a period of just 19 months, humanity not only left the ground for the first time—a moment as significant as the Apollo moon landing—but thanks to a handful of brilliant and colorful pioneers, developed all the essential features of today’s hot air and gas balloons.
A MURDER OF CROWS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 @ 8:00PM
Crows live everywhere in the world except Antarctica and are a part of myths and legends in many cultures. Their reputation in the stories varies from comical to frightening, godlike or wise, bringers of light and bringers of death, though a “murder” of crows refers to a flock of crows, and not to anything murderous, at all. They may be all these things, but what we are learning is that they are especially smart.
New research has shown that they are among the most intelligent animals on the planet. They use tools as only elephants and chimpanzees do, and recognize 250 distinct calls. One particular talent they have been discovered to possess is the ability to recognize individual human faces and pick them out of a crowd up to two years later – a trick that might make even Hitchcock shiver with fright.
LOSING IRAQ
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 @ 11:00PM
FRONTLINE examines the unfolding chaos in Iraq and how the U.S. is being pulled back into the conflict. Drawing on interviews with policymakers and military leaders, the film traces the U.S. role from the invasion to today’s violence, showing how Iraq is coming undone, how we got here, what went wrong, and what happens next.