Category Archives: Program Highlights

INDEPENDENT LENS

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MUSCLE SHOALS &

WAITING FOR A TRAIN: THE TOSHIO HIRANO STORY

MONDAY, DECEMBER 14 @ 8:00PM

Located on the banks of the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of the most creative and defiant music in American history.

Under the spiritual influence of the “Singing River” as Native Americans called it, the music of Muscle Shoals is some of the most important and resonant of all time. “I’ll Take You There,” “Brown Sugar,” “When a Man Loves a Woman,” “I Never Loved a Man the Way That I Loved You,” “Mustang Sally,” “Tell Mama,” “Kodachrome,” and “Freebird” are just a few of the tens of thousands of tracks created there.

 


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MASTERPIECE CLASSIC

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MR. SELFRIDGE, SEASON 2

SUNDAY, APRIL 20 @ 10:00PM

EPISODE 4

Young Englishmen are off to war, and Harry’s son, Gordon, is itching to enlist. Only fifteen, he is assigned to man the tea counter at the store instead. Harry is also itching to do something war-related and angles for a spot on the government’s military procurement committee. This leads to a high-stakes poker game, pitting the canny American against none other than Lord Loxley, who aims to give “that Yank the trouncing of his life!” Meanwhile, Miss Mardle has invited Agnes to share her new home and welcomes a Belgian refugee as well. Mr. Thackeray, head of fashion, gives himself a special war assignment: get to the bottom of Henri’s suspicious behavior!


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CALL THE MIDWIFE

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SEASON 3 EPISODE 4

SUNDAY, APRIL 20 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM

Jenny’s patient Leah is struggling to cope with her mother’s agoraphobia, as well as her own pregnancy. When her husband is offered a new job and home, Leah knows she can’t leave her mother behind after all they went through to survive the Holocaust. With the arrival of new life, Mrs. Rubin seems reborn, too; with great effort and help from Sister Winifred, she manages to step outside for the first time in 12 years.


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THE ADDRESS

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SATURDAY, APRIL 19 @ 6:00PM

The Address, a 90-minute feature length documentary by Ken Burns, will air on PBS April 15, 2014. The film tells the story of a tiny school in Putney Vermont, the Greenwood School, where each year the students are encouraged to memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address. In its exploration of the Greenwood School, the film also unlocks the history, context and importance of President Lincoln’s most powerful address.


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WASHINGTON WEEK

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, APRIL 18 @ 9:00PM

Topics include the crisis in Ukraine; two domestic terrorism cases; political fund-raising during the first quarter of 2014; and Sen. Rand Paul’s efforts to satisfy grassroot conservatives while also calling for a more inclusive Republican Party.


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PETER PAN

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FROM THE MILWAUKEE BALLET

FRIDAY, APRIL 18 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

Choreographed by Milwaukee Ballet Artistic Director Michael Pink, Peter Pan From the Milwaukee Ballet took the city by storm, playing to sold-out houses and earning standing ovations nightly. Featuring an original score from British composer Philip Feeney, this impressive stage show features dancers flying high over the action and a looming, full pirate ship that sails across the stage.

MPTV spent months recording performances of Peter Pan and producing the piece for broadcast, under the direction of Emmy Award-winning producer/director Phillip Byrd. The ballet features Leading Artist Marc Petrocci as the iconic Peter Pan and rising star Valerie Harmon as Wendy. The production also boasts a top-notch creative team, including Emmy Award-winning lighting designer David Grill.


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NATURE

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TOUCHING THE WILD

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 @ 9:00PM

Joe Hutto’s idea of research is anything but normal, dedicating seven years of his life to becoming a wild mule deer. The herd would ordinarily run from any human but, incredibly, these keenly intelligent animals come to regard this stranger as one of their own. Accepted by the matriarch, he walks among them, is even groomed by them, and can lie with a pregnant doe talking to its unborn fawns. As he crosses the species divide Joe is tapping into a new understanding about these elusive animals, literally entering a deer society.


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NOVA

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INSIDE ANIMAL MINDS

DOGS & SUPER SENSES

SUNDAY, JANUARY 5 @ 6:00PM

What is it like to be a dog, a shark, or a bird? Long the subject of human daydreams, this question is now getting serious attention from scientists who study animal senses. The senses define our experience of the world—they shape our minds, and help make us what we are. Humans rely on smell, sight, taste, touch, and sound, but other animals have super-powered versions of these senses, and a few, like electrically-sensitive sharks, even have extra senses we don’t have at all. From a dog who seems to use smell to tell time, to a dolphin who can “see” with his ears, we will discover how animals use their senses in ways we humans can barely imagine.


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INDEPENDENT LENS

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THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI

SATURDAY, JULY 24 @ 6:00PM

The story of the explosive crossroads of Muhammad Ali’s life, after the famed boxer’s conversion to Islam and refusal to serve in the Vietnam War left him banned from boxing and facing a five-year prison sentence. (90 Minutes)


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LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER

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JASON ISBELL: MOVING FORWARD

SATURDAY, APRIL 12 @ 11:00PM

Isbell takes his band to New York and rocks the house in this special concert.

Hailing from music mecca Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Jason Isbell is creating a sound that expands on his roots and cuts close to the bone. Watch him rock the house here at Lincoln Center.


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