THE REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISTS

SATURDAY, MARCH 7 @ 11:00PM

Amlan Ganguly is a visionary. This lawyer-turned-community activist is not only changing a neighborhood, but also changing the way its youngest residents envision their lives. In this character-driven and highly cinematic documentary, acclaimed filmmakers Nicole Newnham (The Rape of Europa, Sentenced Home) and Maren Grainger-Monsen (Worlds Apart, The Vanishing Line) reveal Ganguly’s critical work in a Calcutta slum neighborhood. Filmed over the course of three and a half years, The Revolutionary Optimists follows Amlan and three of the children he works with through adolescence as they challenge the idea that marginalization is written into their destiny.

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OPENING NIGHT AT THE SMITH CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

SATURDAY, MARCH 8 @ 11:00PM

Neil Patrick Harris hosts the opening night concert at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas. From Dust to Dreams turns a spotlight on The Smith Center as it opens it doors after years of preparation, ushering Southern Nevada to its place on an international stage celebrating artistic excellence, education, and culture from around the world.

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, MARCH 7 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM

THIS WEEK: TENSIONS ESCALATE IN UKRAINE AND REPUBLICANS GATHER AT CPAC

President Obama has ramped up pressure on Russia to de-escalate the growing tensions in Ukraine by signing an executive order that imposes visa restrictions and other sanctions against Moscow.  On Thursday the president also denounced a referendum by the Crimean parliament to break away from Ukraine to join the Russian Federation calling the move a violation of international law. The Crimea region has been at the center of a tense power struggle between the new Ukrainian government and Russian President Vladamir Putin since the fall of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych last month.

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CLOUD: CHALLENGE OF THE STALLIONS

SATURDAY, MARCH 8 @ 10:00PM

It’s springtime, and competition among band stallions is fierce. When a group of bachelors challenges Prince for his mares, at first Cloud only watches, standing by his lead mare Sitka. But when Cloud decides to join the fray, he gets more than he bargained for. Who will emerge victorious?

Acclaimed wildlife filmmaker Ginger Kathrens has been filming the life of the remarkable wild stallion, Cloud, since the day of his birth in 1995, allowing NATURE viewers to watch as he grew from tiny foal to the powerful leader of the largest band of wild horses in the Arrowhead Mountains that he is today. Along the way, much has been learned about wild horse society and the importance of family and loyalty in their dangerous and unpredictable world.

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THE WEST AND THE REST WITH NIALL FERGUSON

TUESDAY. MARCH 11 @ 10:00PM

For the past five centuries, Western civilizations have prevailed around the world. More people have been influenced by Western food, clothing, medicine, government and religion worldwide than by any other civilization. How did that happen? What led the West to be so influential and powerful? And how long will the West sustain its supremacy? As America approaches the 2012 presidential election in the midst of a geopolitical paradigm shift, acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson returns to public television with a timely look at the reasons behind the West’s economic ascendancy and why Eastern civilizations may now be taking the lead.

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MR. SELFRIDGE

SEASON 1 EPISODE 8

SUNDAY, MARCH 23 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

In Episode 8 of Mr. Selfridge, tragedy strikes on the day polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton comes to the store. An even greater celebrity plans a visit, and Harry and Rose attend a shocking play.

Jeremy Piven (Entourage) stars in Mr. Selfridge as a wheeling-dealing American who shows early 1900s Londoners how to shop. Based on the life of colorful retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge, the new eight-part series is created by Emmy® Award-winning writer Andrew Davies(Pride and Prejudice, Bleak House). Also starring are Frances O’Connor (Madame Bovary), Aisling Loftus (Page Eight), Zoe Tapper (Zen), Amanda Abbington (Case Histories), and Samuel West (Any Human Heart). (2 HOURS)

Season 2 starts March 30

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 @ 9:00PM

In the aftermath of the uprising in Kiev that drove Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych from power, a new interim government started to take shape this week. The new prime minister said Ukraine’s future lies in the European Union and the Obama administration has begun working with the EU on a bailout for Ukraine. But Russian President Vladamir Putin’s decision to launch military exercises near the Ukraine border has prompted questions on how much strength Russia might exert over the political direction of its neighbor.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 1 @ 6:00PM

Featured artists of the broadcast will include Bobby McFerrin, 10-time GRAMMY Award-winning vocalist and YoungArts Master Teacher, Chick Corea, 20-time GRAMMY award-winning virtuoso pianist, Dave Grusin, 12-time GRAMMY and Oscar-winning pianist/composer, Terence Blanchard, five-time GRAMMY Award-winning and YoungArts alumnus trumpeter, who is also the artistic director for the Henry Mancini Institute, and Mark O’Connor, two-time GRAMMY award winning violinist, whose career has been based on the intersection of classical music and American folk music. (90 minutes)

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IRELAND’S WILD RIVER

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM

The Shannon is Ireland’s greatest geographical landmark and longest river. It is both a barrier and highway – a silver ribbon holding back the rugged landscapes of the west from the gentler plains to the east. On its journey south, the Shannon passes through a huge palette of rural landscapes, where on little-known backwaters, Ireland’s wild animals and plants still thrive as almost nowhere else. For a year, wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson lives on the river — camping on its banks, exploring its countless tributaries in a traditional canoe, following the river from dawn to dusk through the four seasons, on a quest to film the natural history of the Shannon as it has never been seen or heard or experienced before.

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SECRETS OF THE VATICAN

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 @ 10:00PM

“Secrets of the Vatican,” a special, 90-minute FRONTLINE presentation premiering Feb. 25, tells the epic, inside story of the collapse of the Benedict Papacy—and illuminates the extraordinary challenges facing Pope Francis as he tries to reform the powerful Vatican bureaucracy, root out corruption, and chart a new course for the troubled Catholic Church and its 1.2 billion followers.

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