A CEMETERY SPECIAL

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM

“A Cemetery Special” Celebrates Some Old And Interesting Places Where People Are Buried

Everybody used to hang out at the cemetery. In the nineteenth century, lots of Americans would head for the local cemetery when they wanted to escape from industrial cities, when they wanted to relax and enjoy a green, natural setting, when they wanted to see some art, as well as when they wanted to remember and pay respect to the dearly departed. Back then, cemeteries sometimes got so crowded that tickets were required for admission.
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OBJECTS AND MEMORY

MONDAY, AUGUST 29 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM

During traumatic events, the normal flow of day-to-day life is disrupted in an instant. In the aftermath of sudden upheaval and incomprehensible loss, people seek a bridge between the irreplaceable past and a hopeful future. The documentary film Objects and Memory examines the innate drive to maintain connection and continuity by preserving the past and speaking to the future.

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HERCULANEUM UNCOVERED

THURSDAY, MARCH 31 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM

Near the fabled Pompeii is Herculaneum, another city buried and frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Herculaneum Uncovered follows geo-archaeologists as they unearth precious artifacts that reveal what life was like before the eruption, and how the volcano devastated the town in a very different manner to Pompeii.

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ART & COPY

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM

You may thank (or curse) the creative people in Art & Copy for such familiarly evocative slogans as “Just Do It,” “I ♥ NY,” “Where’s the Beef?” “Got Milk?” “Think Different,” and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. Love them or loathe them, they have mastered the art of persuasion through hard work and seemingly boundless creativity.

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

TECUMSEH’S VISION

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 @ 7:00PM

In the spring of 1805, Tenskwatawa, a Shawnee, fell into a trance so deep that those around him believed he had died. When he finally stirred, the young prophet claimed to have met the Master of Life. He told those who crowded around to listen that the Indians were in dire straits because they had adopted white culture and rejected traditional spiritual ways.

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SHERLOCK

A STUDY IN PINK

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24 @ 7:00M & 11:00PM

Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman, The Office UK) is back in modern-day London after serving in the war in Afghanistan. His therapist, convinced that Watson is plagued by violent memories, urges him to express himself in a blog. But nothing much ever happens to Watson, and it’s not that he’s haunted by the war — he longs for it. Enter an eccentric roommate — one Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch, The Last Enemy). He plays the violin when he’s thinking, sometimes doesn’t talk for days, and has a dubious career as a self-described consulting detective.

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ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 @ 10:00PM

William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible gives viewers an intimate look into the mind and creative process of William Kentridge, the South African artist whose acclaimed charcoal drawings, animations, video installations, shadow plays, mechanical puppets, tapestries, sculptures, live performance pieces, and operas have made him one of the most dynamic and exciting contemporary artists working today. With its rich historical references and undertones of political and social commentary, Kentridge’s work has earned him inclusion in Time magazine’s 2009 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

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BUILDING THE GREAT CATHEDRALS

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

Take a dazzling architectural journey inside those majestic marvels of Gothic architecture, the great cathedrals of Chartres, Beauvais and other European cities. Carved from 100 million pounds of stone, some cathedrals now teeter on the brink of catastrophic collapse. To save them, a team of engineers, architects, art historians, and computer scientists searches the naves, bays, and bell-towers for clues. NOVA investigates the architectural secrets that the cathedral builders used to erect their towering, glass-filled walls and reveals the hidden formulas drawn from the Bible that drove medieval builders ever upward.

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

AFTER THE MAYFLOWER

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23 @ 7:00PM

In March of 1621, in what is now southeastern Massachusetts, Massasoit, the leading sachem of the Wampanoag, sat down to negotiate with a ragged group of English colonists. Hungry, dirty, and sick, the pale-skinned foreigners were struggling to stay alive; they were in desperate need of Native help.

Massasoit faced problems of his own. His people had lately been decimated by unexplained sickness, leaving them vulnerable to the rival Narragansett to the west. The Wampanoag sachem calculated that a tactical alliance with the foreigners would provide a way to protect his people and hold his Native enemies at bay. He agreed to give the English the help they needed.
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WALLANDER, SERIES II

THE FIFTH WOMAN

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 @ 7:30PM & 10:30PM

A bird-watcher falls to his painful death while being observed by a masked figure. A florist with a violent past has gone missing, stains of blood spotting the floor in his orchid-lined shop. Inspector Kurt Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) is torn between two disparate murders while dealing with one harsh and heartbreaking reality — the demise of his father. When another victim is found, it is clear that a serial killer is at work in Ystad. It is one of Wallander’s most personal and harrowing cases — one that will even bring him into an unexpected kinship with a killer.

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