THE LAND THAT TAKES YOU
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 @ 11:00PM
Patti Little Bird is desperate to get her kids back, but she doesn’t know where they have been taken. Eighteen years later, Bezhig/Esther, who has made her way back to the prairies, is desperate to find her family. Both women are lost, tangled in the exact same place, decades apart.
EIFFEL’S RACE TO THE TOP
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25 @ 11:00PM
Find out about the race to build Paris’ most famous landmark when two men vied to be the first to build a monument 1,000 feet tall. See how one man’s vision transformed the Paris skyline, making the Eiffel Tower a global icon. Dramatic recreations, official renderings and personal correspondence tell the story.
A NATURE MINISERIES
DEEP THINKERS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
Spy creatures reveal an ocean full of startling ways of thinking, including large-brained whales, smart octopi, diving monkeys, creative fish and other intelligent animals.
AURORA’S SUNRISE
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23 @ 8:00PM
At 14, Aurora Madriganian survived the Armenian Genocide and escaped to New York, where her story became a media sensation. Her newfound fame led to her starring in Auction of Souls, one of Hollywood’s earliest blockbusters. Blending storybook animation, video testimony, and rediscovered footage from her lost silent epic, Aurora’s Sunrise revives her forgotten story.
SEASON 2, EPISODE 2
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 @ 11:00PM
Anika and the team are sent to Edinburgh to investigate the death of a recently released prisoner whose body is pulled out of the Forth River.
SEASON 2, EPISODE 2
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26 @ 11:00PM
Harry struggles to adapt to the realities of desert combat and Lois longs to leave home. In Paris, Henriette is in grave danger, and in Manchester, a mysterious stranger arrives at Robina’s door.
THE VOTE, PART 1
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 @ 7:00PM
Part one traces the rise of suffrage militancy, a direct-action approach to politics inspired by Britain’s notoriously militant suffragettes. By 1911, “votes for women” had become, as one journalist noted, the three small words which constitute the biggest question in the world today. While galvanizing to many, such radical action was also divisive. (Followed by Part 2 @ 8:00pm)
EMBRACING DUALITY
MODERN INDIGENOUS CULTURES
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 @ 10:00PM
In partnership with electronic music pioneers The Halluci Nation, R&B artist Martha Redbone, and performance artist Ty Defoe, The Kennedy Center explores the impact and evolution of indigenous performing arts cultures.
ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
FRIENDS AND STRANGERS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 @ 8:00PM
Four contemporary artists look inside and outside their immediate circles to find emotional connections and build community. This film showcases playful and poignant sculptures, performances, and more. Includes celebrated filmmaker Miranda July.
SO PUT TOGETHER
SEASON 1, EPISODE 2
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 @ 8:00PM
Esther finds her adoption papers, and a newspaper clipping that evoke fuzzy memories of her young life on the Long Pine Reserve, before she was adopted. She is determined to learn more, so she uproots her life, sacrificing everything, in search of her family and who she is.