INDEPENDENT LENS

PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE THURSDAY, MAY 17 @ 8:00PM & 11:00M   At Tucson High School, ethnic studies programs have improved graduation rates among Latino students. But some state politicians think ethnic studies promote “racial solidarity” and anti-Americanism. When books are banned and the programs eliminated, teachers and students fight back in a modern civil rights struggle. Find out...

NATURE

CRACKING THE KOALA CODE SATURDAY, JANUARY 3 @ 10:00PM Loud bellows ring out from a small pocket of forest surrounded by dense suburbs and busy roads in Brisbane, Australia. It’s mating season for koalas. Their thunderous roars are difficult to reconcile with the familiar perception of them as cuddly creatures. But these complex choruses of bellows and grunts have become invaluable for those...

AMERICAN MASTERS

JOHNNY CARSON: KING OF LATE NIGHT FRIDAY, MARCH 14 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM Johnny Carson (10/23/1925 – 1/23/2005) was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone else in American history. Over the course of 30 years, 4,531 episodes and 23,000 guests, he became a fixture of national life and a part of the zeitgeist. In a 2007 TV Land/Entertainment Weeklypoll, Americans voted Carson the...

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!

THE HOUNDS OF BASKERVILLE SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 @ 7:00PM & 11:00AM Boredom has set in at 221 Baker Street, with Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch, The Last Enemy, War Horse, The Hobbit) jonesing for a meaty case and — in its absence — a cigarette. Only the arrival of Henry Knight (Russell Tovey, Little Dorrit), terrorized and desperately clinging to sanity, piques the consulting...

ART IN THE 21st CENTURY

THREADS SATURDAY, MAY 12 @ 8:00PM For as long as mankind has lived together in groups, interlacing, weaving, sewing and all manner of work that starts with the humble thread have brought physical comfort and served as a means of expression. Threads explores the needle arts, including storytelling through quilts and textiles that speak to the creativity of the human spirit. Find out more...