LATINO AMERICANS

LATINO AMERICANS FOREIGNERS IN THEIR OWN LAND/EMPIRE OF DREAMS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM LATINO AMERICANS is a landmark three-part, six-hour documentary series. It is the first major documentary series for television to chronicle the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have helped shape the United States over the last 500-plus years and have become, with...

POV

THE WORLD BEFORE HER MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 @ 10:00PM The World Before Her is a tale of two Indias. In one, Ruhi Singh is a small-town girl competing in Bombay to win the Miss India pageant—a ticket to stardom in a country wild about beauty contests. In the other India, Prachi Trivedi is the young, militant leader of a fundamentalist Hindu camp for girls, where she preaches violent resistance to...

EARTHflight

A NATURE SPECIAL PRESENTATION AFRICA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 @ 8:00PM Episode Two: Africa Fly and arrow-dive with cape gannets among sharks, dolphins, whales and the great sardine run. Soar with fish eagles, flamingos, kelp gulls and vultures to see the most animal-packed continent with fresh eyes. What would it be like to see the world from a bird’s perspective? To experience riding on the backs...

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!

FOYLE’S WAR/THE ETERNITY RING SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM When Christopher Foyle returns from America, MI5, suspicious that British atomic research has been infiltrated, asks Foyle to investigate whether a Russian spy network could be at work in the heart of London. In signing on, he’s reunited with the now-married Sam who is working for a scientist involved in the...

WASHINGTON WEEK

with GWEN IFILL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 @ 9:00PM THIS WEEK: AN EVOLVING SOLUTION FOR SYRIA It has been a whirlwind week for developments surrounding President Obama’s attempts to take action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for alleged chemical weapons attacks in that 2-year civil war. What looked like a potential military strike at the beginning of the week now seems to have turned...