INDEPENDENT LENS

THROUGH A LENS DARKLY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 @ 8:00PM The first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present, Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People probes the recesses of American history through images that have been suppressed, forgotten, and lost....

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC

DOWNTON ABBEY SEASON 5 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM EPISODE 7: Bates’ train ticket returns to the spotlight. Isobel encounters a surprising obstacle to happiness. An arrival brings new hope, while departures bring both relief and sorrow. Downton Abbey returns for an epic fifth season of intimately interlaced stories centered on an English country estate—a deliciously...

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!

GRANTCHESTER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 @ 7:00PM @ 12:00am EPISODE 5: On holiday in London, Sidney and Geordie happen upon a murder, allowing them to show Scotland Yard a thing or two. Handsome, young vicar Sidney Chambers (James Norton) shares his spiritual duties with a love of jazz, complicated relationships with women, and an enthusiasm for amateur sleuthing. When the concern of a parishioner...

WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 @ 8:00PM This Week: Obama Requests War Powers, Ceasefire in Ukraine, Congress’ Homeland Security Fight, and Ups & Downs in 2016 Race President Obama’s request to Congress for a three-year authorization to use military force against ISIS is being met with resistance from Republicans and some Democrats. Republicans believe the White House plan is too...

SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED

ROMEO & JULIET WITH JOSEPH FIENNES SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 @ 7:00PM Fiennes has a unique perspective on Romeo and Juliet. He played Shakespeare – both writing and performing as Romeo – in the film Shakespeare in Love. Now he wants to examine why it remains the most-performed of all Shakespeare plays. Fiennes takes us back to the source – an Italian story translated into English when...