AMERICAN MASTERS

AUGUST WILSON THE GROUND ON WHICH I STAND FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 @ 11:00PM Explore the life and legacy of the playwright some call America’s Shakespeare, who chronicled the 20th-century black experience. Features James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Laurence Fishburne, Viola Davis, new dramatic readings and rare footage. FIND OUT MORE...

ALICIA KEYS

LANDMARKS LIVE IN CONCERT A GREAT PERFORMANCES SPECIAL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 @ 11:00PM Enjoy the debut of a pop music series. Grammy-winner Alicia Keys performs in notable locations all around New York, including the world-famous Circle Line, the Unisphere and Harlem’s Apollo. Hosted by Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. FIND OUT MORE...

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 @ 7:00PM On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC. Over the next twelve days, as a fractured nation mourned, the largest manhunt ever attempted closed in on his assassin, the twenty-six-year-old renowned actor, John Wilkes Booth. In November 1860, a little-known Republican state senator...

FRONTLINE

DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 @ 7:00PM Days before the inauguration of the 45th American president in January 2017, FRONTLINE will premiere “Divided States of America,” a four-hour, two-night documentary miniseries that looks back at events during the Obama presidency that have revealed deep divisions in our country, and examines the America that President-elect Donald...

INDEPENDENT LENS

WHAT WAS OURS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27  @ 8:00PM Like millions of indigenous people, many Native American tribes do not control their own material history and culture. For the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes living on the isolated Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, new contact with lost artifacts risks opening old wounds but also offers the possibility for healing. What Was Ours...