10:00 – 11:00PM
Hallowed Grounds. Outside of the United States there are 22 World War I and II American military cemeteries. They are all over the world, from Europe to the Philippines to Tunisia. This hour will examine those cemeteries, where they are, the servicemen who are there, and how they passed away.
Tuesday, May 26:
8:00 – 9:00PM
Nova - “Ocean Animal Emergency." As you know, the water in some parts of the ocean is getting warmer. That means that some of the animals that live in said waters are in trouble. Thank goodness for Dr. Frances Gulland, a San Francisco vet. Gulland has made it her job to save some of these at-risk animals in the Pacific.
9:00 – 10:00PM
Frontline - TBA
10:00 – 11:00PM
Independent Lens – "Steal a Pencil for Me." So there’s Jack. Jack is married to Manja. Jack is in love with Ina. Jack, Manja, and Ina somehow all ended up in the same barracks in a concentration camp. Jack and Ina wrote love letters to each other, which apparently helped them survive. I wonder what it would have done to Manja.
Wednesday, May 27:
8:00 – 9:00PM
Great Performances – “In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams.” Learn all about the new Broadway show which won five Tony Awards following its Broadway debut in 2008. PBS is there to take you inside the show and to give you a good look at the creative team behind it. Watch, learn, enjoy.
9:00 – 10:30PM
American Masters – "Hollywood Chinese." How have Chinese and Chinese-Americans been portrayed in film? How have they helped produced film? How has said portrayal and production changed through the years? This documentary aims to examine those very questions and more – it even has actors, writers, and directors sit down to talk about it.
10:30 – 11:00PM
American Stamps. Have you ever wondered exactly how they make a stamp – the hours and hours it takes to think about what the stamp should look like, to actually make it look like the conception, and then to mass produce them? Frankly, I haven't. I've wondered why the post office can't seem to get an envelope with a stamp on it to my address with any consistency or regularity, but I haven't wondered about the stamps themselves.
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