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Making Black America | Episode 1
As Black people fought for full citizenship, hour one explores how free African Americans exercised their self - determination by building communities, establishing schools, and creating associations that would become the foundational pillars of Black America. Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the organizations, networks and artistic impression created by and for Black people.
Expires October 4, 2026
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American Masters | Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Experience the groundbreaking sounds of bebop pioneer and virtuoso composer Max Roach, whose far-reaching ambitions were inspired and challenged by the inequities of the society around him.
Expires October 6, 2026
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America ReFramed | La Manplesa: An Uprising Remembered
On May 5th, 1991, people took to the streets of Washington D.C.’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood to protest the police shooting of a young Salvadoran man, Daniel Gomez. Through testimony, song, poetry, and street theater, LA MANPLESA: An Uprising Remembered weaves together the collective memory of one of D.C.’s first barrios and dives into the roots of the '91 rebellion.
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American Masters | Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
Celebrate the life and career of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Mary Oliver. Shaped by a solitary childhood and rising literary fame, Oliver published more than 30 collections of poetry and essays on nature, beauty, and love.
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Resolve to Solve with Miles O'Brien | Extreme Heat: Arizona to Australia
Heat kills more Americans than hurricanes and wildfires combined, yet it remains the most invisible threat of climate change. Miles O’Brien travels from a Phoenix playground redesigned to fight scorching pavement, to an Australian shade lab, to a climate chamber where he’s put under the broiler, to meet scientists engineering how humans might adapt to a hotter world.
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Resolve to Solve with Miles O'Brien Powering Change: Offshore Wind
New Bedford, Massachusetts, made its fortune hunting whales for oil. Nearly two centuries later, Mayor Jon Mitchell is wagering the city’s comeback on offshore wind. Miles O’Brien flies out to the turbines, rides with fishermen wary of losing their scallop grounds, and examines the political storm, from whale die-off claims to President Trump’s stop-work orders, testing the future of wind power.
Pacific Heartbeat | A Lost Paradise
A PARADISE LOST is the enchanting, yet harrowing tale of a Hawaiian finch who sued the State of Hawai‘i to prevent its imminent extinction, the first animal in history to be named lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit. The film weaves animation and archival footage to visualize the landmark environmental case "Palila v. Hawaii" told by the stuffed Palila bird who sat at the plaintiff's table.
American Experience | George H.W. Bush, Part 2
This biography examines the life and career of our 41st president, from his service in World War II to his days in the Oval Office with the fall of the Berlin Wall, race riots in LA and the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War
In 1776, the Founders’ promise of “all men are created equal” remained distant for many. Trace the heroic stories of the enslaved and freed Black Americans who fought to define democracy and their liberty through the Revolutionary War.
Walter Presents
Second Death | Season 1
When Sandra, a young mother with a photographic memory, discovers the body of a woman who was buried seven years earlier, she uncovers a secret that will change her life forever. From Walter Presents, in Spanish with English subtitles.
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