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[DanaK]

Apologies, I seem to have forgotten to actually post the highlights for March

Highlights for March:
Weathered: Inside the LA Firestorm, March 19

Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter (about journalist/activist), March 22

Independent Lens: "Home Court" (about Cambodian-American basketball player), March 24

American Experience: "Change Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act", March 25

Frontline: "The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram" (abt terrorist online network), March 25

"The Future of Nature" (4 episodes), premieres March 25

Scripted
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, Series 1, 6 episodes, premieres March 23
Marie Antoinette, Series 2, 8 episodes, premieres March 23
Call the Midwife, Series 14, premieres March 30

Continuing from previous: "Lucy Worsley Investigates, Season 2"

Please check your local listings

[DanaK]

Highlights for April:

American Masters:

“Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story” (abt Liza Minnelli), April 1

“Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse” (about groundbreaking cartoonist and novelist), April 15

Nature:

“Katavi: Africa’s Fallen Paradise” (how extreme weather affects several animal groups in Tanzania’s Katavi National Park; 3 episodes), premieres April 2

“Penguins: Meet the Family” (looks at all 18 species of penguins), April 23

“Austin City Limits Celebrates 50 Years”, April 4

Independent Lens:

“We Want the Funk” (looks at history of Funk music), April 8

“Free for All: The Public Library” (chronicles the evolution of the American public library), April 29

Nova:

“Revolutionary War Weapons” (explores key miliary tech in the Revolutionary War), April 9

“Secrets of the Forest” (can forests help cool the planet?), April 16

“Critical Condition: Health in Black America” (filmmaker Stanley Nelson investigates the health disparities between Black and other Americans), April 30

Great Performances:

“Now Hear This, Season 6” (4 episodes), premieres April 11

“The Magic of Nureyev” (about Nureyev’s revolutionary 1964 production of Swan Lake), April 11

“The Corridors of Power” (American becomes the sole superpower after the Soviet Union collapsed. But at what cost?), April 14

“Water for Life” (Latin American community leaders fight to retain access to their local water sources), April 21

“Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On” (80 years after the liberation of the last concentration camps, historian asks whether we’ve really learned the lesson of history), April 22

Frontline:

“Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages” (native villages fight for survival against climate change), April 22

Changing Planet, Season 4:

“River Restoration” (Note, the series is a 7 year project on the issues facing the planet’s most threatened ecosystems; this season looks at the largest river restoration ever attempted, aiming to bring back Northern California’s Klamath; 1 episode), April 23

POV:

“The Taste of Mango” (looks at effects of abuse spanning 3 generations of women), April 28

“Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana” (celebrates the many foods and cultures that make up the Americas; in Season 1, Pati travels from the top of Alaska to southern Alberta, Canada; 3 episodes), premieres April 29

Among those programs continuing from previous month:

The Future of Nature, Call the Midwife, Series 14; Masterpiece: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light; Marie Antionette, Series 2; Finding Your Roots, Season 11

Be sure to check your local listings, especially for any additional Holocaust Remembrance programming