5/8 - 5/14
2011
All times are EST
Previously aired
Helen Whitney explores the timely, nearly ubiquitous applications and limitations of the concept and practice of forgiveness through a compelling range of stories, from personal betrayal to global reconciliation after genocide.
AMERICAN MASTERS
Nearly a century after his death, John Muir is remembered and revered as the father of the environmental movement and the founder of the Sierra Club.
FRONTLINE
FRONTLINE examines a little-known chapter of the Catholic Church sex abuse story: decades of abuse of Native Americans by priests and church workers in Alaska.
INDEPENDENT LENS
Renowned artist Vik Muniz journeys from Brooklyn to Brazil and to Jardim Gramacho, the world’s largest garbage dump located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There Muniz photographs an eclectic band of catadores — pickers of recyclablematerials — and works with them to “paint” their portraits using garbage.
Building on the system-wide arts programming initiative led by PBS, INDEPENDENT LENS will premiere four new films in April 2011 as part of Artist Month.
SAVING THE BAY
This first hour introduces the first inhabitants along the Bay’s shores and continues through European exploration and settlement, including Spanish, Russian and American influences.
THIS OLD HOUSE
Auburndale Project, Part 3 of 16
ASK THIS OLD HOUSE
Creating storage space in an attic; repairing broken doorbell
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
Kentucky’s indie rock heroes My Morning Jacket return to the ACL stage.
Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who has tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice.
