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February
Thu, Feb 2, 1:00 am · Haiti: One Day, One Story/The Other Side Of The Wa
Documents the personal stories of the Haitian people six weeks after the devastating earthquake. 82 minutes [ CC Stereo DVI TVG ]
Thu, Feb 9, 1:00 am · Everyday Sunshine
86 minutes [ Stereo TV14 ]
Thu, Feb 16, 1:00 am · Burning In The Sun
A young social entrepreneur tries to electrify the rural households in his native country of Mali. 56 minutes [ Stereo TVG ]
Thu, Feb 23, 1:00 am · That's My Face
Documentarian Thomas Allen Harris journeys to Africa and Brazil to find his spiritual ancestors. 56 minutes [ Stereo TVPG ]
March
Thu, Mar 1, 1:00 am · Calypso Rose: The Lioness Of The Jungle
Cameras follow the Caribbean music legend from Paris, to her native Tobago and her New York home. 56 minutes [ Stereo TVPG ]
Thu, Mar 8, 1:00 am · Burning In The Sun
A young social entrepreneur tries to electrify the rural households in his native country of Mali. 56 minutes [ Stereo TVG ]
Thu, Mar 15, 1:00 am · Desert Bayou
The story of African Americans airlifted to Utah by the US government during Hurricane Katrina. 57 minutes [ CC Stereo DVI TVPG ]
Thu, Mar 22, 1:00 am · Black To Our Roots
A 17-year-old girl travels to her ancestral home in Ghana to escape a cycle of poverty in Atlanta. 57 minutes [ CC Stereo DVI TVG ]
Thu, Mar 29, 1:00 am · Moving To The Beat
Explore how youth in Africa and America use hip hop music as a language for social change. 56 minutes [ CC Stereo DVI TVPG ]
April
Thu, Apr 5, 1:00 am · Haiti: One Day, One Story/The Other Side Of The Wa
Documents the personal stories of the Haitian people six weeks after the devastating earthquake. 82 minutes [ CC Stereo DVI TVG ]
Thu, Apr 12, 1:00 am · 125 Franco's Boulevard/Nora
Murals painted on storefront gates by Franco the Great are threatened by re-zoning laws in Harlem. 57 minutes [ CC Stereo DVI TVPG ]
Thu, Apr 19, 1:00 am · Riseup
57 minutes [ CC Stereo DVI TVPG ]
Thu, Apr 26, 1:00 am · Uprooted & Sanza Hanza
Three courageous artists fight to rise up from obscurity in Jamaica, the birthplace of reggae. 55 minutes [ CC Stereo DVI TVRE ]
May
Thu, May 3, 1:00 am · Mrs. Goundo's Daughter
A woman relocates to the US to keep her daughter from the African ritual of female genital cutting. 56 minutes [ CC Stereo DVI TVRE ]
Thu, May 10, 1:00 am · Everyday Sunshine
86 minutes [ Stereo TV14 ]
Thu, May 17, 1:00 am · Burning In The Sun
A young social entrepreneur tries to electrify the rural households in his native country of Mali. 56 minutes [ Stereo TVG ]
Thu, May 24, 1:00 am · That's My Face
Documentarian Thomas Allen Harris journeys to Africa and Brazil to find his spiritual ancestors. 56 minutes [ Stereo TVPG ]
Thu, May 31, 1:00 am · Calypso Rose: The Lioness Of The Jungle
Cameras follow the Caribbean music legend from Paris, to her native Tobago and her New York home. 56 minutes [ Stereo TVPG ]
February
Thu, Feb 7, 1:00 am · 125 Franco's Boulevard/Nora
Murals painted on storefront gates by Franco the Great are threatened by re-zoning laws in Harlem. 57 minutes [ Stereo DVI TVPG ]
Thu, Feb 14, 1:00 am · A Lot Like You
Eliaichi Kimaro, a mixed-race American, documents her father's path back to his family in Tanzania. 56 minutes [ Stereo DVI TVPG ]
Thu, Feb 21, 1:00 am · Dear Mandela
Three friends evicted from a South African shantytown refuse to move and take their case to court. 56 minutes [ Stereo DVI TVG ]

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TONIGHT'S HIGHLIGHTS:

7:00pm Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
OPB : Mali: Sahel to the Sahara
Art floats downriver to a mud mosque, heads into the desert and finds a camel caravan in Timbuktu.

7:30pm Rick Steves' Europe
OPB : European Travel Skills, Pt. 3
Practical advice for having a fun, affordable and culturally broadening trip to Europe is shared.

8:00pm Globe Trekker
OPB : Around the World - Silk Road: Kashgar to Istanbul
Holly Morris crosses the Jiptik Pass to Osh and explores the Kingdom of Samarkand and Bukhara.

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