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Stream now with KPBS Passport / Watch Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. This film tells the story about the Pope’s call to care for our planet. In 2015, Pope Francis wrote Laudato Si’, a letter to the world confronting the looming calamity of human impact on Earth and ourselves. It is one of the most ambitious and revolutionary papal statements in history and outlines the most critical environmental and social issues that we collectively face. -
Encore Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now with the PBS Video app. “Home” features Ojibwe artist Biskakone Greg Johnson, North House Folk School, ceramic artist Syd Carpenter, sculptor Wharton Esherick, architect Sim Van der Ryn & the Outlaw Builders, and curatorial consultant/educator Helen Drutt English. -
Monday, Dec. 19, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. on KPBS 2. The film traces Dorothy Day’s journey from a young communist journalist, to a Catholic convert, to the co-founder of The Catholic Worker newspaper and the first “houses of hospitality,” which sheltered New York City’s homeless during the Great Depression. The documentary uses extensive archival footage from Day’s own collection. -
Premieres Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video app. "Inspiration" visits the Saar family of artists (Betye Saar, Alison Saar, & Maddy Leeser), Simon Rodia & Watts Towers, weaver Diedrick Brackens, potter Ayumi Horie, Hmong master of paj ntaub embroidery Suzanne Thao & Mandora Young, artist Mary Little. -
Thursday, Dec.15, 2022 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Friday, Dec. 16 at 10 a.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with the PBS Video app. Iranian women have taken to the streets to demand change from their government. And for the first time in the four decades of the Islamic Republic, they may actually succeed. But at what cost? Iranian activist Masih Alinejad joins the show. -
Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Dec. 18 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Celebrate world music and dance at its best with this fiery mix of Cuban salsa, Spanish flamenco, Brazilian samba, African drumming and more. Benise brings fierce intensity to new interpretations of favorite rock anthems and traditional classics. -
Premieres Jan. 1, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS Video app. Celebrate the new year with this annual classical music celebration featuring waltzes by Strauss from the opulent Musikverein hosted by PBS favorite Hugh Bonneville. -
Premieres Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Watch now with the PBS Video app. Celebrate the annual ceremony of Prince William's prestigious environmental award: The Earthshot Prize. The star-studded event honors this year's five winners and their innovative solutions to help repair our planet. -
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2. In this powerful tale about the rise of Korea's global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their country of birth and recover the personal histories that were lost when they were adopted. -
Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 25 at 6 a.m. on KPBS TV / PBS Video App. This performance honors Dean Emeritus Lonel Woods (Hon. ‘20), who passed away unexpectedly in May. The 2021 Crane Candlelight Concert features works by Johannes Brahms, James Weldon Johnson, Arvo Part, Kim Andre Arnesen, Elaine Hagenberg, Gustav Holst and others.
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