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Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! The film tells the incredible story of two beluga whales released from captivity into a wild ocean sanctuary and follows every step of their complex and deeply moving journey. -
Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Experience one of the most dramatic and charismatic performances of Bowie's career on his 1983 tour. Recorded live in Vancouver, it features his greatest hits including "Let's Dance," "Heroes," "Golden Years," "China Girl" and "Space Oddity." -
Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now. In the first two years of the pandemic, the WHO estimates that nearly 15 million people died from COVID-19. What's the state of COVID today and when will we be able to put this deadly disease behind us? Then, a history of the AIDS quilt. Guest: Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. -
Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022 at 1 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Not available on demand. For the first time in its history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verdi’s epic opera of doomed love among royalty set against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition. With new staging by David McVicar, conductor Patrick Furrer leads a starry cast. -
Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022 at 10:30 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 14 at 7:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now with PBS Video App. Arcing along the southeast coast of England, we'll travel from Canterbury to Dover. Then we'll hike the trails that top the towering chalk cliffs of the South Downs, wander into the beachy resort of Brighton, and push on to Portsmouth. -
Friday, Aug. 19 and Aug. 26, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Two people, brought together in the most unusual of circumstances. Starring Michael Kitchen, Sophie Okonedo, Phyllis Logan, and Tom Knight, ALIBI is a romantic black comedy - a deft and extraordinary rollercoaster of love, murder and lies. It is written by Paul Abbott, one of the UK's most acclaimed screenwriters. -
Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with PBS Video App. The film traces the life and career of acclaimed guitarist and singer who rose to worldwide fame in the late ‘90s as an original member of the legendary international Cuban band, The Buena Vista Social Club. Over the decades, he has played with several folk groups and dedicated his life to celebrating and preserving the traditional folk roots of Cuban music. -
Friday, Sept. 22, 2023 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. Kelly Corrigan talks with activist and author, Anthony Ray Hinton. Hinton spent nearly 30 years on Alabama’s death row for a crime he did not commit. -
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday, Feb. 16 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Meet the supergroup of Broadway stars who recreate and re-imagine some of the greatest music in American pop and rock history. Trace the evolution of Doo Wop from the classic sound of five guys singing tight harmonies to the biggest hits of today. -
Encore Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Chronicle the previously untold stories of Japanese Americans who self-evacuated from the West Coast in the wake of forced incarceration during World War II.
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