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  • Encore Saturdays, Feb. 3 - 17, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! The fictional story is based on Andrea Levy’s award-winning novel about the end of slavery in Jamaica and follows July, an indomitable, young enslaved woman who works on a sugarcane plantation with her detestable mistress, Caroline Mortimer. Their lives change with the arrival of a charming new overseer, Robert Goodwin who sets out to improve the plantation for both the enslaved workers and the mistress.
  • Airs Friday, April 30, 2021 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2
  • Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! See Dianne Reeves perform with Brazilian musician Ivan Lins, as well as Chucho Valdes, Kamasi Washington and Cecile McLorin Salvant. Watch Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter, Marcus Miller and Cindy Blackman Santana (a.k.a. Mega Nova) jam.
  • Stream or tune in Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Saturday, Jan. 30 at 4 p.m. on KPBS 2
  • Encore Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, Feb. 3 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. From his first days as president to his last, how Trump stoked division, violence, and insurrection. Trump's siege on his enemies, the media, and even the leaders of his own party, who for years ignored the warning signs of what was to come.
  • Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces media personality Andy Cohen and radio journalist Nina Totenberg to ancestors who were determined to survive.
  • Stream or tune in Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV
  • Monday, Aug. 28, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Wednesday, Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. Revisit tremendous Tucson treasures first appraised 15 years ago including Picasso Madoura pottery, an early 20th C. Cartier necklace & brooch, and an 1861 Charles Dickens letter. Can you guess which is now valued at $90,000-$115,000?
  • Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Retrace the beloved author's footsteps to see the real places that inspired her literary universe. Learn how Christie drew on her surroundings throughout her life, immortalizing the people and locations she encountered in her extraordinary work.
  • Stream or tune in Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

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