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Premieres Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encore Sunday, May 11 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. Amid the glamour of Hollywood, a woman finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds, unraveling a visually captivating tale of love, fragility, healing, and the delicate beauty in profound acts of kindness. -
Stream now with the PBS app. What really happens in a multi-vehicle pileup? A first-of-its-kind experiment aims to stage a high speed crash to gain new insights on car safety. But how can they create and study a complex collision without putting any lives in danger? -
Premieres Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. The U.S. broadcast debut of the award-winning film exposing the cost of opposing Vladimir Putin. The stories of an investigative journalist and a political activist putting their lives on the line standing up to the Kremlin, and the consequences. -
Mondays, May 12 - June 2, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV. This is a four-part series revealing the unknown history of America's Wild West. Beyond gunslingers and lawmen, we meet the diverse pioneers who shaped the country, including Black and Hispanic cowboys, female homesteaders, immigrants, and tribal leaders. -
Monday, May 5, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Learn new ways of thinking about aging from some of the most innovative and impassioned "sages" in the fields of longevity, health and medicine. -
Monday, May 5, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Martin Sheen narrates this one-hour documentary that celebrates the promise of increased longevity while addressing crucial and unprecedented public policy challenges. Using Dr. Robert Butler’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, Why Survive? as a guide, the film explores critical topics such as ageism, healthcare, economic insecurity, and Alzheimer’s disease. -
Premieres Friday, May 2, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Agustin Barrios was born and raised in rural Paraguay, far from the world's artistic capitals, and brought up on folk music. He identified more strongly with the Guarani Indians of his home than the European culture of Spain's former colonies, and faced many rejections, personal and professional. Yet through hundreds of concerts and innovative new compositions, he captured the soul of Latin America to become the most important guitar composer of the 20th century. -
Premieres Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Saturday, May 3 at 3:30 p.m. on KPBS TV, Monday, May 5 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS 2, Wednesday, May 7 at 12:30 a.m. on KPBS TV and Wednesday, May 7 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Explore the craftsmanship and passion behind the world-renowned electric guitars at the Ensenada Fender guitar factory. -
Premieres Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 7:30 a.m. on KPBS TV. A talented young guitar-playing Rooster comes to the Bebop Barnyard to join Jazz Greats Duck Ellington, Mules Davis, Ella Finchgerald, and Lil Herdin. Even though he's a star on solo guitar, he must learn new skills to play together in a jazz band. The Acoustic Rooster universe also includes the digital shorts series, Acoustic Rooster: Jazzy Jams, and the digital game, Groovin’ with Acoustic Rooster. -
Thursday, June 12, 2025, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encore Monday, June 16 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. In this special memorial episode we honor the remarkable Dea Hurston, a trailblazing playwright and philanthropist whose legacy includes the Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center in Carlsbad, California.
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