March
2008
KQED Public Television proudly celebrates
the diversity of our community with a
special lineup in March. Many of these
programs are available on KQED's premier service, analog channel 9,
as indicated. Other programs, as indicated, can be seen on KQED's five
digital channels, available to viewers with a digital receiver or via
Comcast digital cable. Visit www.kqed.org/dtv for more information.
The digital channels are KQED HD (high definition; 9.1, Comcast 709)
World (9.3, Comcast 190), KQED Life (9.4, Comcast 191) and KQED Kids
(9.5, Comcast 192).
Please note: Programs are subject to change. For the latest information, view our list of changes www.kqed.org/tvchanges. For videotaping purposes, allow five minutes for early starts and late finishes.
Saturday 1 10:30am KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | To the Contrary #1651.
Syndicated columnist Bonnie Erbe hosts a lively discussion of news and national
affairs with a panel of nationally known female experts. | R 3/2 1:30pm (KQED
World)
3pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Five Phenomenal Women | H | profiles five African American women educators living and working in Clayton County, Georgia.
3:30pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Grab Hold of the Reins: Women and
Cancer profiles three long-term breast and ovarian cancer survivors,
focusing on how they reclaimed their identity, sexuality and femininity after
the assault of cancer. 4pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Bold Visions: Women in Science and
Technology | H | Helene Lerner's latest documentary looks into the lives
of a research scientist hunting for the genetic causes of diseases, an astronaut
applying her engineering expertise in space and a technologist responsible for
numerous patents. Also includes interviews with actors Marcia Gay Harden and Melina
Kanakaredes. | R 3/30 1:30pm (KQED HD)
Sunday 2 EARLY
7:00am KQED 9 & HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Reading Rainbow:
The Patchwork Quilt. Using scraps cut from the family's old clothing,
a young girl learns the secret ingredient in her Grandma's special quilt of memories.
EVENING
9pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Marie Antoinette examines
the life of a one of the most controversial monarchs, from her childhood to her
final hours. 11pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Frontline: The Last Abortion Clinic
investigates the steady decline in the number of doctors and clinics performing
abortions and focuses on local political battles in states like Mississippi, where
only a single clinic performs the procedure.
Tuesday 4 2pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Path to Nuclear Fission:
The Story of Lise Meitner is a portrait of two people who revolutionized
the history of science and the role of women in physics.
Thursday 6 1pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Destination America
Breaking Free: A Woman's Journey features a Guatemalan victim of spousal
abuse who's seeking political asylum, an Italian woman who fled a brutal husband
in 1887 and an Iranian woman and her two daughters, whose story of why and how
they left Iran is a chilling tale of what it takes to break free.
Friday 7 10:00am KQED Kids (9.5, Comcast 192) | Reading Rainbow: Show Way.
The women in one family began creating quilts with secret maps to freedom during
the years of slavery. | R 3/16 7am (KQED 9 & HD)
Saturday 8 1pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Heartbeat to Heartbeat: Women and
Heart Disease offers useful information on risk factors, symptoms and
the prevention of heart disease. | R 3/29 3pm (KQED HD) 3pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Government Girls of World War II
tells the story of the young women who flocked to Washington, D.C., to help in
the mobilization for the second World War.
EVENING
7pm KQED Life-Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) | Innerviews with Ernie Manouse
| debut | Gloria Steinem. 10pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Frontline: Death of a Princess.
Frontline: re-issues the controversial 1980 docudrama recounting the public execution
of a young Saudi Arabian princess and her lover for adultery.
Sunday 9 EARLY
7:00am KQED 9 & HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Reading Rainbow:
Ruth Law Thrills a Nation. Learn the history of flight in America and
meet a teenage African American pilot.
EVENING
9pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Helen of Troy Bettany Hughes
travels across the eastern Mediterranean to sort the truth from the myths of Helen.
Tuesday 11 12:30pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Grannies on Safari
South Africa--A Country of Cultural Mosaics. Join the grannies as they
visit Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, walk through museums and meet local
artists and musicians.
Wednesday 12 12:30pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Grannies on Safari
South Africa--on Safari! includes sightings of the Big Five: lion, leopard,
elephant, rhino and buffalo.
Thursday 13 12:30pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Grannies on Safari
Discovering the Wonders of Morocco. Pat and Regina trek through this
scenic country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Sahara Desert and Atlas Mountains.
Saturday 15 1pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Living Courageously: The Spirit of
Women profiles women whose lives have been transformed by challenging
and devastating circumstances. | R 3/29 3:30pm (KQED HD) 5pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Independent Lens: Sunset Story.
Eighty-one-year-old Irja and her 95-year-old best friend Lucille are the only
lucid residents at a senior citizens' home for political progressives. Learn how
these women salvage support and community in their old age.
Sunday 16 EARLY
7:00am KQED 9 & HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Reading Rainbow:
Show Way. | RR 3/7 10am (KQED Kids)
EVENING
9pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Independent Lens: Sisters in Law
looks at a small courthouse in Cameroon where two women help others fight against
cases of abuse. 11pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Mother Road Lauren Cardillo
and her 80-year-old mother take a roadtrip on Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Monday 17 1pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | History Detectives:
Secrets of the Tap/Mountain Mail Bag/Banned Birth Control Box includes
a case that just may change the way we think about the history of family planning
in America. 2pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Evelyn Cameron: Pictures
from a Worthy Life This artist's legacy of photographs and diary writings
provides an intimate portrait of pioneer life.
EVENING
7:30pm KQED 9 & HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) |The Josh Kornbluth Show
| Q | Annie Leibovitz. Leibovitz's career retrospective A Photographer's
Life 1990-2005 reveals some of her most intimate portraits of all, those of her
children, family and closest friend, the late Susan Sontag. | R 3/19 11:31pm (KQED
9), 3/20 10:31pm (KQED Life-Encore), 3/21 2:30am & 3/23 6am (KQED 9 & HD) 11pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Erma Bombeck: Legacy
of Laughter Phil Donahue narrates this exploration of the extraordinary
life and career of the beloved humorist. | R 3/26 7:30pm (KQED HD)
Tuesday 18 12:30pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Grannies on Safari
Istanbul --Ancient Crossroads visits underground cistern ruins and the
treasures of the Topkapi Palace. 1pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | History Detectives:
3-D Cuban Missile Crisis/Amos 'n' Andy Record/ Women's Suffrage Painting.
EVENING
11pm KQED 9 | Independent Lens: | debut | Iron Ladies of Liberia.
Go behind the scenes with Africa's first freely elected female head of state,
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. | R 3/19 10pm (KQED Life-Encore) 11pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Picturing Mary
explores achievements in painting, architecture, poetry and music inspired by
the Virgin Mary. | R 3/23 6pm (KQED Life-Encore)
Wednesday 19 12:30pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Grannies on Safari
Japan--The Contemporary and the Ancient. Experience the sights and sounds
of the most stimulating and exotic haunts of Tokyo and Kyoto.
EVENING
9:08pm KQED 9 & HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Madams of the
Barbary Coast | debut | This award-winning documentary tells the captivating
and sometimes scandalous stories of the madams, prostitutes and other "women of
questionable virtue" who helped bring culture, beauty and compassion to the Gold
Rush era of San Francisco. | R 3/20 8:08 (KQED Life-Encore), 3/22 4:06am (KQED
9), 3/23 11pm (KQED World), 3/24 1am (KQED 9) 10:04pm KQED 9 | American Masters: Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens.
America's most influential woman photographer bares her artistic process
and personal journey. | R 3/20 9:04pm (Life-Encore), 3/21 3am (KQED 9) 11:31pm KQED 9 | The Josh Kornbluth Show | Q | Annie Leibovitz.
| RR 3/17 7:30pm | R 3/20 10:31pm (Life-Encore), 3/21 2:30am & 3/23 6am (KQED
9 & HD)
Thursday 20 12:30pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Grannies on Safari
Korea--Off the Beaten Path highlights the world-class museums and galleries
that make the country come alive. 1pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | History Detectives:
Home for Unwed Mothers/Long Expedition Encampment/Evelyn Nesbit Portrait. 2pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | My Girlfriends Quilt
This inspirational program pays tribute to friendship and the healing
power of women.
Friday 21 EARLY
2:30am KQED 9 & HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | The Josh Kornbluth
Show | Q | Annie Leibovitz. | RR 3/17 7:30pm | R 3/23 6am (KQED 9 & HD)
3:00am KQED 9 | American Masters: Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens.
| RR 3/19 10:04pm
EVENING
9pm KQED 9 | American Experience: Amelia Earhart profiles this
national heroine who was a tireless champion of aviation and equal opportunity
for women right up until her plane mysteriously disappeared without a trace in
1937. | R 3/24 2am (KQED 9) 10pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | American Shorts Poof!
and A Voice to Be Reckoned With. Best described as a drama with comic
elements, Poof! stars Rosie Perez as Loureen, an abused wife who condemns her
husband to hell. The accompanying documentary, A Voice to Be Reckoned With, features
interviews with a new generation of black women playwrights. 11pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Where Words Previal
follows the work of Cicely Berry, voice director of the Royal Shakespeare
Company from New York to Moscow. | R 3/23 8pm (KQED Life-Encore)
Saturday 22 EARLY
4:06am KQED 9 | Madams of the Barbary Coast | RR 3/19 9:08pm
| R 3/23 11pm (KQED World), 3/24 1am (KQED 9) 7:30am KQED 9 | To the Contrary #1702. Syndicated columnist Bonnie
Erbe hosts a lively discussion of news and national affairs with a panel of nationally
known female experts. | R 3/23 10:30am & 1:30pm (KQED Word) 3pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Shipping Out: The Story of America's
Seafaring Women This unusual documentary celebrates the modern-day women
who work in commercial shipping--on the container ships, bulk cargo carriers and
tankers, coastal tugs, barges and ferry boats that traverse America's waterways.
4pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | P.O.V. Chisholm '72-- Unbought and
Unbossed follows the campaign trail adventures of Shirley Chisholm--the
first major party African American candidate for President of the United States.
5:30pm KQED World (9.3, Comcast 190) | Untold Stories: Mina Miller Edison,
the Wizard's Wife Mina Miller Edison, while perhaps best-known as Thomas
Edison's wife, was a remarkable woman in her own right. | R 3/24 7:30pm (KQED
HD)
EVENING
9pm KQED Life-Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) | Catherine the Great Part 1 of
2. This two-part documentary tells the amazing story of the obscure German
princess who transformed Russia from a backward feudal outpost to a vast modern
empire. 10pm KQED Life-Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) | Catherine the Great Part 2
of 2.
Sunday 23 EARLY
6:00am KQED 9 & HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | The Josh Kornbluth
Show | Q | Annie Leibovitz. | RR 3/17 7:30pm
1pm KQED 9 | Story of Lady Bird Johnson | debut | First lady from 1963 to 1968, Lady Bird was one of the most admired women of our time, for her work as a conservationist and founder of the national movement for beautification.
2pm KQED 9 | Independent Lens: Taking the Heat: The First Women Firefighters
of New York City. With the story of Lt. Brenda Berkman at its core, this
film explores the history of women firefighters in America and the price these
women have paid to serve their communities. | R 3/29 3pm (KQED Word) 5pm KQED Life-Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) | Maria Tallchief | debut
| Her own voice and archival clips from the 1950s guide the story of how Maria
Tallchief became America's first major ballerina.
EVENING
7pm KQED Life-Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) | Sister Wendy at the Norton Simon
Museum visits the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, which
has one of the most extraordinary collections of Old Master, Impressionist, modern
and Asian art in America. | R 3/26 11pm (KQED 9), 3/27 10pm (KQED Life-Encore),
3/29 4am (KQED 9) 9pm KQED 9 & HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Masterpiece | debut
| The Complete Jane Austen: Emma. Kate Beckinsale (pictured above) stars
as a tireless matchmaker who professes no interest in matrimony for herself. |
R 3/24 8pm (KQED Life-Encore), 3/25 3am (KQED 9 & HD) 10:30pm KQED Life-Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) | American Experience: Mary
Pickford explores the life of the talented performer, creative producer
and shrewd businessperson.
Monday 24 EARLY
1:00am KQED 9 | Madams of the Barbary Coast | RR 3/19 9:08pm
2:00am KQED 9 | American Experience: Amelia Earhart. | RR 3/21 9pm
EVENING
7:30pm KQED 9 | The Josh Kornbluth Show | Q | Arlene Blum/Sarah Gerhardt.
Josh meets the women who pioneered two of the world's most dangerous sports--mountain
climbing and big-wave surfing. | R 3/28 2:30am, 3/30 6am (KQED 9)
Tuesday 25 EARLY
3:00am KQED 9 & HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Masterpiece The
Complete Jane Austen: Emma. | RR 3/23 9pm
EVENING
11pm KQED 9 | Wide Angle A Woman Among Warlords follows the parliamentary
campaign of Malalai Joya (pictured below), one of Afghanistan's most famous women.
| R 3/26 10pm (KQED Life-Encore)
Wednesday 26 EVENING
11pm KQED 9 | Sister Wendy at the Norton Simon Museum | RR 3/23
7pm (KQED Life-Encore) | R 3/27 10pm (KQED Life-Encore), 3/29 4am (KQED 9)
Friday 27 EVENING
9pm KQED 9 | Boudica's Treasures is the compelling story of Britain's
first rebel queen, who ruled over the Iceni, the tribe occupying East Anglia,
but under Roman authority. This proud woman warrior's story is one of the most
exciting in British history. | R 3/28 8pm (KQED Life-Encore) 9pm KQED HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Cut from a Different
Cloth: Burqas and Beliefs Filmmakers set out on a journey to learn what
it means to be a woman in today's Afghanistan. | R 3/29 11pm (KQED World)
Saturday 28 EARLY
2:30am KQED 9 | The Josh Kornbluth Show | Q | Arlene Blum/Sarah Gerhardt.
| RR 3/24 7:30pm | R 3/30 6am (KQED 9)
EVENING
9pm KQED 9 | Great Performances Color Me Barbra is a rebroadcast
of Barbra Streisand's second solo television special in 1966. | R 3/30 2pm (KQED
9), 7pm (Life-Encore)
Sunday 29 EARLY
4:00am KQED 9 | Sister Wendy at the Norton Simon Museum | RR
3/23 7pm (KQED Life-Encore) 7:30am KQED 9 | To the Contrary #1703. Syndicated columnist Bonnie
Erbe hosts a lively discussion of news and national affairs with a panel of nationally
known female experts. | R 3/30 10:30am & 1:30pm (KQED Word)
EVENING
11:35pm KQED 9 | Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For, an American Masters: Special presents the first comprehensive documentary portrait of the
legendary singer and features never-before-seen performance footage as well as
interviews. | R 3/30 8pm (KQED Life-Encore) Monday 30 EARLY
6:00am KQED 9 | The Josh Kornbluth Show | Q | Arlene Blum/Sarah Gerhardt.
| RR 3/24 7:30pm noon KQED 9 & HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | American Masters: :
Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice captures the tremendous energy
this sextet of African American women unleashes on stage. 1:30pm KQED 9 | Katherine Hepburn: They Call Me Kathy is a highly
personal remembrance, written and narrated by the acclaimed actress herself. |
RR 3/23 9:30pm (KQED Life-Encore) 2pm KQED 9 | Great Performances: Color Me Barbra. | RR 3/28 9pm
5pm KQED Life-Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) | Cuba Mia: Portrait of an All-Woman
Orchestra captures the musicians of the group Camerata Romeu as they
prepare for an end-of-the-year concert in Old Havana's Basilica of St. Francis
of Assisi. 6pm KQED Life-Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) | 12 Girls Band: Live from Shanghai
| debut | During the 13th century, the Chinese Emperor was usually entertained
by a band of made up of 12 girls playing a variety of string instruments. Those
same instruments are used today by China's foremost world music ensemble as they
perform in Shanghai.
EVENING
9pm KQED 9 & HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | Masterpiece | debut
| The Complete Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility, Part 1 of 2. Hattie
Morahan (The Golden Compass) plays levelheaded Elinor Dashwood, and Charity Wakefield
(Jane Eyre) is her impulsive sister, Marianne. Though poor, they attract a trio
of very promising gentlemen. | R 3/31 8pm (Life-Encore) 10pm KQED Life-Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) | Shirley MacLaine: Kicking Up
Her Heels With Shirley's own on-camera participation, this program also
includes appearances by actors Anthony Hopkins, Nicolas Cage, Jack Lemmon, John
Forsythe and Julia Roberts, as well as directors Robert Wise and Herbert Ross.
10:52pm KQED Life-Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) | Patsy Cline: Sweet Dreams
Still highlights the career of Patsy Cline, an artist whose influence
continues across all genres of music, and features full performances, rare photos
and personal memorabilia. 11:33pm KQED Life-Encore (9.2, Comcast 189) | Innerviews kd lang.
The singer chats with Ernie Manouse about her trailblazing career and her duet
project with Tony Bennett.
Tuesday 31 EVENING
7:30pm KQED 9 & HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | The Josh Kornbluth
Show | Q | Peggy Orenstein. 9pm KQED 9 & HD (high definition, 9.1, Comcast 709) | American Masters:
Marilyn Monroe: Still Life looks at Marilyn's chaotic life and how she
cultivated her own image, evoking desire and vulnerability. 11pm KQED 9 | Independent Lens: Maid in America reveals the challenges
the thousands of Latina immigrants working as nannies and housekeepers face as
they pursue the American Dream, their significant roles in American households,
and the globalization of motherhood.
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