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Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - From Selma to Soweto (Episode #1310)

KQED 9: Mon, Apr 30, 2012 -- 11:00 PM

This mini-series chronicles the unprecedented international movement of citizen activists who fought for three decades to bring down the brutal, racist system of apartheid in South Africa when their governments would not. Long one of South Africa's most important and powerful allies, the United States becomes a key battleground in the anti-apartheid movement as African-Americans lead the charge to change the government's policy toward the apartheid regime. Strengthened through years of grassroots organizing during the civil rights movement, black leaders and their allies take on U.S. foreign policy on South Africa, directing campaigns in corporate boardrooms, universities, embassies, and finally in the U.S. Congress itself, where a stunning victory is won against the formidable opposition of President Ronald Reagan. African- Americans alter U.S. foreign policy for the first time in history, and the U.S. -- once the backbone of support for apartheid South Africa as its ally in the Cold War �- finally imposes sanctions on Pretoria. European sanctions follow, and with them, the political isolation of the apartheid regime.

Facing The Storm: Story of the American Bison (Episode #1320)

KQED 9: Thu, Apr 26, 2012 -- 11:00 PM

The bison is an enduring symbol of America and yet it stands on the brink of collapse. Cattle ranching, urban sprawl and sport hunting has squeezed the beast from the Great Plains it once dominated. Is there room for the American bison in America anymore?

Repeat Broadcasts:

KQED World: Mon, Apr 30, 2012 -- 5:00 AM
KQED World: Sun, Apr 29, 2012 -- 11:00 PM
KQED Life: Sat, Apr 28, 2012 -- 4:00 AM
KQED Life: Fri, Apr 27, 2012 -- 10:00 PM
KQED 9: Fri, Apr 27, 2012 -- 5:00 AM

Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - The New Generation (Episode #1309)

KQED 9: Mon, Apr 23, 2012 -- 11:00 PM

This mini-series chronicles the unprecedented international movement of citizen activists who fought for three decades to bring down the brutal, racist system of apartheid in South Africa when their governments would not. It is youth, both inside and outside, who next join the growing movement against apartheid. Buoyed by new support in western countries, Oliver Tambo returns to the United Nations to try to convince the world body to sanction South Africa. His efforts gain new public support as the brutal suppression of a youth uprising in the South African township of Soweto and the murder of freedom fighter Steve Biko turn South Africa from a country into a cause, a worldwide emblem of injustice. A significant victory is won when the United Nations issues a mandatory arms embargo: the first in history. But South Africa's strongest trading partners in the West still will not sanction it economically. And as Tambo heads to Zambia to minister to the ANC's growing guerrilla army, a bloodbath seems inevitable. But even as the most powerful western governments refuse to heed Tambo's calls for cultural and economic boycotts, the citizens of those western nations will help turn the tide.

Repeat Broadcasts:

KQED Life: Wed, Apr 25, 2012 -- 4:00 AM
KQED Life: Tue, Apr 24, 2012 -- 10:00 PM
KQED 9: Tue, Apr 24, 2012 -- 5:00 AM

Revenge of the Electric Car (Episode #1319H)

KQED 9: Thu, Apr 19, 2012 -- 10:00 PM

In 2006, thousands of new electric cars were purposely destroyed by the same auto companies that built them. Today, fewer than six years later, the electric car is back...with a vengeance.

Repeat Broadcasts:

KQED World: Mon, Apr 23, 2012 -- 3:00 AM
KQED World: Sun, Apr 22, 2012 -- 9:00 PM
KQED Life: Sat, Apr 21, 2012 -- 3:00 AM
KQED Life: Fri, Apr 20, 2012 -- 9:00 PM
KQED 9: Fri, Apr 20, 2012 -- 4:00 AM

Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - Road to Resistance (Episode #1308)

KQED 9: Mon, Apr 16, 2012 -- 11:00 PM

This mini-series chronicles the unprecedented international movement of citizen activists who fought for three decades to bring down the brutal, racist system of apartheid in South Africa when their governments would not. As the U.N. adopts the Declaration of Human Rights, South Africa heads in the opposite direction and implements apartheid. A mass movement is born, then crushed and Nelson Mandela is jailed for life. The future of the movement is now on the shoulders of Oliver Tambo, who escapes into exile and begins a 30-year journey to engage the world in the struggle to bring democracy to South Africa.

Repeat Broadcasts:

KQED Life: Wed, Apr 18, 2012 -- 4:00 AM
KQED Life: Tue, Apr 17, 2012 -- 10:00 PM
KQED 9: Tue, Apr 17, 2012 -- 5:00 AM

Power Paths (Episode #1104)

KQED World: Sun, Apr 15, 2012 -- 11:00 PM

An exploration of energy through the eyes of Native Americans as they reveal their quest to tap wind, solar, biomass and other power sources for their communities and cities across the country. From the Lakota Lands across the Great Plains to the Navajo and Hopi desert lands of the Southwest, this film shows how tribes face fierce opposition in changing the energy habits of traditional fossil fuel dependent utilities and electric cooperatives.

Repeat Broadcasts:

KQED World: Mon, Apr 16, 2012 -- 5:00 AM

When The Drum Is Beating (Episode #1318H)

KQED Life: Fri, Apr 13, 2012 -- 10:00 PM

For 60 years, Haiti's most popular band, Septentrional, has survived corrupt governments, revolutions, natural disasters, extreme poverty and national tragedy. Its joyous fusion of Cuban and Haitian beats lifts and celebrates the indomitable Haitian spirit.

Repeat Broadcasts:

KQED Life: Sat, Apr 14, 2012 -- 4:00 AM

Steal A Pencil for Me (Episode #1020)

KQED Plus: Fri, Apr 13, 2012 -- 5:00 AM

They say, "Love conquers all." Or at least that's what Jack Polak thought while struggling for survival in a Nazi concentration camp. Academy Award-nominee Michele Ohayon tells this daring tale of love and romance in which Jack, his wife and the woman of his dreams end up living in the same barracks. Fed up with an unhappy marriage, Jack begins to secretly write love letters to his dream woman and quickly discovers how love empowers his will to live.

When The Drum Is Beating (Episode #1318H)

KQED 9: Fri, Apr 13, 2012 -- 5:00 AM

For 60 years, Haiti's most popular band, Septentrional, has survived corrupt governments, revolutions, natural disasters, extreme poverty and national tragedy. Its joyous fusion of Cuban and Haitian beats lifts and celebrates the indomitable Haitian spirit.

Repeat Broadcasts:

KQED Life: Sat, Apr 14, 2012 -- 4:00 AM

Steal A Pencil for Me (Episode #1020)

KQED Plus: Thu, Apr 12, 2012 -- 11:00 PM

They say, "Love conquers all." Or at least that's what Jack Polak thought while struggling for survival in a Nazi concentration camp. Academy Award-nominee Michele Ohayon tells this daring tale of love and romance in which Jack, his wife and the woman of his dreams end up living in the same barracks. Fed up with an unhappy marriage, Jack begins to secretly write love letters to his dream woman and quickly discovers how love empowers his will to live.

When The Drum Is Beating (Episode #1318H)

KQED 9: Thu, Apr 12, 2012 -- 11:00 PM

For 60 years, Haiti's most popular band, Septentrional, has survived corrupt governments, revolutions, natural disasters, extreme poverty and national tragedy. Its joyous fusion of Cuban and Haitian beats lifts and celebrates the indomitable Haitian spirit.

Repeat Broadcasts:

KQED Life: Sat, Apr 14, 2012 -- 4:00 AM

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (Episode #1317H)

KQED Plus: Mon, Apr 9, 2012 -- 10:00 PM

BEING ELMO: Every day, millions tune in to Sesame Street to see one of the world's most adored and recognizable characters -- a furry red monster named Elmo. Yet, with all of Elmo's fame, the man behind the icon is able to walk down the street without being recognized. Meet Kevin Clash. As a teenager growing up in Baltimore in the 1970s, Kevin had very different aspirations from his classmates -- he wanted to be a puppeteer. More specifically, he wanted to be part of Jim Henson's team, the creative force responsible for delivering the magic of Sesame Street on a daily basis. With a supportive family behind him, Kevin made his dreams come true. Combining archival footage with material from the present day, filmmaker Constance Marks explores Kevin's story in vivid detail and chronicles the meteoric rise of Jim Henson in the process. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg and including interviews with Frank Oz, Rosie O'Donnell, Cheryl Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney and others, this insightful and personal documentary offers up a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street and the Henson legacy. BIKE RACE:Two friends compete in a bicycle race to determine whether, Eddy Merckx or Lance Armstrong are the best cyclists and one of the friends finds love in the process.

Repeat Broadcasts:

KQED Plus: Tue, Apr 10, 2012 -- 4:00 AM

Wings of Defeat (Episode #1022)

KQED Plus: Sun, Apr 8, 2012 -- 9:00 PM

What were the Japanese Kamikazes thinking just before crashing into their targets? When Risa Morimoto discovered that her beloved uncle trained as a Kamikaze pilot in his youth, she wondered the same thing. Through rare interviews with surviving Kamikaze pilots, Morimoto retraces their journeys from teenagers to doomed pilots and reveals a complex history of brutal training and ambivalent sacrifice.

Repeat Broadcasts:

KQED Plus: Mon, Apr 9, 2012 -- 3:00 AM

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (Episode #1317H)

KQED 9: Thu, Apr 5, 2012 -- 10:00 PM

BEING ELMO: Every day, millions tune in to Sesame Street to see one of the world's most adored and recognizable characters -- a furry red monster named Elmo. Yet, with all of Elmo's fame, the man behind the icon is able to walk down the street without being recognized. Meet Kevin Clash. As a teenager growing up in Baltimore in the 1970s, Kevin had very different aspirations from his classmates -- he wanted to be a puppeteer. More specifically, he wanted to be part of Jim Henson's team, the creative force responsible for delivering the magic of Sesame Street on a daily basis. With a supportive family behind him, Kevin made his dreams come true. Combining archival footage with material from the present day, filmmaker Constance Marks explores Kevin's story in vivid detail and chronicles the meteoric rise of Jim Henson in the process. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg and including interviews with Frank Oz, Rosie O'Donnell, Cheryl Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney and others, this insightful and personal documentary offers up a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street and the Henson legacy. BIKE RACE:Two friends compete in a bicycle race to determine whether, Eddy Merckx or Lance Armstrong are the best cyclists and one of the friends finds love in the process.

Repeat Broadcasts:

KQED Plus: Tue, Apr 10, 2012 -- 4:00 AM
KQED Life: Sun, Apr 8, 2012 -- 1:30 PM
KQED 9: Sun, Apr 8, 2012 -- 1:30 PM
KQED Life: Sat, Apr 7, 2012 -- 3:00 AM
KQED Life: Fri, Apr 6, 2012 -- 9:00 PM
KQED 9: Fri, Apr 6, 2012 -- 4:00 AM

You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't (Episode #1316H)

KQED Life: Sun, Apr 1, 2012 -- 12:00 AM

This documentary is a first-person account of Lee Gorewitz's life inside the Traditions Alzheimer's & Other Dementia Care Unit at the Reutlinger Community for Jewish Living in Danville, California. A total immersion into the fragmented day-to-day experience of the disease, the film reveals Lee's penetrating ruminations and charismatic vitality, challenging our preconceptions of illness and aging.

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