Independent Lens
This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of their independent producers. INDEPENDENT LENS features unforgettable stories about a unique individual, community or moment in history. The series is supported by interactive companion Web sites and national publicity and community engagement campaigns.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
Accept The Call (#2106) Duration: 1:26:46 STEREO TV14-V (Secondary audio: none)
Yusuf Abdurahman, who left Somalia as a refugee 25 years ago, has his worst fear realized when his son is arrested in an FBI counterterrorism sting. Follow Yusuf as he strives to understand why his child would leave America and attempt to join ISIS.
The First Rainbow Coalition (#2107) Duration: 56:46 STEREO TVPG (Secondary audio: none)
In 1969, the Chicago Black Panther Party began to form alliances across lines of race and ethnicity with other community-based movements in the city, including the Latino group the Young Lords Organization and the southern whites of the Young Patriots organization. Banding together in one of the most segregated cities in postwar America to collectively confront issues such as police brutality and substandard housing, they called themselves the Rainbow Coalition. By 1973, the coalition had collapsed under the weight of relentless harassment by local and federal law enforcement. Although short-lived, it had an outsize impact: Breaking down barriers between communities, it created a permanent shift in Chicago politics and an organizing model for future activists and politicians across the nation. The First Rainbow Coalition tells the movement's little-known story through rare archival footage and interviews with former coalition members.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED 9: Mon, Jan 27, 2020 -- 10:00pm Remind me
- KQED 9: Tue, Jan 28, 2020 -- 4:00am Remind me
- KQED World: Wed, Jan 29, 2020 -- 5:00pm Remind me
- KQED World: Thu, Jan 30, 2020 -- 6:00am Remind me
- KQED Plus: Thu, Jan 30, 2020 -- 10:00am Remind me
- KQED World: Thu, Jan 30, 2020 -- 12:00pm Remind me
- KQED World: Sat, Feb 1, 2020 -- 9:00am Remind me
Leftover Women (#2108) Duration: 1:26:46 STEREO TVPG (Secondary audio: none)
Meet three Chinese women labeled "leftover," a derogatory term for unmarried women in their mid-20s and 30s. Follow them as they struggle to stay true to their ambitions amid a state-sponsored campaign that stigmatizes women who aren't married.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
Black Memorabilia (#2010) Duration: 56:46 STEREO TV14-L (Secondary audio: none)
From the South to Brooklyn to China, meet the people who reproduce, consume and reclaim black memorabilia, racially-charged objects often wrapped in the protective embrace of antiquity and historical preservation.
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities (#1911) Duration: 1:26:46 STEREO TVPG-L (Secondary audio: none)
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities is a documentary and interactive project that explores the pivotal role historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played in American history, culture, and national identity. Today, over half of all African American professionals are graduates of HBCUs. More than 50% of the nation's African American public school teachers and 70% of African American dentists earned degrees at HBCUs. The film brings to a broad national audience for the first time the story of HBCUs and the power of higher education to transform lives and advance civil rights and equality in the face of intolerance and injustice.
Cooked: Survival By Zip Code (#2109) Duration: 56:46 STEREO TVPG (Secondary audio: none)
Learn the story of a heat wave that overtook Chicago in July 1995, killing 739 residents, most of them poor, elderly and African American. The heat wave revealed a long-term crisis of poverty, racism, and economic and social isolation in the city.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
We Believe In Dinosaurs (#2110) Duration: 1:26:46 STEREO TVPG (Secondary audio: none)
Learn about the building of a $120 million Noah's Ark exhibit, backed by the Creation Museum in Williamstown, Kentucky, and designed to prove the Bible is historically and scientifically accurate, and hear from residents who support and oppose it.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
Always In Season (#2111) Duration: 1:26:46 STEREO TVM (Secondary audio: none)
In 2014, African American teenager Lennon Lacy was found hanging from a swing set. His mother believes he was lynched. Stark inconsistencies and few answers from officials drive her to lead efforts in what has become an ongoing fight for the truth.
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KQED DTV Channels
KQED 9 / KQET
Channels 9.1, 54.2, 25.1
XFINITY 9 and HD 709
Wave, DirecTV, Dish Network, AT&T U-verse:
Channel # may vary, labeled as KQED, or as KQET in the 831 area code.
Outstanding PBS programming, KQED original productions, and more.
All HD programs
KQED Plus / KQEH
Channels 54.1, 9.2, 25.2
XFINITY 10 and HD 710
Wave, DirecTV, Dish Network, AT&T U-verse:
Channel # may vary, labeled as KQEH
KQED Plus, formerly KTEH.
Unique programs including the best British dramas, mysteries, and comedies.
PBS Kids
Channel 54.4, 25.4, and 9.4
XFINITY 192 (Monterey/Salinas 372 and Sacramento/Fairfield 391)
Wave: Channel # may vary.
Quality children's programming. Live streaming 24/7 at pbskids.org.
KQED World
Channel 9.3, 54.3 and 25.3
XFINITY 190 Monterey/Salinas 371 and Sacramento/Fairfield 390)
Wave: Channel # may vary.
Thought-provoking television — public affairs,
local and world events, nature, history, and science.