| NPT This Week | February 7 – 13, 2016
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Dear Friend of NPT:
This week our Black History Month programming kicks off in earnest starting Monday at 9 p.m. with A Ballerina's Tale about history-making dancer Misty Copeland. Friday at 8 p.m., B.B. King: The Life of Riley premieres on American Masters.
If you enjoy science and nature programs be sure to watch new episodes of Nature and NOVA Wednesday at 7 and 8 p.m., respectively.
Thursday at 8 p.m., the PBS NewsHour Democratic Primary Debate, the first-ever presidential debate produced by NewsHour, will be broadcast live from Milwaukee.
Our next Indie Lens Pop-Up event is Saturday, Feb. 13. Join us for a free screening of Stanley Nelson's Black Panthers documentary followed by a panel discussion with Fisk University professors. Click here for details.
Join us Tuesday, February 16, at Baker Donelson for a free seminar featuring a screening of First Black Statesmen, our new original documentary about Tennessee's first black legislators. RSVP here.
See you on-air and online.
Sincerely,
Daniel Tidwell
Vice President of Development and Marketing
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| Downton Abbey: The Final Season, Episode 6
Sunday, Feb. 7, at 8 p.m.
Robert has an enlightening conversation when the Crawleys open the house to visitors; Daisy attempts to thwart a budding romance.
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| Independent Lens:
A Ballerina's Tale
Monday, Feb. 8,
at 9 p.m.
Before her history-making appointment as American Ballet Theatre principal ballerina, Misty Copeland suffered a career-threatening injury.
Watch a Preview
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| Frontline: The Fantasy Sports Gamble
Tuesday, Feb. 9,
at 9 p.m.
A Frontline/New York Times investigation into the fantasy sports and online sports betting industries.
Watch a Preview
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| NOVA: Memory Hackers
Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. Scientists are learning how we can edit memories – and delete our worst fears.
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| PBS NewsHour: Democratic Debate
Thursday, Feb. 11,
at 8 p.m.
A live broadcast of the PBS NewsHour Democratic Primary Debate in Milwaukee. Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will serve as moderators.
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| American Masters – B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Friday, Feb. 12, at 8 p.m.
Morgan Freeman narrates this profile of legendary blues guitarist Riley "B.B." King.
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| Freedom Riders: American Experience
Saturday, Feb. 13, at 8:30 p.m.
Stanley Nelson's documentary about the 1961 Freedom Rides that brought college students into the Deep South to fight segregation.
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Thursdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m.
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Sunday, Feb. 7, at 10 a.m.
Lugo's Restaurant
Ken Wilshire meets a Texas couple who run a popular Dickson County eatery.
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
Gretchen Bates explores a little-known Lincoln museum located at a small university in Harrogate, Tenn.
Thomas Maupin, Buck Dancer
Rob Wilds spends the day in Murfreesboro learning a new move or two from a world-renowned buck dancer.
Susan DeMay
Tressa Bush meets a Smithville woman whose summer job as a teenager led to a career filled with creativity and clay.
Thursday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m.
Johnny Cash Museum
Rob Wilds takes us on a tour of the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville.
City Cafe
Ken Wilshire makes a stop at a downtown establishment in Chattanooga that's a nostalgic dining experience.
Olive & Sinclair Chocolate
Joe Elmore visits a pair of candy makers in East Nashville who are the only "bean to bar" chocolate makers in Tennessee.
Nashville Roller Girls
Gretchen Bates suits up for a sport that is NOT for the faint of heart, but that's how she rolls.
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| Also of note on air this week: Mercy Street: The Belle Alliance – Sun., Feb. 7, at 9 p.m. American Masters: American Ballet Theatre – Mon., Feb. 8, at 11 p.m. Finding Your Roots: War Stories – Tues., Feb. 9, at 7 p.m.
Nature: Moose – The Life of a Twig Eater – Weds., Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. Ghosts of Amistad: In the Footsteps of the Rebels – Thurs., Feb. 11, at 11 p.m.
Front and Center: Darius Rucker – Fri., Feb. 12, at 11 p.m.
The Mind of a Chef: Hustle – Sat., Feb. 13, at 10:30 p.m.
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| Student Voices |
American Graduate
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| Tennessee State Museum: Ancestors | Arts Break
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| Black History Month Programming on NPT
NPT is observing Black History Month with a number of exciting programs celebrating the lives and accomplishments of African Americans. We’ll also premiere our latest history documentary, First Black Statesmen: Tennessee’s Self-Made Men, about a group of African-American legislators in the late 1800s.
Other highlights from our February offerings include:
Wednesday, February 10, at 11:30 p.m. If you’ve never seen the groundbreaking Eyes on the Prize series about the civil rights era, make sure to watch it this month. If you have seen it, now’s the chance to get reacquainted with the documentary. Start with Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now. More...
Mercy Street’s premise parallels Nashville family’s story
By Rob DeHart
Tennessee State Museum
Mercy Street is set in Alexandria, Va., but it could have easily been set here in Nashville. After the start of its occupation of the city in February 1862, the Union Army established more than 20 hospitals in confiscated schools, churches and private residences in Nashville.
By early 1863, wounded and sick soldiers from both sides were pouring into Nashville. Union Army doctors did not always provide the best medical treatment for captured Confederate soldiers. Nashville’s citizens took notice and, as Emma Green did in Mercy Street, a group of women protested the treatment of wounded Confederate soldiers in Union Army hospitals. More...
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