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>>INFO: black history month tv programming
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This list is a little overwhelming all in one month, but this happens
every year. Watch what you can and recommend those programs
that are particularly good.
NBC
Feb. 20: "Little Richard." NBC original movie stars Leon, Garrett
Morris and Carl Lumbly in a biographical account of the rock 'n'
roll icon. Robert Townsend directs!
PBS
Feb. 16: "Great Performances" presents "Aida's Brothers and
Sisters: Black Voices in Opera." Documentary salutes African
American opera stars, including Sissieretta Jones, an ex-slave
who performed for four U.S. Presidents.
Feb. 16: "Nadro." Documentary about the African artist.
Feb. 17: "Ellis Marsalis: Jazz is Spoken Here." This special
profiles jazz great Wynton's father, who also happens to be a
pianist, teacher and role model.
Feb. 18: "I'll Make Me a World: A Century of African-
American Arts." Parts 3 and 4 take a look at racial barriers
being broken.
Feb. 20: Independent Lens (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET)
"Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes"
This film takes an in-depth look at machismo in rap music and
hip-hop culture - where creative genius, poetic beauty and mad
beats collide with misogyny, violence and homophobia. By
Byron Hurt.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens
Feb. 21: "A Walk through Harlem with David Hartman and
Historian Barry Lewis." An exploration of New York's most
famous neighborhood.
Feb. 21: Ralph Ellison's "King of the Bingo Game." A dramatic
adaptation of Ellison's short story.
Feb. 23: "Black Women On: The Light, Dark Thang." This
documentary explores racial prejudice in the Black community
from the female perspective.
Feb. 24: "Great Performances" presents "Dance in America:
A Hymn for Alvin Ailey." Dancer/choreographer Judith Jamison
and performance artist Anna Deavere Smith.
Feb. 25: "I'll Make Me a World: A Century of African-American
Arts." The last two parts profile African-American artists from the
1960s to the present.
Feb. 27: "All God's Children." A documentary on the alienation
of the gay community.
Feb. 27: The Kennedy Center Presents: "A Tribute to Muddy
Waters, King of the Blues." Billy Dee Williams hosts; Bo
Diddley, Phoebe Snow, Peter Wolf and others.
Feb. 28: "The America Experience" presents "John Brown's
Holy War." Joe Morton narrates this documentary about
Brown's crusade against slavery.
OTHER PBS BHM PROGRAMS
(check local listings on web site listed below for broadcast
date & time)
--The 9th Annual Sphinx Competition
A classical music competition featuring finals performances
from the 9th Annual Sphinx Competition Concert. The
competitors, all Hispanic and African-American, are
accompanied by an orchestra composed entirely of Hispanic
and Black musicians. This program features performances
from the three junior division finalists and the senior division
laureate.
--"Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change"
This program is an unabashedly spiritual take on the Selma,
Alabama, voting rights marches of 1965 from some of its
unsung foot soldiers -- Catholic nuns. Following the violence
of "Bloody Sunday," sisters from around the country
answered Dr. Martin Luther King's call to join the protests
in Selma. Never before in American history had avowed
Catholic women made so public a political statement.
Risking personal safety to bring change, the sisters found
themselves being changed in turn -- and they tell viewers
how.
Selma Blacks testify about the importance of Catholic
clergy in their lives, and explain why it took until the year
2000 for them to become fully enfranchised. Newfound
dramatic archival footage carries much of the story. In
2003, director Jayasri Hart reunited the nuns to let them
view themselves and the protests on tape for the first
time. Their recorded reactions help narrate the film. Other
Selmians, Catholic and Protestant, white and black, give
their views on the nuns' contributions to history.
--"The Story of Oscar Brown, Jr."
This documentary focuses on Chicago native Oscar Brown,
Jr.'s work as a writer and performer for over a half a
century. Starting at the tender age of 15 he was a radio
performer with the network series "Secret City." He also
was a key player in Richard Durham's "Destination Free-
dom: Black Radio Days" series from 1948-1950.
Brown's musical explorations included sharing the bill with
such greats as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane,
Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderly. His one-man
show, "Oscar Brown Jr. Entertains," led one critic to hail
him as "a musical genius." In 1967, he produced the musical
Opportunity Please Knock in conjunction with a huge
youth gang known as the Blackstone Rangers and gained
national recognition when gang members appeared on the
Smothers Brothers CBS television show. He also hosted
the popular PBS television show "From Jump Street --
The Story of Black Music."
For additional onfo on Black History Month TV programs
on PBS being broadcast in your area, visit:
http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/stationfinder_relocalize.html
BET
The Black Entertainment Television Channel celebrates Black
History Month with "A Century Rich in Color," a special
collection of films, premieres and original documentaries. Coretta
Scott King and her daughter, director Yolanda King, will serve
as guest hosts. Check local listings for full schedule and times.
E! ENTERTAINMENT
Feb. 21: E! Offers profiles and biographies on some of the
most talented faces in show business. "Uncut," a series of
personal interviews, will feature the stories of personalities
like Morgan Freeman, Wesley Snipes, Debbie Allen and
Quincy Jones. "Celebrity Profile" will feature Della Reese,
Danny Glover and others. "Mysteries & Scandals: Paul
Robeson" reveals how the America! n government destroyed
this actor's reputation after he began fighting for the rights of
African American people.
HGTV
Feb. 20: "Return to Harlem." Ossie Davis narrates this special,
which examines the new number of African Americans who are
creating a Harlem Renaissance.
HISTORY Channel
Feb. 16: "The Black Cowboys." Danny Glover hosts this look
at African American cowboys.
Feb. 18: "The Underground Railroad -- Part II"
Feb. 19: "The Talented Tenth." A look at five prominent African
American families.
Feb. 19: "Shaka Zulu." Acclaimed miniseries.
Feb. 20: "The African Burial Ground: People and Politics."
Part 3.
Feb. 22: World premiere. "20th Century with Mike Wallace:
South Africa: Free at Last." A look at the history of South Africa.
Feb. 23: World premiere. "History's Mysteries: Discharged
Without Honor -- Brownsville." A look at the 1906 discharge
of an entire Black infantry unit after a midnight raid on Browns-
ville, Texas.
Feb. 26: "Black Georgetown Remembered," and the world
premiere of "Murder in Memphis: Unanswered Questions," a
look at the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Feb. 27: "The African Burial Ground: An Open Window."
Part 4.
Feb. 29: "Frederick Douglass," and "Royal Federal Blues,"
the story of the US Colored Troops.
SHOWTIME
Throughout the month, Showtime presents a number of original
films as well as four short films by up-and-coming African
American film makers, plus a theatrical film by poet Maya
Angelou.
Feb. 20: "The Wishing Tree." Alfre Woodard stars as a lawyer
who returns to her hometown and reconnects with her roots.
Blair Underwood co-stars.
Feb. 27 at 8 p.m.: "Down in the Delta." Maya Angelou directs
Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Esther Rolle and Wesley Snipes.
TBS
Throughout the month, TBS offers a month full of movies and
an awards show pegged to Black History Month. Highlights
include:
Feb. 22: "Ghosts of Mississippi." Alec Baldwin and Whoopi
Goldberg star in the story of the trials dealing with the murder
of civil rights activist Medgar Evers.
Feb. 23: "To Kill a Mockingbird." Gregory Peck and Robert
Duvall star in this classic about racial prejudice in 1930s Alabama.
Feb. 25: "In the Heat of the Night." Sidney Poitier stars as a
Philadelphia homicide expert wrongly accused of murder in
Mississippi.
Feb. 26: "Glory." Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman and
Denzel Washington star in this story of America's first unit of
Black soldiers.
Feb. 26: "The Trumpet Awards." Debbie Allen and Kweisi
Mfume host this honors show, which salutes African American
achievements in diverse fields. Bryant Gumbel and Smokey
Robinson are among the honorees.
TCM
Turner Classic Movies celebrates Black History Month every
Sunday and other times throughout the month. Some highlights:
Feb. 20: "The Long Ships," starring Richard Widmark and
Sidney Poitier; and "The Defiant Ones," starring Tony Curtis
and Poitier.
Feb. 21: "King Solomon's Mines," starring Paul Robeson.
Feb. 27: "Princess Tam Tam," starring Josephine Baker.
Feb. 28: "The Jackie Robinson Story," starring Jackie Robinson
and Ruby Dee.
TNT
Feb. 16: "Whatever Happened to Michael Ray?" The true
account of the rise and fall of basketball great Michael Ray
Richardson.
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