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Monday, November 18 at 7 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. A story of passion, opportunity, heartbreak, and triumph of the human spirit. Set in the overwhelmingly white world of classical dance, it tells the stories of several black women from different generations who fell in love with ballet. Sixty years ago, while pursuing their dreams of careers in classical dance, Joan Myers Brown, Delores Browne, and Raven Wilkinson (the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's first black ballerina) confronted racism, exclusion, and unequal opportunity in segregated mid-century America. In 2015, three young black women also pursue careers as ballerinas and find that many of the same obstacles their predecessors faced are still evident in the ballet world today. Through interviews with current and former ballet dancers along with engaging archival photos and film, the one-hour documentary uses the ethereal world of ballet to engage viewers on a subject that reaches far outside the art world and compels viewers to think about larger issues of exclusion, equal opportunity, and change.
Sunday, November 17 at 9 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Midsummer turns into a nightmare when the teenaged daughter of Nora's boyfriend never comes home.
Friday, November 15 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Discover how Native American musicians have transformed American blues, jazz, and rock in this musical celebration featuring Robbie Robertson, Taj Mahal, Slash, Jackson Browne, Taboo, Quincy Jones, Tony Bennett, Iggy Pop, Steven Tyler, and more.
Wednesday, November 13 at 7 pm on KPJK TV in the South Bay. Two-Spirit Pow Wow follows the development of the first LGBTQI-hosted Native American pow wow in the United States. With members of the nonprofit Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits, an all-volunteer group, working hard each year to run things, it grows from a one-room gathering to a regional event held in a vast pier warehouse in San Francisco. Dancers, drummers, and singers arrive from across the country to enjoy the warm community of LGBTQI friends and allies that is reuniting inclusiveness with traditional practices. By Emmy Award-winning independent producer Rick Bacigalupi, a frequent contributing producer to NorCal Public Media.
Tuesday, November 12 at 9 pm on KRCB TV in the North Bay. Akihito chronicles the life of a former "divine child" who became the symbol of Japan when he ascended the throne in 1989. Crown Prince Akihito's childhood is spent in the shadow of a war fought in the name of his father, Emperor Showa (Hirohito). Over time, the Crown Prince learns to balance an imperial identity with a sense of social equality. At 19, he attends Queen Elizabeth II's coronation and his first trip abroad offers him fresh insights into Japan's place in the world, and the role of a monarch who reigns but does not rule.
