New Programming for April

Frontline: Opioids, Inc.

The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. Produced with the Financial Times, Frontline Opioids, Inc. reveals the story of how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50 times stronger than heroin. Follow the investigation of the corruption behind the company’s rise and the federal prosecution that brought it down. SDPB1: Tuesday, April 21, 8pm (7 MT) SDPB2: Wednesday, April 22, 8pm (7 MT)

The Windermere CHildren

The story follows a group of child Holocaust survivors who are transported to the Calgarth Estate by Lake Windermere, England in August 1945. Carrying only the clothes they wear and a few meager possessions, they bear the emotional and physical scars of all they have suffered. Child psychologist Oscar Friedmann is charged with looking after the children. He and his team of counselors have four months to help the children begin to heal and reclaim their lives. The Windermere Children is the stark, moving and ultimately redemptive story of the bonds the children make with one another, and of how the friendships forged at Windermere sustain them as they work to rebuild their lives in the U.K. SDPB1: Sunday, April 5, 9pm (8 MT) & 10:30pm (9:30 MT)

NOVA: Cuba's Cancer Hope

When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban doctors were forced to get creative. Now they’ve developed lung cancer vaccines that show so much promise, some Americans are defying the embargo and traveling to Cuba for treatment. NOVA Cuba’s Cancer Hope shows how in an unprecedented move, Cuban researchers are working with U.S. partners to make the medicines more widely available. SDPB1: Wednesday, April 1, 8pm (7 MT) SDPB2: Thursday, April 2, 6pm (5 MT) & 11pm (10 MT); Friday, April 3, 1pm (Noon MT)

The Gene: An Intimate History

The Gene: An Intimate History weaves powerful personal stories and stunning breakthroughs to reveal the historical search for the human genome and the promise of modern research. Based on Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee’s best-seller on how genes impact heredity, disease and behavior. Ken Burns produces this fascinating story. SDPB1: Tuesday, April 7, 7pm (6 MT) & Tuesday, April 14, 7pm (6 MT) SDPB2: Saturday, April 11, 2pm (1 MT) & Friday, April 17, 7pm (6 MT)