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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Dr. Mezenich
Inky Dinky Worldwide, Inc.
Brain Secrets
In Brain Secrets, Dr. Merzenich leads viewers on a journey to understand how we as humans have evolved into the people we are today, and how we can grow our brain powers to become the better, stronger people we’d like to become. With practical advice that anyone can follow, Dr. Merzenich reveals that it’s never too late to improve our mental abilities.
SDPB2: Thursday, June 6, 6pm (5 MT)
Film poster.
invisiblepatients.com
America ReFramed Invisible Patients
Through the story of Jessica Macleod, Ph.D., a dedicated nurse practitioner in Evansville, Indiana, and her four homebound and marginalized patients, The Invisible Patients sheds light on some of the most urgent healthcare issues facing our nation today: from the living conditions of the elderly poor and end-of-life care, to the soaring costs of hospitalization, complexity of insurance and over-prescription of opiates. It challenges us to wrestle with not just healthcare policy, but as importantly, asks how to care for all persons with dignity and respect.
SDPB2: Tuesday, June 16, 7pm (6 MT)
Tilapia Pictures
Independent Lens Rodents of Unusual Size
Louisiana residents south of New Orleans have faced many an environmental threat, from oil spills to devastating hurricanes. But a growing menace now lurks in the bayous and backwaters: hordes of monstrous 20-pound swamp rats known as nutria. The voracious appetite of this invasive species from South America is accelerating erosion of the state’s coastal wetlands, already one of the largest disappearing landmasses in the world. But the people who have lived there for generations are not the type of folks to give up without a fight.
SDPB2: Tuesday, June 11, 6pm (5 MT)
Painting "The Problem We All Live With" by Normal Rockwell, 1963.
African Americans Many Rivers to Cross
Written and presented by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., this six-hour series explores the evolution of African-Americans, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed — forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds. Commencing with the origins of slavery in Africa, the series moves through five centuries of remarkable historic events, including Barack Obama’s presidency.
SDPB2: Friday, June 7, 5:30pm (4:30 MT) (Episode 1. See listings for additional episodes.)
