SDPB2-TV World September Highlights

POV Portaits and Dreams

Photo: Wendy Ewald &Eizabeth Barret

Portraits and Dreams revisits photographs created by Kentucky schoolchildren in the 1970s and the place where the photos were made. The film is about the students, their work as visionary photographers and the lives they have led since then, as well as the linkage of personal memory to the passage of time.

SDPB2: Wednesday, September 9, 7pm (6 MT)

Native America

Photo: Providence Pictures

Native America explores the splendor and ingenuity of the world created by America’s First Peoples 15,000 years ago. Combining modern science with Native knowledge, the series shines a spotlight on these ancient cultures and the communities that still thrive today.

SDPB2: Tuesday, September 8; Thursday, September 11, 2pm (1 MT)

Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare

She was the first woman appointed to a U.S. Presidential cabinet, with 12 years as Labor Secretary under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Summoned: Francis Perkins the General Welfare tells the story of Perkins’ life through rare archival recordings of her voice, and interviews with Nancy Pelosi, George Mitchell, David Brooks, Lawrence O’Donnell and Amy Klobuchar.

SDPB2: Tuesday, September 8, 8pm (7 MT) & Saturday, September 12, 10pm (9 MT)

America Reframed: The Unafraid

A humanizing portrait of undocumented students and their families, America ReFramed The Unafraid enters the homes of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and learns of their struggles, as working families like theirs support their sons and daughters in pursuit of their dreams for life, liberty, and happiness.

SDPB2: Tuesday, September 15, 7pm & 11pm (6 & 10 MT)