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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month | May 2025

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Celebrate the heritage of Americans from Asia and the Pacific Islands this May with programs like Antiques Roadshow to rediscover treasures from Asia and the Pacific Islands, Great Performances showing a comedy dealing with representation issues in western entertainment, Independent Lens featuring doctors, artists, and activists, and more!

Antiques Roadshow #2028
Celebrating Asian-Pacific Heritage
Monday, May 5, 2025 - 7pm

Travel with Roadshow as we turn the spotlight on incredible items with Asian and Pacific Islands origins, including a Hawaiian Kou bowl, a Gandhi presentation spinning wheel, and an 1888 Joseph Nawahi painting. Which is valued at $250,000-$300,000?

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 05/05/2025 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 05/06/2025 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 05/06/2025 @ 12:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 05/07/2025 @ 3:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 05/08/2025 @ 2:00 AM
Trailer | Antiques Roadshow # 2028 | Celebrating Asian-Pacific Heritage
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Independent Lens
Trailer | And So It Begins
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Independent Lens #2618
And So It Begins
Monday, May 12, 2025 - 9pm

A historic presidential race in the Philippines, between the son of Ferdinand Marcos and the incumbent woman VP, is seen through the eyes of Nobel-winning journalist Maria Ressa—who cuts through the rhetoric despite the risks.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 05/12/2025 @ 9:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 05/14/2025 @ 2:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 05/14/2025 @ 7:30 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 05/15/2025 @ 12:30 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 05/15/2025 @ 8:30 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 05/17/2025 @ 11:00 AM

Great Performances #5208
Yellow Face
Friday, May 16, 2025 – 8pm

Enjoy Tony winner David Henry Hwang's comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim as an Asian American playwright who protests "yellowface" casting in the musical "Miss Saigon" only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 05/16/2025 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 05/17/2025 @ 12:00 AM
Trailer | Great Performances #5208 | Yellow Face
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Expires: 2028-05-16
Trailer | Enduring Democracy: The Monterey Petition
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Enduring Democracy
The Monterey Petition
Sunday, May 18, 2025 - 6pm

Led by John Steinbeck's editor, a group of women activists protest Japanese American incarceration and resist racism in WW II California.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 05/18/2025 @ 6:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 05/19/2025 @ 3:00 AM
  • WTVP-REMOTE 47.5 - Mon, 05/19/2025 @ 6:00 PM
  • WTVP-REMOTE 47.5 - Mon, 05/19/2025 @ 10:30 PM

Who Is Michael Jang?
Monday, May 19, 2025 – 9pm

After decades in obscurity and sitting on a treasure trove of pictures, elusive San Francisco artist Michael Jang uses guerrilla art tactics to share his stunning, previously unknown work with unsuspecting audiences.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 05/19/2025 @ 9:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 05/20/2025 @ 1:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 05/21/2025 @ 2:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 05/21/2025 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 05/22/2025 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 05/22/2025 @ 8:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 05/24/2025 @ 11:00 AM
Trailer | Who Is Michael Jang?
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Trailer | Ghost Mountain: The Second Killing Fields of Cambodia
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Ghost Mountain: 
The Second Killing Fields of Cambodia
Monday, May 19, 2025 - 10pm

In 1979, history witnessed an end to the killing fields in Cambodia and the harrowing rule of the Khmer Rouge inside the once majestic country. But darkness did not lift, and the country fell into a terrible human crisis as more than a quarter-million Cambodian refugees sought to escape their chaotic homeland.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 05/19/2025 @ 10:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 05/23/2025 @ 1:32 AM

American Masters #3102
Tyrus Wong 
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 – 8pm

Discover the art, life and enduring impact of Tyrus Wong, the renowned Chinese-American painter behind Bambi and Rebel Without a Cause, via new and never-before-seen interviews, movie clips and art. Wong once exhibited with Picasso and Matisse.

  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 05/01/2025 @ 1:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 05/27/2025 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 05/28/2025 @ 12:00 AM
American Masters
Tyrus
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Trailer | Witness to Revolution: One Doctor's Story of the Xinhai Revolution
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Expires: 2028-04-26

Witness to Revolution: 
One Doctor's Story 
of theXinhai Revolution
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 – 9:30pm

Journey to early 20th century China through the eyes of an intrepid medical missionary. As the Xinhai Revolution erupts, we see history unfold through his vivid diaries and stunning photographs. This gripping documentary captures a world on the brink of transformation, blending frontline battlefield images with intimate accounts of medical and spiritual work. Experience the twilight of imperialism and the birth of modern China through one man's extraordinary lens and pen. A riveting tale of compassion, courage, and change in a land awakening to a new era.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 05/27/2025 @ 9:30 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 05/28/2025 @ 3:00 AM