Programming Highlights | December 2022
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LA OTRA MIRADA: BEING A WOMAN
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 10 PM
Teresa arrives at school in Seville after fleeing the scandal in Lisbon. She takes on a teaching role, leading her young students to truly think about what they want.
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 12/08/2022 @ 10 PM
TO HEAL THE HEART: KOBE, CITY OF OUR YOUTH
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 11 PM
An Kazutaka grapples with his identity after learning that his parents were born in Korea. After entering medical school with his close friend, he meets the love of his life and, guided by his teacher Professor Nagano, he decides to study psychiatry.
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 12/11/2022 @ 11 PM
AMERICAN MASTERS
THE ADVENTURES OF SAUL BELLOW
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 7 PM
Explore Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow's impact on American literature and how he navigated through issues of his time, including race, gender and the Jewish immigrant experience — featuring interviews with Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie and others.
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 12/12/2022 @ 7 PM
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 12/13/2022 @ 12:30 AM
- WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 12/17/2022 @ 12 AM
- WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 12/17/2022 @ 8 AM
- WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 12/17/2022 @ 2 PM
BEYOND THE CANVAS:
ART THROUGH THE POWER OF WORDS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 8:30 PM
This episode examines the work of writers, poets and lyricists who've translated their experiences into powerful writing — writing that broadens our views and makes us care, including conversations with Brandi Carlile, Louise Erdrich and Rissi Palmer.
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 12/12/2022 @ 8:30 PM
POV
LET THE LITTLE LIGHT SHINE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 9 PM
National Teachers Academy (NTA) is considered a beacon for Black children: a top-ranked, high-performing elementary school in the fastest-growing neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. As the neighborhood gentrifies, a wealthy parents' group seeks to close NTA and replace it with a high school campus.
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 12/12/2022 @ 9 PM
- WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 12/14/2022 @ 7:30 PM
- WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 12/15/2022 @ 12:30 AM
- WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 12/15/2022 @ 8:30 AM
- WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 12/17/2022 @ 11 AM
IN A DIFFERENT KEY
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 8 PM
A mother tracks down the first person ever diagnosed with autism, now an elderly man living in rural Mississippi, to learn if his life story holds promise for her autistic son. Her journey exposes a startling record of cruelty and kindness alike, framed by forces like race, money and privilege – but leads to hope that more communities are learning to have the backs of people on the spectrum.
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 12/13/2022 @ 8 PM
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 12/14/2022 @ 12 AM
- WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 12/20/2022 @ 6 PM
- WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 12/20/2022 @ 11 PM
- WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 12/21/2022 @ 7 AM
CRAFT IN AMERICA
INSPIRATION
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 8 PM
Inspiration reveals the magic and influence of craft.
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 12/16/2022 @ 8 PM
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 12/17/2022 @ 12 AM
CRAFT IN AMERICA
HOME
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 9 PM
Home visits artists whose environments are filled with meaning and metaphor.
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 12/16/2022 @ 9 PM
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 12/17/2022 @ 1 AM
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
THE MAN WHO TRIED TO FEED THE WORLD
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 9 PM
The Man Who Tried to Feed the World recounts the story of the man who would solve India's famine problem and lead a "Green Revolution" of worldwide agriculture programs estimated to have saved one billion lives.
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 12/21/2022 @ 9 PM
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 12/22/2022 @ 1 AM
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 12/25/2022 @ 1 AM
REDLINING:
MAPPING INEQUALITY IN DAYTON AND SPRINGFIELD
MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 9 PM
Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton and Springfield tells the national and local story of redlining, a practice that embedded racial segregation and inequality into the development of American cities and suburbs and created a wealth gap that continues to impact our communities today.
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 12/26/2022 @ 9 PM
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 12/27/2022 @ 1 AM
TRAINING FOR FREEDOM
MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 10 PM
Idealistic college students and Black activists came together in Oxford, Ohio, in 1964 to find their humanity and the common ground to fight as one. This documentary weaves their stories with critical historical analysis. It explores how people from dramatically different worlds broke down barriers of race, class and gender to organize the most comprehensive campaign of the civil rights movement.
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 12/26/2022 @ 10 PM
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 12/28/2022 @ 12 PM
LINES BROKEN: THE STORY OF MARION MOTLEY
MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 10:30 PM
In 1946, Canton native Marion Motley was one of four African American men to break pro football's color barrier when he joined the Cleveland Browns. This local production tells the Canton native's story of adversity, personal tragedy and triumphs using rarely heard archival interviews and new interviews with historians, friends and descendants.
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 12/26/2022 @ 10:30 PM
- WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 12/28/2022 @ 12:30 PM
