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Programming Highlights | June 2023

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It's summertime and the viewing on WTVP is entertaining, engaging and inspiring! Stop by for iconic musical performances, historical figures. an introspective hermit, an unsolved murder, health care challenges, the journey to social justice and much more.

WALDEN: THE BALLAD OF THOREAU
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 10 PM

Watch this combination documentary and theatrical play about the final two days Henry David Thoreau spent in his cabin before leaving Walden Pond. The documentary, which bookends the play, is a look at the life of Thoreau and was filmed at Walden Pond at the actual cabin site in the woods. The two-act, four-character play dramatizes conversations between Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson as Thoreau was packing up to leave Walden Pond.
 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 06/01/2023 @ 10 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 06/02/2023 @ 1 AM

LITTLE RICHARD:
KING AND QUEEN OF ROCK' N' ROLL
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 8 PM

Experience the meteoric rise and enduring legacy of Little Richard. This portrait of the King and Queen of Rock and Roll explores his far-reaching influence and his advocacy for the rights of Black artists in the music industry.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 06/02/2023 @ 8 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 06/03/2023 @ 12 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 06/03/2023 @ 7 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 06/03/2023 @ 11 PM

CAROLE KING:
HOME AGAIN – LIVE IN CENTRAL PARK
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 7 PM

Celebrate the music icon in a triumphant homecoming concert on May 26, 1973, that captured King at her critical and commercial peak, basking in the enormous popularity of her album Tapestry. Includes a behind-the-scenes look at her legendary career.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 06/08/2023 @ 7 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 06/09/2023 @ 12 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 06/10/2023 @ 12:30 AM

FOREIGNER:
DOUBLE VISION – THEN AND NOW
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 8:30 PM

Grab a front-row seat at the first-ever reunion concert of both incarnations of the multi-platinum-selling band as they perform their greatest hits, including Cold As Ice, Jukebox Hero and I Want To Know What Love Is.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 06/08/2023 @ 8:30 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 06/10/2023 @ 2 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 06/11/2023 @ 10:30 PM

BUFFALO SOLDIERS:
FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS
MONDAY, JUNE 12, 9 PM

In 1866, six all-black cavalry and infantry regiments were created after Congress passed the army organization act. They came to be known as buffalo soldiers. Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts explores the often-contradictory role played by the buffalo soldiers throughout American history, with particular emphasis on settling the American West.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 06/12/2023 @ 9 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 06/14/2023 @ 2 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 06/19/2023 @ 7 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 06/20/2023 @ 12 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 06/20/2023 @ 8 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 06/28/2023 @ 10 AM

ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH:
YOU'LL HAVE THE SKY
THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 10:30 PM

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: You'll Have The Sky brings one of the 20th century's best-loved writers out from the shadow of her husband, Charles Lindbergh. This film is a portrait of a woman whose work continues to speak to readers today.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 06/15/2023 @ 10:30 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 06/17/2023 @ 3 AM

WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 06/19/2023 @ 4 AM

SABBATH/SHABBAT
SUNDAYS, JUNE 18 AND 25, 6 PM

Every week, from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, Jews worldwide celebrate Shabbat, the Sabbath. A day of prayer, rest and reflection, Shabbat provides the spiritual renewal, some say, needed for the rest of the week.

 

PART 1

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 06/18/2023 @ 6 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 06/20/2023 @ 12 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 06/21/2023 @ 2 AM


     

PART 2 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 06/25/2023 @ 6 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 06/27/2023 @ 1 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 06/29/2023 @ 2 AM

RIDLEY:
THE PEACEFUL GARDEN
SUNDAYS, JUNE 18 AND 25, 7 PM

When a local farmer is discovered dead, Ridley is asked to help with a missing persons case that has been unsolved for 13 years.

PART 1

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 06/18/2023 @ 7 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 06/20/2023 @ 2 AM

     

PART 2 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 06/25/2023 @ 7 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 06/27/2023 @ 2 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 06/28/2023 @ 12 AM

JUNETEENTH:
FAITH AND FREEDOM
MONDAY, JUNE 19, 10 PM

A Black American is troubled by the legacy of American slavery and the misuse of Christianity to justify it. He travels throughout Texas, discovering how Juneteenth reveals faith and a fight for freedom in an unjust society.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 06/19/2023 @ 10 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 06/20/2023 @ 1 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 06/22/2023 @ 3 AM

BELOW THE BELT:
THE LAST HEALTH TABOO
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 9 PM

Through the inspiring stories of four patients urgently searching for answers to mysterious symptoms, Below the Belt exposes widespread problems in our health care system that disproportionately affect women. From societal taboos and gender bias to misinformed doctors and financial barriers to care, the film highlights how millions are effectively silenced.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 06/21/2023 @ 9 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 06/22/2023 @ 1 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 06/23/2023 @ 2 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 06/25/2023 @ 1 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 06/27/2023 @ 7 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 06/28/2023 @ 12 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 06/28/2023 @ 8 AM