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Programming Highlights | March 2023

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March brings new connections on American Masters, American Experience, Independent Lens, Frontline and more, running from American abundance to art restoration, calligraphy to photography, and pandemic response to political protest. WTVP covers it all just for you.

RECONNECTING ROOTS: A WORK IN PROGRESS
TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 10:30 PM

America today is experiencing unparalleled abundance. How have we managed to advance at such a significant rate? Have we lost anything to the tides of progress? Join host Gabe McCauley as he begins a journey to answer these questions and more.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 03/14/2023 @ 10:30 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 03/27/2023 @ 1 PM

UNKNOWN MASTER OF RESTORATION
SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 6 PM

Mayuyama Koji is an art restorer who works with antique dealers and museums nationwide. His unique skills allow him to restore broken works to their former conditions flawlessly, earning him the nickname "God Hand." The practice originated from his father in the postwar period, when many antiques would be repaired secretly through underground means. This documentary reveals the details of his techniques and mission, not just to restore art but preserve it for generations to come.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 03/19/2023 @ 6 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 03/22/2023 @ 12 PM

INDEPENDENT LENS
STORMING CAESARS PALACE
MONDAY, MARCH 20, 9 PM

After losing her job as a hotel worker in Las Vegas, Ruby Duncan joined a welfare rights group of mothers who defied notions of the "welfare queen." In a fight for guaranteed income, Ruby and other equality activists took on the Nevada mob in organizing a massive protest that shut down Caesars Palace.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 03/20/2023 @ 9 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 03/22/2023 @ 6:30 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 03/22/2023 @ 11:30 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 03/23/2023 @ 7:30 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 03/25/2023 @ 11 AM

ISABEL AND ROY
MONDAY, MARCH 20, 10:30 PM

Prior to his Pop-art fame in New York, Roy Lichtenstein struggled to find work and raised a family in Cleveland. His wife, Isabel, helped support him as he developed his signature style. But, before he could establish his career, she had to give up hers.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 03/20/2023 @ 10:30 PM

AMERICAN MASTERS
DR. TONY FAUCI
TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 7 PM

American Masters: Dr. Tony Fauci follows Dr. Fauci across 14 months, showing a rarely seen side of this passionate scientist, husband, father and public servant as he battles a devastating pandemic while confronting a political onslaught that calls into question his 50-year career as this country's leading advocate for public health.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 03/21/2023 @ 7 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 03/25/2023 @ 12 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 03/25/2023 @ 8 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 03/25/2023 @ 2 PM

FRONTLINE
WEINSTEIN
TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 9 PM

Frontline investigates how the Hollywood mogul allegedly sexually harassed and abused dozens of women over four decades. With allegations going back to Weinstein's early years, the film examines the elaborate ways he and those around him tried to silence his accusers.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 03/21/2023 @ 9 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 03/22/2023 @ 1 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 03/22/2023 @ 8 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 03/23/2023 @ 1 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 03/23/2023 @ 9 AM

AMERICAN MASTERS
IN THE MAKING
FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 8 PM

This documentary shorts series from American Masters and Firelight Media follows eight emerging cultural icons — creators who bring insight and originality to their craft — on their journeys to becoming masters of their artistic disciplines.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 03/24/2023 @ 8 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 03/25/2023 @ 12 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sun, 03/26/2023 @ 9 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 03/27/2023 @ 1 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 03/27/2023 @ 9 AM

JOURNEYS OF HARRY CROSBY
SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 6 PM

An extraordinary chronicle of the life and career of renowned photographer and author Harry Crosby that lets the viewer experience Harry's travels in Baja, California, through a rich assortment of his photographs and beautiful contemporary footage of the magic peninsula. At 92, Harry remains passionate and engaging about the people and places he was able to capture on film for future generations.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 03/26/2023 @ 6 PM

INDEPENDENT LENS
HIDDEN LETTERS
MONDAY, MARCH 27, 9 PM

For centuries in China, the once-secret written language of Nüshu was calligraphed on folded fans and handkerchiefs as hidden letters so women could share stories and express solidarity in a repressive era when many women were denied literacy. Confronting patriarchy, two modern women find solace in Nüshu, rediscovering connections between traditional Chinese womanhood and contemporary feminism.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 03/27/2023 @ 9 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 03/29/2023 @ 7:30 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 03/30/2023 @ 12:30 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 03/30/2023 @ 8:30 AM

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
THE MOVEMENT AND THE MADMAN
TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 8 PM

The Movement and the Madman shows how two antiwar protests in the fall of 1969 — the largest the country had ever seen — caused President Nixon to cancel what he called his "madman" plans for a massive escalation of the U.S. war in Vietnam, including his threats to use nuclear weapons.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 03/28/2023 @ 8 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 03/29/2023 @ 12:30 AM