Celebrate the courage and accomplishments of notable women in American history, including a singer, a photographer, a renowned author and a legendary dancer.
Marian Anderson’s rich contralto voice is one that will forever reverberate through the chronicles of American history. A trailblazer for Civil Rights, she remains a symbol of grace and courage in the face of prejudice. She famously performed at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, after being barred from singing at Constitution Hall due to the color of her skin. Throughout her life, she sang as a way to uplift and unite people through music, with a voice conductor Arturo Toscanini said comes once in a century.
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Exposing prejudices and threats to civil liberty in facial recognition algorithms and A.I.
Coded Bias follows MIT Media Lab computer scientist Joy Buolamwini, along with data scientists, mathematicians and watchdog groups from all over the world, as they fight to expose the discrimination within facial recognition algorithms now prevalent across all spheres of daily life.
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Drawing from an extraordinary archive of unpublished military photographs and personal correspondence, as well as expert and family interviews, Charlotte Mansfield: A Woman Photographer Goes to War tells the story of Charlotte Mansfield’s pioneering career as a Women’s Army Corps photographer during World War II.
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● WTVP-WORLD 47.3 – Mon, 03/01/2021 @ 8 PM
● WTVP-WORLD 47.3 – Tue, 03/02/2021 @ 9 AM
● WTVP-WORLD 47.3 – Tue, 03/02/2021 @ 1 AM
● WTVP-WORLD 47.3 – Fri, 03/05/2021 @ 10 AM
● WTVP-REMOTE 47.2 – Sat, 03/06/2021 @ 12:30 AM
● WTVP-WORLD 47.3 – Sat, 03/06/2021 @ 12:30 PM
● WTVP-HD 47.1 – Mon, 03/22/2021 @ 10:30 PM
● WTVP-HD 47.1 – Wed, 03/24/2021 @ 12 AM
Explore the life of Flannery O’Connor, whose provocative fiction was unlike anything published before. Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, newly discovered journals and interviews with Mary Karr, Tommy Lee Jones, Hilton Als and more.
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● WTVP-HD 47.1 – Tue, 03/23/2021 @ 7 PM
● WTVP-HD 47.1 – Thu, 03/25/2021 @ 3:30 AM
● WTVP-WORLD 47.3 – Fri, 03/26/2021 @ 6 PM
● WTVP-WORLD 47.3 – Fri, 03/26/2021 @ 11 PM
● WTVP-WORLD 47.3 – Sat, 03/27/2021 @ 7 AM
Explore legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp's career and famously rigorous creative process, with original interviews, first-hand glimpses of her at work and rare archival footage of select performances from her more than 160 choreographed works.
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● WTVP-HD 47.1 – Fri, 03/26/2021 @ 8 PM
● WTVP-HD 47.1 – Sat, 03/27/2021 @ 12 AM
● WTVP-WORLD 47.3 – Sun, 03/28/2021 @ 8 PM
● WTVP-WORLD 47.3 – Mon, 03/29/2021 @ 12 AM
● WTVP-HD 47.1 – Mon, 03/29/2021 @ 3 AM
● WTVP-WORLD 47.3 – Mon, 03/29/2021 @ 8 AM