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Balancing Act Consuelo Mack To the Contrary Whitney Reynolds

Newsroom Tokyo/ Direct Talk/Short Program

POV: Black Snow

Reel South: Small Town Universe

Whatever Dreams Consuelo Mack The Chavis Chronicles

Stories From the Stage

FRI 1 BBC News

POV Shorts

SAT 2 Whitney Reynolds

To the Contrary

Washington Week

Secrets of the Dead: Ben Franklin’s Bones

Market to Market POV: Black Snow

Historic Buildings of Iowa: Mason City & Clear Lake

Whitney Reynolds Laura Flanders

Iowa Press

Washington Week

The Open Mind

DW Focus on Europe

DW Global Us

SUN 3 On Story

POV Shorts

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Nature: Woodpeckers: The Hole Story Independent Lens: Home Court NOVA: Return to the Moon

Finding Your Roots: Hidden in the Genes

Asian Americans: Breaking Ground

MON 4 BBC News

Invisible Nation

First Peoples First Stories

Stories From the Stage

TUE 5 BBC News Asia Insight

Who She Is

Come Back Anytime

GZero World With Ian Story in the Pub. Square

Shared Planet: Cities

Human Footprint: The Urban Jungle Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story Reel South: 36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime

WED 6 BBC News

Invisible Nation

Asian Americans: Breaking Ground

THU 7 BBC News

Snapshots of Confinement

China: Frame by Frame

Balancing Act Consuelo Mack To the Contrary Whitney Reynolds

America ReFramed: Blurring the Color Line

First Peoples First Stories Consuelo Mack The Chavis Chronicles

Stories From the Stage

FRI 8 BBC News

Tending Clouds

SAT 9 Whitney Reynolds

Washington Week

Market to Market

Whitney Reynolds Laura Flanders

The Eagles of Decorah

Iowa Press China: Frame By Frame

DW Focus on Europe

DW Global Us

America ReFramed: Blurring the Color Line Finding Your Roots: In the Blood We Said No! No!: A Story of Civil Disobedience

SUN 10 On Story

Tending Clouds

Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Betrayed: Surviving an Amer. Concentration Camp

Reel South: Night in West Texas

Asian Americans: A Question of Loyalty

MON 11 BBC News

First Peoples First Stories

Stories From the Stage

TUE 12 BBC News Asia Insight

Grandma Stand

GZero World With Ian Story in the Pub. Square

NOVA: Decoding the Universe: Cosmos

Shared Planet: Open Spaces

Human Footprint: The Ground Below

Reel South: Night in West Texas Asian Americans: A Question of Loyalty

WED 13 BBC News

Independent Lens: Natchez

THU 14 BBC News

Montiers

Frontline

Balancing Act Consuelo Mack To the Contrary Whitney Reynolds

America ReFramed: Geographies of Kinship Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest

Ghost Mountain

First Peoples First Stories Consuelo Mack The Chavis Chronicles

Stories From the Stage

FRI 15 BBC News

Home Is a Hotel

SAT 16 Whitney Reynolds

Washington Week

Market to Market

Historic Buildings of Iowa: Council Bluffs

Whitney Reynolds Laura Flanders

Iowa Press

DW Focus on Europe

DW Global Us

America ReFramed: Geographies of Kinship Finding Your Roots: Far From Home

Ghost Mountain

SUN 17 On Story

Nature: Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

Reel South: The Last Barn Dance

Asian Americans: Good Americans

MON 18 BBC News

Stories From the Stage

Shinmachi: Stronger Than a Tsunami

TUE 19 BBC News Asia Insight

The Vow From Hiroshima Atomic People

GZero World With Ian Story in the Pub. Square

NOVA: Decoding the Universe: Quantum

Shared Planet: Forests

Human Footprint: Shelf Life

Reel South: The Last Barn Dance Asian Americans: Good Americans

WED 20 BBC News

Independent Lens: Light of the Setting Sun

THU 21 BBC News

A Life Reimagined: The George Masa Story

Balancing Act Consuelo Mack To the Contrary Whitney Reynolds

Pacific Heartbeat: Island Cowgirls Becoming Frederick Douglass

Ah Quon Mcelrath: The Struggle Never Ends! Historic Buildings of Iowa: Davenport Ah Quon Mcelrath: The Struggle Never Ends!

Stories From the Stage

FRI 22 BBC News

Price of Paradise

Montiers

SAT 23 Whitney Reynolds

Washington Week

Market to Market

Consuelo Mack The Chavis Chronicles

Whitney Reynolds Laura Flanders

Iowa Press

DW Focus on Europe

DW Global Us

SUN 24 On Story

Price of Paradise

Nature: Attenborough’s Wonder of Song Builders of the Silicon Dream NOVA: When Whales Could Walk

Finding Your Roots: Stranger Than Fiction

Reel South: The Last Barn Dance

Asian Americans: Generation Rising

MON 25 BBC News

Local, USA: A Tale of Three Chinatowns

Stories From the Stage

Frontline: Battle for Tibet

TUE 26 BBC News Asia Insight

GZero World With Ian Story in the Pub. Square

Shared Planet: Waters

Human Footprint: The Enemy of My Enemy

Reel South: The Last Barn Dance Asian Americans: Generation Rising

WED 27 BBC News

Amer. Mast.: Ten Times

Independent Lens: Third Act

THU 28 BBC News

Frontline

Balancing Act Consuelo Mack To the Contrary

Frontline: South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning

POV: Between Goodbyes

Amer. Mast.: Ten Times

Stories From the Stage

FRI 29 BBC News

SAT 30 Whitney Reynolds

To the Contrary

Washington Week

American Experience: Seabiscuit

Market to Market

Historic Buildings of Iowa: Des Moines

Consuelo Mack The Chavis Chronicles

Whitney Reynolds Laura Flanders

Iowa Press

Washington Week

The Open Mind

DW Focus on Europe

DW Global Us

POV: Between Goodbyes

Amer. Mast.: Ten Times

SUN 31 On Story

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