Hey, It’s Photo Friday!

NATIVE AMERICA is a “PBS series that challenges everything we thought we knew about the Americas before and since contact with Europe. It travels through 15,000-years to showcase massive cities, unique systems of science, art, and writing and 100 million people connected by social networks and spiritual beliefs spanning two continents.” The program aired in two seasons of four episodes each, the first in 2018 and the second last year. Here’s a promotional poster for the second series of NATIVE AMERICA I spotted in a co-worker’s cubicle…

Monday Montage

What’s happening, what’s on and what’s interesting this week …

A dancer finds new allies within the Spinal Cord Injury community while testing the limits of her recovery, body and spirit. Watch as INDEPENDENT LENS presents MOVE ME – tonight at 10 on PBS NC.

What a treat! Ian McKellen (Vicious) will play Mother Goose in a Pantomime at the London Theatre.

Experience a dramatic recreation of the 1898 Wilmington Massacre and Coup that led to the only violent overthrow of a government in US history. Relive the drama of THE RED CAPE – Thursday night at 10 on PBS NC.

Monday Montage

What’s happening, what’s on and what’s interesting this week …

Follow Northern Arapaho tribal members as they travel to Pennsylvania to retrieve the remains of children who died at an Indian boarding school in the 1880s. More than a century later, will these Native American boys finally come home? Tune in as INDEPENDENT LENS presents HOME FROM SCHOOL: THE CHILDREN OF CARLISLE – Tuesday at 9pm on PBS NC.

The Power Of The Dog is the latest film starring Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock). NPR reviews the Jane Campion film, calling it “a tightly wound psychological thriller that just happens to play out on an epic canvas.”

It became an instant classic when it debuted on MASTERPIECE in January. On Thanksgiving, relive the delightful tales of veterinary life in the Yorkshire Dales with a season one ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL MARATHON! The fun starts Thursday afternoon at 1 on PBS NC.

Monday Montage

What’s happening, what’s on and what’s interesting this week …

Go inside a Pulitzer-winning newspaper serving an Iowa town that has seen its share of changes. Catch STORM LAKE on INDEPENDENT LENS – tonight at 10 on PBS NC.

Dame Judi Dench (As Time Goes By) and Ciarán Hinds (My Mother And Other Animals) savor their moments in Belfast, the latest film by Sir Kenneth Branagh (Wallander).

Monday Montage

What’s happening, what’s on and what’s interesting this week …

Discover the chain of events that propelled Hitler from the fringes to the heart of the government. Relive THE RISE OF THE NAZIS – premiering Tuesday night at 9 on UNC-TV.

Very sad news to start the week. Veteran actor Geoffrey Palmer (As Time Goes By, Butterflies) passed away over the weekend. He was 93.

Hey, It’s Photo Friday!

As 2018 draws to a close, I dipped into the archive of old photos I have and found this publicity still for the UNC-TV original THIS TIME EACH YEAR (the title just seemed appropriate). Hosted by North Carolina musician Mike Cross, this hour-long special explored the strong ties between Tar Heel State festivals and the sturdy heritage of its people. It first aired in May 1986 and featured (according to the write-up in our programming database) “Native Americans dancing the eagle dance, kilted scots playing bagpipes, farmers hollering, children clogging.” We haven’t aired THIS TIME EACH YEAR lately but it’s entirely possible this UNC-TV classic could pop up again on your airwaves in the future.