SEPTEMBER 2020
TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 8
8pm
FRONTLINE
Growing Up Poor in America
Children and their families navigate poverty, homelessness, race, and new challenges brought on by COVID-19 in Ohio.
9pm
HARBOR FROM THE HOLOCAUST
Shanghai’s complex association with Jewish immigrants, focusing on its welcoming of Jews fleeing Nazi persecution during World War II.
9pm | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 14
JUSTICE FOR MY PEOPLE: THE DR. HECTOR P. GARCIA STORY
Mexican Revolution refugee Dr. Hector P. Garcia fought to bring attention to the Mexican-American civil rights movement.
8pm | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 15
FRONTLINE
POLICING THE POLICE 2020
Writer Jelani Cobb looks at race, policing and the prospects for reform in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death.
9pm | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 15
BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM
The movement to fight widespread construction industry injustices in Texas; a Mexican family campaigns for a life and death safety ordinance; a Salvadorian couple fight for their children’s future.
8pm | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 18
GREAT PERFORMANCES
NOW HEAR THIS 2: HAYDN: KING OF STRINGS, PT. 1/3
The work and career of composer Joseph Haydn, who borrowed music from Scotland, Hungary and Austria to create “Emperor Quartet”; host Scott Yoo.
7pm | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 20
LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX PT. 1/4
Alan and Celia are seven years into their marriage but are not seeing eye to eye; Alan’s brother, Ted, plans to visit; tempers flare when money becomes the topic of conversation at a birthday celebration.
9pm | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 21
WILLIE VELASQUEZ: YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE
Willie Velasquez starts a grassroots movement that helps strengthen the influence of the Latino vote.
8pm | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 22
FRONTLINE
THE CHOICE 2020:
TRUMP VS. BIDEN
A look into what has shaped President Donald Trump and presidential candidate Joe Biden, where they came from and how they lead.
8pm | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 25
GREAT PERFORMANCES
NOW HEAR THIS 2: HAYDN: KING OF STRINGS, PT. 2/3
The work and career of composer Joseph Haydn, who borrowed music from Scotland, Hungary and Austria to create “Emperor Quartet”; host Scott Yoo.