Culture & Society RSS feed for WLIW programming.http://watch.wliw.orgen-ushttp://watch.wliw.orgThu, 17 May 2012 02:12:36 -0400Thu, 17 May 2012 02:12:36 -0400http://watch.wliw.org/video/2222207906/A blushing bride glows in her gold-trimmed red sari. Mardi Gras Indians dressed in vibrant feathers move to the beat of a drum. A happy couple, clad in jewel-toned robes, bow reverently before their elders. From jumping the broom to tying the knot, wedding celebrations in America are as diverse as the nation itself. Join chef Lidia Bastianich on a matrimonial odyssey in her new PBS special.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2222207906/04/13/2012Celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich celebrates the traditions surrounding weddings.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyFoodFoodHome & How-ToHome & How-ToCookingCookingEpisodehttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2189355551/Directed by choreographer Allison Orr with an original score by Graham Reynolds, The Trash Project is a unique partnership between Forklift Danceworks and the City of Austin Solid Waste Services, featuring 24 employees and 16 large sanitation vehicles. www.forkliftdanceworks.orghttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2189355551/01/22/2012Directed by choreographer Allison Orr with an original score by Graham Reynolds...nrPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2228350237/Half the Sky is a landmark transmedia project featuring a four-hour PBS primetime national and international broadcast event, a Facebook-hosted social action game, mobile games, two interactive websites, educational video modules with companion text, and an impact assesment plan all inspired by, Half the Sky, the widely acclaimed book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2228350237/04/30/2012Half the Sky - coming to PBS October 1 & 2, 2012Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2234656615/Diane Lane reflects on her experiences filming with Half the Sky in Somaliland, where she got a first-hand look at the challenges and solutions surrounding maternal mortality at the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2234656615/05/14/2012Half the Sky - coming to PBS October 1 & 2, 2012Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2229346221/From dusk to dawn, 'El Velador' accompanies Martin, a guard who watches over the extravagant mausoleums of some of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords. In the labyrinth of the cemetery, this film about violence without violence reminds us that, amid the turmoil of a drug war that has claimed more than 50,000 lives, ordinary existence persists in Mexico and quietly defies the dead.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2229346221/05/01/2012From dusk to dawn, a guard watches over the mausoleums of Mexican drug lords.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesInternationalInternationalPolitics & GovernmentPolitics & GovernmentPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2229346203/Thomas and Tamara are track stars at their rural New Mexico high school. Like many teenagers, they are torn between the lure of brighter futures elsewhere and the ties that bind them to home. For these teens, however, home is an impoverished town on the Navajo reservation, and leaving means separating from family, tradition and the land that has been theirs for generations.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2229346203/05/02/2012Native teens torn between opportunities outside the reservation and cultural ties at homenrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicitySports & RecreationSports & RecreationFamily & SocietyFamily & SocietyYouthYouthEthnicity & GenderEthnicity & GenderPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2222472797/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Strong!, weightlifter Cheryl Haworth goes clothes shopping with a friend, but has trouble finding anything she likes. Striving to be the strongest woman in the world seemingly puts her at odds with conventional standards of beauty.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2222472797/04/23/2012Watch Strong! - premiering in July, 26 2012 on PBS (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietySports & RecreationSports & RecreationHealthHealthFitness & NutritionFitness & NutritionSegmenthttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2222489463/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Strong!, weightlifter Cheryl Haworth describes why being heavier is better for competition in her weight class. "You're sturdier, more stable," she says.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2222489463/04/23/2012Watch Strong! - premiering July 26, 2012 on PBS (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietySports & RecreationSports & RecreationHealthHealthFitness & NutritionFitness & NutritionCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2222489467/"Weightlifting is not simply about heaving weight over your head," says champion Cheryl Haworth. In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Strong!, Haworth and her teammates describe the physics -- and grace -- involved in their sport.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2222489467/04/23/2012Watch Strong! - premiering in July, 26 2012 on PBS (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietySports & RecreationSports & RecreationHealthHealthFitness & NutritionFitness & NutritionCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2222489460/Cheryl Haworth is a young woman with a big dream: to be the strongest woman in the world. As the 300-pound U.S. Olympic weightlifter prepares for Beijing 2008, she struggles with injury, confidence, and her place in a world where larger women are not readily accepted.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2222489460/04/13/2012Watch Strong! - premiering July 26, 2012 on PBS (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietySports & RecreationSports & RecreationPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2235486190/Set against the turbulent relationship between the United States and Iran, Iranian-American filmmaker Marjan Tehrani captures the struggle and excitement of her brother Alex and his bride Heather as they plan a Persian Islamic wedding in Iran. But when Alex's Iranian-born parents and Heather's conservative American father meet for the first time, cultures clash, testing them to their limits.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2235486190/05/16/2012Watch Arusi Persian Wedding on WORLD - July 22, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2231828784/Houda al-Habash, a conservative Muslim preacher, founded a Qur’an school for girls in Damascus, Syria, 30 years ago. Every summer, her students immerse themselves in a rigorous study of Islam. A surprising cultural shift is underway - women are claiming space within the mosque. Shot right before the uprising in Syria erupted, 'The Light in Her Eyes' offers an extraordinary portrait of a leader.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2231828784/05/07/2012A preacher calls girls to the practice of Islam, teaching them to pursue their ambitions.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsFamily & SocietyFamily & SocietyEthnicity & GenderEthnicity & GenderPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2235220074/Four seasoned treasure hunters embark on an antiques adventure in Market Warriors, a new series from the producers of Antiques Roadshow. Fred Willard (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind) injects quick wit and a collector's know-how as off-screen host. 7/16/2012http://watch.wliw.org/video/2235220074/05/16/2012Premieres Monday, July 16, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Folk Art & CraftsFolk Art & CraftsCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryHome & How-ToHome & How-ToAntiques & CollectiblesAntiques & CollectiblesPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2235486185/Fabrice Champion, a young internationally renowned trapeze artist, hit another acrobat in mid-air during a show and was paralyzed. Following years of rehabilitation therapy, hopes lost and found, he returns to the circus as director and teacher.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2235486185/05/16/2012Watch Acrobat on WORLD - July 15, 2012 (check local listings)Performing ArtsPerforming ArtsCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2227373257/Every four seconds a romance novel published by Harlequin or its British counterpart, Mills & Boon, is sold somewhere in the world. Julie Moggan’s 'Guilty Pleasures' takes an amusing and touching look at this global phenomenon. Ironies abound in the contrasts between the everyday lives of the books’ readers and the fantasy worlds that offer them escape.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2227373257/04/30/2012Real life begins where romance novels end.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentLiterature & WritingLiterature & WritingCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyFamily & SocietyFamily & SocietyArts & CultureArts & CulturePromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2233107372/My Reincarnation chronicles the epic story of exiled Tibetan Buddhist master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and his Western-born son, Yeshi. As Namkhai Norbu rises as a teacher in the West, Yeshi, recognized from birth as the reincarnation of a famed Buddhist master, breaks away to embrace the modern world. Can the father convince his son to keep the family’s spiritual legacy alive?http://watch.wliw.org/video/2233107372/05/10/2012A Tibetan master rises as a Buddhist teacher while his son embraces the modern world.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsFamily & SocietyFamily & SocietyInternationalInternationalArts & CultureArts & CulturePromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2233626204/Town of Runners follows three children keen to follow in their heroes' footsteps, as they move from school track to national competition and from childhood to adulthood. Set against the background of the seasonal rhythms of this farming region, and the impact of increased urbanization and globalization on agriculture, the film shows rural young Africans striving to make their own future.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2233626204/05/12/2012Watch Town of Runners on WORLD - June 17, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietySports & RecreationSports & RecreationPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2235609549/Stephanie Coontz, "A Strange Stirring" -- Coontz examines the early 1960s through the lens of Betty Friedan's bestselling and controversial 1963 book, "The Feminine Mystique."http://watch.wliw.org/video/2235609549/05/16/2012A discussion with Stephanie Coontz about her book, "A Strange Stirring"tv-gArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentLiterature & WritingLiterature & WritingCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodehttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2221031957/When AIDS arrived in San Francisco in 1981, it decimated a community, but also brought people together in inspiring and moving ways to support and care for one another and to fight for dignity and a cure.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2221031957/04/09/2012Watch We Were Here - premiering June 7, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityHealthHealthHealth Care & IllnessesHealth Care & IllnessesPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2221031963/In the early years of the epidemic, delegations of people living with AIDS began going to Washington DC to raise awareness about the impact of the disease and to lobby for more research and treatment of the disease, as we see in this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, We Were Here.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2221031963/04/09/2012Watch We Were Here - premiering June 7, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityHealthHealthHealth Care & IllnessesHealth Care & IllnessesCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2221031965/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, We Were Here, a nurse who treated patients during the early years of the AIDS epidemic describes how victims of the disease experienced rapid health declines, as they struggled with the onset of pneumonia and Karposi's sarcoma.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2221031965/04/09/2012Watch We Were Here - premiering June 7, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityHealthHealthHealth Care & IllnessesHealth Care & IllnessesCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2221031969/As the AIDS crisis began claiming more and more victims, the community in San Francisco rallied to care for not just those suffering from the disease, but to support the LGBT community as a whole, as we see in this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, We Were Here.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2221031969/04/09/2012Watch We Were Here - premiering June 7, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityHealthHealthHealth Care & IllnessesHealth Care & IllnessesCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2230109009/Indonesia is home to the world's largest Muslim population. It is also home to a transgender community known as the "warias", biological men who live openly as women. At times comical and at times heartbreaking, the film uncovers a world that not only defies our expectations of gender and Islam, but also reveals our endless capacity as human beings to search for love - whatever the consequences.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2230109009/05/02/2012Watch Tales of the Waria on WORLD - June 3, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2228789758/Paralympic sprinter Katy Sullivan remembers how unsure she was the first time she saw running legs. Then, “the world of sports opened to me.” She also describes that incredible moment before a race starts, when everything narrows down to a kind of "tunnel vision." Katy Sullivan makes it clear that Paralympians and Olympians are all one team – and for all of them, London 2012 is the goal.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2228789758/05/03/2012Katy Sullivan didn’t go to the 2008 Games due to injuries. “Now, London is everything!"nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietySports & RecreationSports & RecreationNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSportsSportsSegmenthttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2229007191/Ten Sleep, Wyoming is one of the most isolated places in America. Yul meets Rod Collingwood, he supervises the laying of fibre optic cable in this area. Fiber optic cable carries signals for our phones, television and the internet. Rod explains how fibre optic cable has become the new highway; it enables places even as remote as Ten Sleep to communicate with the world.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2229007191/04/30/2012Learn more about fiber optic technology.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyMedia & TechnologyMedia & TechnologyTechnologyTechnologyCommunications & MediaCommunications & MediaCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2227323330/Have you ever dreamed of being waited on hand and foot? For the past six years, Lakshmi has been doing just that for her employers -- virtually unnoticed. That is, until one of Lakshmi's employers begins to film her daily life on the job in Mumbai, India. In a deeply personal portrait, the film takes a hard look at the Indian caste system, gender, and class relations.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2227323330/04/26/2012Watch Lakshmi and Me on WORLD - May 27, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2231283458/......http://watch.wliw.org/video/2231283458/05/05/2012........Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietySports & RecreationSports & RecreationHome & How-ToHome & How-ToCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2234688717/Get ready for The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live! Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinst Chris Thile combine virtuosity with improvisation in this PBS Arts special, which will air on PBS Friday, May 25 at 9pm (check local listings).http://watch.wliw.org/video/2234688717/05/14/2012An exclusive web-only performance of "Fiddle Medley" from The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentMusicMusicCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2234769704/Get ready for The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live! Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinst Chris Thile combine virtuosity with improvisation in this PBS Arts special, which will air on PBS Friday, May 25 at 9pm (check local listings).http://watch.wliw.org/video/2234769704/05/14/2012An exclusive web-only performance of "Less is Moi" from The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentMusicMusicCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2234793640/Get ready for The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live! Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinst Chris Thile combine virtuosity with improvisation in this PBS Arts special, which will air on PBS Friday, May 25 at 9pm (check local listings).http://watch.wliw.org/video/2234793640/05/14/2012An exclusive web-only performance of "Parallax" from The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentMusicMusicCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2234803698/Get ready for The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live! Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinst Chris Thile combine virtuosity with improvisation in this PBS Arts special, which will air on PBS Friday, May 25 at 9pm (check local listings).http://watch.wliw.org/video/2234803698/05/14/2012An exclusive web-only performance of Bach's Gamba Sonata from Goat Rodeo Sessions Live.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentMusicMusicCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2234642427/Go behind the scenes, and learn about The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live! Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinst Chris Thile combine virtuosity with improvisation in their 2011 album, The Goat Rodeo Sessions, and in their first live performance as a group. Watch an extended preview of the concert, which will air on PBS Friday, May 25 at 9pm (check local listings).http://watch.wliw.org/video/2234642427/05/14/2012Join Yo-Ya Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile for an unforgettable live show.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentMusicMusicCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2234554615/Get ready for The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live! Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinst Chris Thile combine virtuosity with improvisation in this PBS Arts special, which will air on PBS Friday, May 25 at 9pm (check local listings).http://watch.wliw.org/video/2234554615/05/14/2012Join Yo-Ya Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile for an unforgettable live show.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentMusicMusicCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2213003283/For nearly a century, American servicemen were stationed at Subic Bay in the Philippines, and many of them fathered children with the women who lived nearby. When the base closed in 1991, hundreds of these children were left behind, stripped of their fathers and their sense of identity.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2213003283/03/20/2012Watch Left by the Ship - premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2213003286/Robert, a Filipino Amerasian blogger, listens to his mother describe how the U.S. serviceman who was his father refused to accept responsibility for his son, in this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Left by the Ship.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2213003286/03/20/2012Watch Left by the Ship - premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2213078151/Born in 1987, Filipino Amerasian JR was left with his mother at age 5 after the U.S. serviceman who was his father abandoned him. Growing up, he often faced discrimination due to his biracial ethnicity. Now, he has an opportunity to contact his American father. Find out if he does in the Independent Lens documentary, Left By the Ship.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2213078151/03/20/2012Watch Left by the Ship - premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2213297968/In this companion video to the Independent Lens documentary, Left by the Ship, Robert, a Filipino Amerasian blogger meets with other Amerasians living in Olongapo City, whose fathers were U.S. servicemen once stationed here. Their stories are sadly consistent, telling of rejection and discrimination, along with a hope that they will be reunited with their fathers.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2213297968/03/21/2012Watch Left by the Ship - premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2235603227/Benjamin Busch, "Dust to Dust" -- A personal memoir about life and mortality written by well-known actor and former Marine Benjamin Busch.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2235603227/05/16/2012A discussion with Benjamin Busch about his memoir, "Dust to Dust"tv-gArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentLiterature & WritingLiterature & WritingCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodehttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2223962069/What led the West to be so influential? And how long will the West sustain its supremacy? Premieres on Tuesdays, May 22 and 29, 2012 on PBS (check local listings).http://watch.wliw.org/video/2223962069/04/17/2012What led the West to be so influential? And how long will the West sustain its supremacy?nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsHistoryHistoryAncient & ClassicalAncient & ClassicalArchaeologyArchaeologyCivilizationsCivilizationsEnlightenmentEnlightenmentMiddle AgesMiddle AgesRenaissanceRenaissanceUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictWorldWorldPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2234886382/An 1863 Ulysses S. Grant letter; a circa 1950 Charles Shulz Li'l Folks original cartoon; and two paintings - one by Victor Higgins, the other by Spencer - purchased together for $5, but valued considerably higher. 5/21/2012http://watch.wliw.org/video/2234886382/05/15/2012Premieres Monday, May 21, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Arts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFine ArtsFine ArtsCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyHistoryHistoryModernModernHome & How-ToHome & How-ToAntiques & CollectiblesAntiques & CollectiblesPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2233115063/Rob is on day trip patrol taking you to some of Northern California's best kept secrets. Adventure through the San Andreas elephant sanctuary and enjoy tales and a tour of Ione's Preston Castle. Join Rob as he explores the roots of the majestic Muir Woods National Monument and hikes from the top to the bottom of glorious Burney Falls.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2233115063/05/10/2012Rob is on day trip patrol taking you to some of Northern California's best kept secrets.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyTravelTravelScience & NatureScience & NatureAnimalsAnimalsNatural HistoryNatural HistoryEpisodehttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2233508692/See how the American experience has been shaped by people who were in the New World long before the Mayflower. 5/20/2012http://watch.wliw.org/video/2233508692/05/12/2012Premieres Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesHistoryHistoryEnlightenmentEnlightenmentModernModernVictorianVictorianPromotionhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2235100631/Mandy Taylor(WEAVE), Leah Albright-Byrd(Bridget's Dream), and Undercover Officer(Sacramento County Sheriff's Office) join host Scott Syphax to discuss Human Trafficking.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2235100631/05/15/2012Mandy Taylor, Leah Albright-Byrd, and Undercover Officer discuss human trafficking.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesWomenWomenEpisodehttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2214469459/In 1997, community activism led the Tucson city council to set up a study committee to look at ways of boosting Latino student achievement and reducing dropout rates. Based on its findings, the school board unanimously voted to create what would become the Mexican American Studies Program.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2214469459/03/23/2012Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2214470420/As teachers in Tucson's Mexican American Studies Program, teachers Curtis Acosta and Jose Gonzalez successfully engaged students in the classroom, helping to close the achievement gap between white students and students of color. However, a group of lawmakers and politicians saw thing differently, and launched a campaign to end the program.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2214470420/03/23/2012Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2214470422/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Precious Knowledge, Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Horne, holds a press conference calling for the end of the Mexican American Studies Program. He believes ethnic studies emphasize ethnic solidarity, rather than assimilation with American ideas, and should be abolished.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2214470422/03/23/2012Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2214469475/Tucson ethnic studies student, Mariah Harvey, describes how Mexican American Studies classes at Tucson High School enriched both her understanding of racial difference in her community as well as her own sense of self-identity as a biracial LGBT teen in this companion video the Independent Lens documentary, Precious Knowledge.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2214469475/03/23/2012Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2214469481/Nacho Vejar, an ethnic studies student in a Tucson high school, describes how Mexican American Studies classes encourage critical thinking, community involvement, and the pursuit of new talents in this companion video the Independent Lens documentary, Precious Knowledge.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2214469481/03/23/2012Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2224582174/United States Congressman Raul Grijalva, Pima County Legal Defender Isabel Garcia, and others describe how the struggle for Chicano American rights in Tucson stemmed out of the inequality inherent in the school district in the late 1960s in this companion video the Independent Lens documentary, Precious Knowledge.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2224582174/04/19/2012Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEducationEducationSegmenthttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2235782718/NYC-ARTS went behind the scenes as the American Ballet Theatre performs its repertory this season, we get a curator's tour of Van Gogh's famous "Starry Night," and latest news from Christina Ha.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2235782718/05/17/2012Behind the scenes at American Ballet Theatre and a look at Van Gogh's "Starry Night."nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesMusicMusicPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsDramaDramaFine ArtsFine ArtsFolk Art & CraftsFolk Art & CraftsLiterature & WritingLiterature & WritingFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityEpisodehttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2235793084/Christina Ha starts the news off at the Gladstone Gallery with Anish Kapoor's new solo exhibition. Then we go back to school to visit Princeton's art museum. Plus, "The Caretaker" at BAM, "Nice Work If You Can Get It" on Broadway, and more.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2235793084/05/17/2012Christina Ha reports the latest arts news from the Gladstone Gallery.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesMusicMusicPerforming ArtsPerforming ArtsDramaDramaFine ArtsFine ArtsCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesSegmenthttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2232457218/In April 2012, WMHT's Public Affairs program "New York Now" reported on 20-year-old college student Yelky Ramos' efforts to pass the New York State DREAM Act, a bill that would help undocumented immigrants pay for higher education.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2232457218/05/13/2012A state law would help undocumented youth pay for college. A student shares her story.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGovernmentGovernmentRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityWomenWomenPoliticsPoliticsSegmenthttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2232460494/MetroFocus: "Education Innovation" takes on some of the controversial issues and new trends in education. Premiering on WLIW21 on May 15 at 10:30 p.m., the program features internet educator Sal Khan, one of “Time” magazine’s 100 most influential people, an interview with New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott and takes a closer look at the evolving issue of teacher evaluations.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2232460494/05/14/2012MetroFocus looks at new trends in education in the New York region.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEducationEducationPoliticsPoliticsSegmenthttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2232464963/Harvard professor Michael Sandel is the best-selling author of "Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?" and his lectures on ethics have been broadcast on PBS. He spoke recently at WNET's Celebration of Teaching and Learning, where he explored moral dilemmas facing education.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2232464963/05/15/2012Harvard professor Michael Sandel asked educators to debate ethical dilemmas in the field.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEducationEducationSegmenthttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2232467850/Sal Khan, a former hedge fund manager, discovered his calling as an educator several years ago when he began tutoring his nieces in mathematics. It was the beginning of Khan Academy, a free website that offers video tutorials as well as interactive problems and quizzes on a range of subjects. Since then he's been named by "Time Magazine" as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World."http://watch.wliw.org/video/2232467850/05/14/2012Sal Khan explains the history of the Khan Academy and why it's been able to help so many.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyMedia & TechnologyMedia & TechnologyNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEducationEducationSegmenthttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1553932059/Rich in humor and regional color, this sometimes hilarious film uses the prism of language to reveal our attitudes about the way other people speak. From Boston Brahmins to Black Louisiana teenagers, from Texas cowboys to New York professionals, "American Tongues" elicits funny, perceptive, sometimes shocking, and always telling comments on American English in all its diversity.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1553932059/09/14/2010A hilarious film that uses the prism of language to reveal our attitudes.nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesFamily & SocietyFamily & SocietyArts & CultureArts & CultureEpisodeend=2012-07-15http://watch.wliw.org/video/2235498773/Yelena Makhnin discusses emigrating from Russia to the U.S. and the value of public television in making the arts accessible to all New Yorkers.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2235498773/05/16/2012Yelena Makhnin discusses emigrating from Russia to the U.S. and the value of public TV.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2235498735/Yelena Makhnin discusses emigrating from Russia to the U.S. and the value of public television in making the arts accessible to all New Yorkers.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2235498735/05/16/2012Yelena Makhnin discusses emigrating from Russia to the U.S. and the value of public TV.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityCliphttp://watch.wliw.org/video/2235569953/Host Terry Tazioli discusses her latest book and the romantic suspense genre with popular author Jayne Ann Krentz, aka Amanda Quick, aka Jayne Castle.http://watch.wliw.org/video/2235569953/05/16/2012A discussion with author Jayne Ann KentznrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentLiterature & WritingLiterature & WritingCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityEpisodehttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1896999254/FRONTLINE investigates the ongoing meth problem in America; its devastating impact on individuals, families and communities; and the state-by-state battles to make pseudoephedrine a prescription drug. 5/15/2012http://watch.wliw.org/video/1896999254/04/26/2011Airs Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. 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