PBS HAWAIʻI – Featured Programs
Saturday, May 3 at 7:00 pm
We shine a spotlight on items with Asian & Pacific Islands origins.
Monday, May 5 at 10:00 pm
Thousands of Filipino and Filipino American soldiers who went to war to defend the United States and the Philippines during World War II.
Saturday, May 10 at 8:00 pm
In 1971 a small group of U.S. table tennis players made history, by traveling to a then-isolated China.
Saturday, May 10 at 9:00 pm
Discover how an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900 set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco. This new documentary tells the gripping story of the race against time by health officials to save the city from the deadly disease.
AMACHE: An All American Injustice
Monday, May 12 at 10:30 pm
Friday, May 16 at 8:00 pm
Enjoy Tony winner David Henry Hwang’s comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim as an Asian American playwright who protests “yellowface” casting in the musical “Miss Saigon” only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play.
ENDURING DEMOCRACY: THE MONTEREY PETITION
Saturday, May 17 at 9:00 pm
Led by John Steinbeck’s editor, a group of women activists protest Japanese American incarceration and resist racism in WW II California.
Monday, May 19 at 10:00 pm
San Francisco photographer Michael Jang sat for decades on a hidden treasure of pictures taken in his 20s. Until now.
Saturday, May 24 at 7:00 pm
A lot of cities claim to never sleep, but Taipei makes good on that promise.
Timeless Patriotism: Guam and World War II
Saturday, May 24 at 9:00 pm
Explore how Guam and its residents dealt with the Japanese occupation of their island in WWII.
Saturday, May 24 at 10:00 pm
The Flying Tigers were heroic American military pilots who fought in China during World War 2.
GHOST MOUNTAIN: The Second Killing Fields of Cambodia
Monday, May 26 at 10:30 pm
Ghost Mountain: The Second Killing Fields is an untold story of the unthinkable odds more than a quarter-million Cambodians would unknowingly take to escape their chaotic homeland.
Tuesday, May 27 at 9:00 pm
His iconic painting style, especially visible in Bambi and his well-known series of Hallmark cards.
A THOUSAND PEBBLES ON THE GROUND
Tuesday, May 27 at 10:30 pm
Roger is a Chinese-American medical worker facing rising anti-Asian sentiment, he is grieving the loss of his father, but he loves to perform and make people laugh.
Thursday, May 29 at 10:00 pm
Part history, part travelogue, part memoir, this documentary tells the story of a deceased Japanese soldier who is honored by an American who finds him with his diary
Lucky Chow: Steeped in Culture
Saturday, May 31 at 7:00 pm
Taiwan is steeped in tea, as beverage, ritual and way of life.