Through footage interviews with N. Korean refugees, long time aid workers, scholars, and experts, filmmaker Savanna Washington provides an authentic, on the ground perspective of the lives, struggles, and humanity of the people of North Korea.
In 2011, the world was introduced to a young Kim Yo-Jong at the funeral of her father, Kim Jong II. Within a decade, she has gone from political obscurity to establishing herself as the number two of the Pyongyang regime, likely to replace her brother and current leader Kim Jong-Un.
Judy Woodruff moderates a one-hour conversation with filmmaker Ken Burns and three experts: Jason Baldes, Rosalyn LaPier, and Dan Flores. The discussion explores lessons from the film - the early history and special relationship between native American people and the buffalo; its relation to the larger grassland and prairie ecosystems; and Tribal contributions to restoration of the buffalo today.
By the late 1880s, the buffalo that once numbered in the tens of millions is teetering on the brink of extinction. But a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans start a movement that rescues the national mammal from disappearing forever.
Edgar and Sara explore Mercado Benito Juárez in Oaxaca City and tell their engagement story; Beto catches up with his friends and neighbors at La Santa Barbacha and Ensenada ATX and discusses the importance of supporting others in your community; Xose and Anthony serve discada tacos at a charity event for Relief Gang at J-Bar-M in Houston.
Edgar and Sara fly to Oaxaca and visit a corn farm in San Martin Tilcajete to see the man behind the heirloom corn they use at Nixta Taqueria; Beto and his General Manager drive to San Antonio to tour their tortilla purveyor’s tortilla factory and get lunch at Taquitos West Avenue; Anthony and Xose have lunch at The Olive Oil Greek Restaurant and reflect on challenges they faced after high school.
In this election year, what are the priorities for the state lawmakers as they convene another session? Will it be help for Maui following the devastating wildfires last summer or requests associated with Gov. Josh Green’s emergency proclamation on affordable housing, or both or something else. What are your priorities? Join the discussion as we preview the 2024 Legislative session Thursday at 7:30 pm on Insights on PBS Hawaiʻi.
In Canada, a walnut-sized turtle ventures through a forest of giants, dodging huge trucks along the highway. The newly hatched turtle is in search of the lake where she will spend the next 50 years of her life. In South Africa, a young bushbaby is expelled by his family and must journey into the unknown to find a new home. He is drawn toward the lights of the human world in the city of Pretoria.
In this 1979 Pau Hana Years episode,
we visit Po‘ipū, Kaua‘i at Waiohai
Hotel just before it closes.
They grew up believing their land was paradise. Now, they risk everything in escaping it. In an unforgettable documentary, follow families on a treacherous journey to defect from their homeland of North Korea, as the threat of severe punishment and possible execution looms over their passage, revealing a world many have never seen.