Melveen Leed’s music career spans over five decades and has taken her around the world. However, in many ways, she says she’s still “da tita from Moloka‘i.” She opens up about life’s challenges and why she’s found a new sense of peace and personal happiness in her life. Learn more on this episode of Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox.
Premiering in 1968, SOUL! was the first nationally broadcast all-Black variety show on public television, merging artists from the margins with post-Civil Rights Black radical thought. Mr. SOUL! delves into this critical moment in television history, as well as the man who guided it, highlighting a turning point in representation whose impact continues to resonate to this day.
Great Performances presents, 'Movies for Grownups Awards 2021 with AARP Magazine.' Watch actors and filmmakers as they are honored for creating films that resonate with older viewers in this star-studded awards ceremony. Celebrating movies that matter, the Awards champion movies for grownups, by grownups.
To settle a $200 million debt, the State deeded property in the Kakaʻako Makai neighborhood in Honolulu to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). OHA wants to develop parcels ʻewa of Kewalo Basin and build residential high rises currently not allowed. Community activists say the State must preserve the coastline in what is becoming a highly developed urban area. A bill that would allow high rises appears dead at the Legislature. What are the next steps?
Fast Forward follows four millennials and their parents as they travel through time to meet their future selves. Wearing an MIT-produced “aging empathy suit” and working with professional make-up artists, they grapple with the realizations, conversations and mindset required to age successfully. Family dynamics are a primary driver of success - or failure - as we age.
Winner of the first-ever Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, Flannery is an intimate exploration of the life and work of author Flannery O’Connor, told through never-before-seen archival footage, newly discovered personal letters and her own published words.
Hear how, after years of drug addiction and violence, Pastor Roy Yamamoto Jr. found salvation while in prison. Since his release, he has used his time to mend scarred relationships, become a pastor in his own church and create a camp for children of the incarcerated.
In an increasingly data-driven, automated world, how do we protect individuals’ civil liberties in the face of artificial intelligence that looms larger by the day? When an MIT researcher discovers that the majority of facial-recognition software does not accurately identify darker-skinned faces, she joins others from different parts of the world to expose the discrimination within the prevalent facial recognition algorithms.
On Howard's End on Masterpiece, follow two independent and unconventional sisters and the men in their lives seeking love and meaning as they navigate an ever-changing world in this fresh take on E.M. Forster’s masterpiece.
Experience Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet performed by dancers from The Royal Ballet, choreographer by Kenneth MacMillan. Set to a score by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, the ballet was filmed on atmospheric sets and locations throughout Budapest, Hungary, evoking old Verona, Italy. William Bracewell and Francesca Hayward star in the title roles.
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