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THEME: Mary Cassatt
FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK
Monday, 5/22 from 10-11:30 pm NHPBS
Sometime in the 1960s, in sunny Sacramento, two Filipina American sisters got together with other teenage girls to play music. Little did they know their garage band would evolve into the legendary rock group Fanny, the first all-women band to release an LP with a major record label. Despite releasing five critically-acclaimed albums over five years, touring with famed bands from Slade to Chicago, and amassing a dedicated fan base of music legends including David Bowie, Fanny's groundbreaking impact in music was written out of history FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK Streaming Video
THE KATE: John Oates
Monday, 5/22 from 11 am-12 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Best known as half of the pop phenomenon Hall & Oates ("Rich Girl," "Sara Smile"), John Oates performs hits and music from his new bluesy roots album, Arkansas. THE KATE Streaming Video
GREAT PERFORMANCES - The Magic of Spirituals
Monday, 5/22 from 2:30-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman's famed concert at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990, featuring performance clips and new interviews with opera star Angel Blue, Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb, and more. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS - Texas Icons: Jerry Jeff Walker and Billy Joe Shaver
Monday, 5/22 from 3:30-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Enjoy a tribute to late Texas singer/songwriters Jerry Jeff Walker and Billy Joe Shaver. Walker performs his classics “Mr. Bojangles” and “Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother,” while Shaver plays favorites “Georgia On a Fast Train” and “I’m Just An Old Chunk of Coal.” AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Streaming Video
FAMILY PICTURES USA - North Carolina
Monday, 5/22 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
Discover how this historically rural state built on tobacco and textiles is rapidly changing. Entrepreneurs find a warm welcome in Durham, Native Americans come home to ancestral lands, and families separated by race and class work toward healing. FAMILY PICTURES Streaming Video
FAMILY PICTURES USA - Detroit
Monday, 5/22 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
Explore America's comeback city through photos and personal stories shared by residents. From the influence of the auto industry to labor unions to the Motown sound, Detroit's multilayered story is revealed via family narratives and memories. FAMILY PICTURES Streaming Video
FAMILY PICTURES USA - Southwest Florida
Monday, 5/22 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
Visit the Paradise Coast, where Native Americans, ranchers, and fishermen share family stories. FAMILY PICTURES Streaming Video
ASIAN AMERICANS - Generation Rising
Monday, 5/22 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Follow a young generation's fight for equality in the fields, on campuses, and in the culture, claiming a new identity: Asian Americans. New immigrants and war refugees expand the population and definition of Asian America. ASIAN AMERICANS Streaming Video
ASIAN AMERICANS - Breaking Through
Monday, 5/22 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Revisit the turn of the millennium, when Asian Americans are empowered by growing numbers and rising influence but face a reckoning of what it means to be an American in an increasingly polarized society. ASIAN AMERICANS Streaming Video
LOCAL, USA - Asian American Stories of Resilience, Part One
Monday, 5/22 from 9-9:30 pm NH WORLD
Queer filmmaker, Quyen Nguyen-Le, recovers and articulates the legacy of their mother's nail salon for their refugee family, and Filipino-American filmmaker Frances Rubio captures the experience of being distanced from her father during the pandemic. LOCAL, USA Streaming Video
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