NHPBS Passport Update - April 27, 2020
What's Arriving and Leaving NHPBS Passport
New Titles Coming to Passport This Week
Inheritance
Meet three women who are genetically predisposed to breast cancer. Follow Alejandra, Lilith and Bonnie as they undergo life-altering medical procedures in the hope of reducing their risk – and saving their lives.
Available: April 30 – March 31, 2022
Nature | Cuba's Wild Revolution
In the crystal-clear waters of the Caribbean, Cuba is an island teeming with exotic biodiversity: from coral reefs pulsating with life to five-foot-long Cuban rock iguanas. As international relations ease, what will become of this wildlife sanctuary?
Available: April 30 – March 31, 2024
NOVA | Cuba's Cancer Hope
When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban scientists were forced to get creative. Now they've developed lung cancer vaccines that show so much promise, some Americans are defying the embargo and traveling to Cuba for treatment. In an unprecedented move, Cuban researchers are working with U.S. partners to make the medicines more widely available.
Available: April 30 – March 21, 2023
Call the Midwife | Season 9 Episode 6
Disappointed by the Poplar Horticultural Show's cancelation, Fred attempts to reinstate it. The Turners receive an alarming phone call about their daughter. Valerie's pregnant cousin hopes her baby will be born on a day well before her due date.
Available May 1 – May 3
Expiring Soon
Mr. Selfridge | Season 4
In 1909 London, an American retail tycoon arrives at the unfashionable end of Oxford Street to jettison fusty British tradition and open one of the finest department stores the world has ever seen. Three-time Emmy® winner Jeremy Piven stars as Harry Gordon Selfridge, the flamboyant entrepreneur and showman seeking to provide London's shoppers with the ultimate merchandise and the ultimate thrill.
Expiration Date: May 21, 2020
American Epic | Blood and Soil
Travel to the rural South as Elder Burch, Charley Patton and others record early Delta blues, gospel and protest songs. The Great Flood of 1927 devastates Mississippi River communities, leading to northern migration and Chicago Blues by Howlin' Wolf.
Expiration Date: May 23, 2020
Light Falls
Take a theatrical journey with physicist Brian Greene to uncover how Albert Einstein developed his theory of relativity. In this vivid play, science is illuminated on stage and screen through innovative projections and an original score.
Expiration Date: May 28, 2020