NHPBS Passport Update - July 23, 2024

View Finders
Two photographers go to some of Georgia's most beautiful and iconic locations to capture vivid photographs. Along the way they find plenty of adventure and talk to experts about the historical and ecological significance of the locations, and the importance of preservation. Each episode features beautiful scenery and motivates viewers to get outside and explore their own slice of Georgia.
Available: Sunday, September 1, 2024

Les Stroud's Wild Harvest
Season 2 teaches outdoor and culinary enthusiasts how to harvest and cook with wild, edible ingredients like cattail, mussels, pine mushrooms, and more. Travel with Les, star of the TV show Survivorman, and chef Paul Rogalski as they take viewers on a foraging adventure, gathering unexpected ingredients across the wilds of North America.
Available: Saturday, August 10, 2024

Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove
LBJ Foundation CEO, author and historian, Mark Updegrove interviews preeminent thought leaders-historians, authors, journalists, filmmakers, and others-about issues vital to America's future, including the state of our democracy and the importance of strong leadership.
Available: Thursday, August 8, 2024

Long Lost Family: What Happened Next?
The reunion is just the beginning of an incredible new journey - one that is filled with joy but also brings challenges. How easy is it to build a relationship after a lifetime apart? We'll find out.
Available: Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Call the Midwife
Call the Midwife follows the nurses, midwives and nuns from Nonnatus House, who visit the expectant mothers of Poplar, providing the poorest women with the best possible care.
Available: Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Islands Without Cars
Islands Without Cars, the unique independent travel series hosted by Kira Cook, is back for a second season! In six whimsical half-hour installments, Kira shows us what life is like on islands in the Western Hemisphere's developed world that have managed to keep a well-worn foot in the past by restricting or forbidding the use of motorized vehicles.
Available: Sunday, August 4, 2024

By the River with Holly Jackson
"By The River" is a love letter to Southern stories and the authors and poets who write them. Through interviews with Southern authors, host Holly Jackson examines books from a variety of genres, including historical fiction, Southern culture, memoir, poetry, and more.
Available: Saturday, August 3, 2024

Gods of Tennis
Framed through the world-famous Wimbledon tournament, revisit the golden age of tennis in this three-part fascinating series. Meet the heroes who changed the sport forever and drove significant change away from the tennis courts.
Available: Wednesday, July 31, 2024

The Great American Recipe
Follow eight talented home cooks from different regions of the country as they compete weekly with their most memorable recipes. In the final week, the top three home cooks vie for a chance to win The Great American Recipe.
Available: Monday, July 29, 2024

Beyond the Bolex
A young filmmaker discovers a treasure trove of family artifacts and unravels mysteries surrounding her visionary great-grandfather. Though buffeted by war and personal struggles, he created a ground-breaking invention that helped launch the careers of filmmakers like Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. His epic story of ingenuity, determination and love is told here for the first time.
Available: Sunday, July 28, 2024

Lucky Chow
Follow LUCKYRICE culinary festival founder Danielle Chang as she travels across America exploring the Asian food landscape, featuring many of the country's most renowned chefs and culinary personalities.
Available: Friday, July 26, 2024

Confluence
Confluence explores the enduring--and often surprising connections between three of the most essential aspects of the human experience: art, science, and creativity. A range of stories are told by a terrific array of characters, some well known like Joshua Bell, the artist Nick Cave, and the multi-Grammy winning octet Roomful of Teeth; others will be wonderful discoveries for audiences.
Available: Friday, July 26, 2024

Hope in the Water
From Emmy Award winning producer Andrew Zimmern, in collaboration with multi-award-winner and storytelling visionary David E. Kelley, Hope in the Water explores the groundbreaking work of dedicated fishers, aqua farmers, and scientists who are attempting what was once thought impossible: harvesting aquatic species to feed our growing planet while saving our oceans.
Available: Thursday, July 25, 2024

Opportunity Knocks
Jean Chatzky, Patrice Washington and Louis Barajas star as Opportunity Coaches guiding families to build better lives. Along the way viewers inspired by the journey learn how they too can overcome financial challenges. Opportunity Knock$ when families living paycheck to paycheck see it is possible to achieve the American dream.
Available: Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Betrayal
What starts off as a regular gathering of the Fuentes family, a legal powerhouse in Spain, ends up shattering its stability. The patriarch reveals two shocking secrets that will affect the entire family--then winds up dead in the pool. From Walter Presents, in Spanish with English subtitles.
Available: Friday, July 19, 2024

Modern Pioneering with Georgia Pellegrini
Georgia heads to South Carolina to meet the many talented artisans that define Lowcountry. From a basket weaver who is keeping the sweetgrass tradition of the Gullah Geechee people alive, to an intercoastal inspired shrimp recipe served in ironware crafted right down the street. Find out why the Lowcountry is defined by its character as much as it is a spot on the map.
Available: Friday, July 19, 2024

A More or Less Perfect Union, A Personal Exploration by Judge Douglas Ginsburg
Delve into the Bill of Rights, which protects free speech, religious freedom, and the rights of persons accused of a crime, and discover the Supreme Court decisions that set back racial justice for nearly a century after the Civil War.
Available: Monday, July 15, 2024

PBS Short Film Festival
The PBS Short Film Festival continues to elevate the reach and visibility of independent films and filmmakers from across the country. For thirteen years, the festival has showcased films about love, acceptance, family, strength, equality, friendship, loyalty and much more. The 2024 festival highlights "Story Time" as we celebrate the art of short form storytelling.
Available: Monday, July 15, 2024

Revival
Unsettling nightmares after a transplant drive Florence to research the origin of her new heart. Was her donor murdered? From Walter Presents, in French with English subtitles.
Available: Friday, July 12, 2024

Laura Flanders & Friends
THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW is back with more award-winning interviews and investigative reporting on the people and movements driving positive systemic change in our world today. The show features forward-thinking people from actress Sheryl Lee Ralph to author Naomi Klein and innovative projects as well as a monthly journalists' round table with journalists of color. It's produced in rural New York.
Available: Friday, July 12, 2024

Dynamic Planet
Embark on this epic three-year journey, spanning all seven continents, and meet the extraordinary people and animals on the front line of climate change. Explore how science, nature, and tradition can prepare us for a fast-changing future.
Available: Thursday, July 11, 2024

Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution
Discover the untold story of Frank Pais and Juan Antonio Echeverria, pivotal figures in toppling dictator Fulgencio Batista's regime. Their urban insurgencies were instrumental in mobilizing support against Batista. Through interviews and archival footage, the documentary challenges the myth of Castro's sole triumph, shedding light on the complex dynamics of the Cuban Revolution.
Available: Monday, July 8, 2024

Madame K
The world-shattering events of World War II are told through the eyes of the people working at and frequenting Madame K's elite brothel in the capital city of Tallinn. From Walter Presents, in Estonian with English subtitles.
Available: Friday, July 5, 2024

Classical Tahoe
PBS Reno is thrilled to bring its viewers Classical Tahoe featuring world-renowned musicians who worked together to bring music to the shores of Lake Tahoe.
Available: Friday, July 5, 2024

To Dine For with Kate Sullivan
TO DINE FOR WITH KATE SULLIVAN features stories of creators and dreamers who have reached uncommon success through ingenuity and innovation. Their favorite restaurant becomes the backdrop for a passionate and fascinating conversation about life, success and what it takes to pursue and achieve the American Dream.
Available: Thursday, July 4, 2024

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
The story of the African-American Olympians who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. The athletes represented a country that considered them second-class citizens and competed in a country that rolled out the red carpet for them despite an undercurrent of Aryan superiority and anti-Semitism.
Available: Monday, July 1, 2024

Portrait of a Landscape: Seasons
"Portrait of A Landscape: Seasons" is a visual masterpiece taking viewers on a journey through the diverse landscapes of Kansas, in all seasons of the year. Featuring multiple original pieces by composers around the nation, we feature prairie fires, native wildlife, chalky limestone left by ancient seas, waves of golden wheat, weather, and beautiful sunsets over intense and serene landscapes.
Available: Monday, July 1, 2024

The Music Makers of Gennett Records
Discover the story of the little studio that recorded Jazz Age music legends Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington and Gene Autry. This documentary features rare recordings from the Gennett Records archive, plus interviews with jazz great Wynton Marsalis, country music legend Ricky Skaggs, Broadway's Michael Feinstein and gospel music executive Dr. Bobby Jones.
Available: Monday, July 1, 2024

Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
Consider Cuba's past and future, and the conflicts that have engulfed Cuba for the past six decades. This documentary features a series of revealing sequences shot in Cuba and the United States, as well as interviews with individuals including pro-Castro Communists and oppositionists in Cuba, U.S. Department of State personnel, academics, and Cubans "stranded in exile" in Miami.
Available: Monday, July 1, 2024

Sherlock
The world's only consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch), teams up with his long-suffering, faithful friend, Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman), to solve a dizzying array of crimes and battle diabolical villains with his signature deductive reasoning and his stunning lack of social grace.
Available: Sunday, June 30, 2024