NHPBS Passport Update - October 14, 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: Monday, November 25, 2024

The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes
The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes shares inspiring stories through interviews with the most influential minds and leaders of today, covering topics from health and money to relationships and self-help. In each half-hour episode, host Lewis Howes draws out engaging and actionable steps from his guests to teach viewers new skills and inspire them with incredible stories of everyday success.
Available: Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Milk Street's My Family Recipe
In Milk Street's My Family Recipe, Christopher Kimball and acclaimed baker Cheryl Day use historical culinary context and modern kitchen know-how to help home cooks recreate lost or forgotten cherished family recipes, from Hawaiian butter rolls to Puerto Rican pérnil. More than a cooking show, My Family Recipe shows how food can connect history, community, family and memories.
Available: Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Cook's Country
Where family recipes from every corner of America are re-imagined for home cooks everywhere. With the same practical, no-nonsense food approach that has made Cook's Country magazine successful, the series features the best regional home cooking in the country
Available: Saturday, October 26, 2024

The Nordic Murders
In this engrossing crime drama, cop Julia Thiel and her mother Karin Lossow investigate criminal cases on the otherwise peaceful Baltic Sea island of Usedom. From Walter Presents, in German with English subtitles.
Available: Friday, October 25, 2024

The Palace
Twin sisters Christine and Marlene, separated at birth, meet by chance in East Berlin. To learn more about each other they swap lives, navigating the dangers of divided Germany. From Walter Presents, in German with English subtitles.
Available: Friday, October 25, 2024

The Good Road
An innovative, inspiring documentary series about two best friends who travel the world meeting philanthropists and change-makers, who have dedicated their lives to addressing global humanitarian issues.
Available: Tuesday, October 22, 2024

All-Star Orchestra
'All-Star Orchestra' delivers "masterpieces for the masses," helping viewers enjoy, explore and experience the celebrated classical music of Beethoven, Stravinsky, Dvorak, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Mahler.
Available: Sunday, October 20, 2024

Reconnecting Roots
Reconnecting Roots is a half hour television series featuring stories of America told through music, history, & a series of field trips alongside host Gabe McCauley. Portraying American life across the past six generations, this series exhibits the American journey of unbounded progress with the hope of understanding how exactly we fit in and why.
Available: Sunday, October 20, 2024

Next at the Kennedy Center
A dynamic mix of artists across hip hop, jazz, modern dance, and more perform at the Kennedy Center. Each episode weaves together performances filmed live at the Center with intimate off-stage moments contextualizing each artist's cultural impact.
Available: Saturday, October 19, 2024

Private Detective Dengler
Former police officer turned private detective Georg Dengler is hired to investigate whenever there is more to a case than meets the eye. Enlisting the skills of hacker Olga Illiescu, the pair must race against time to solve political conspiracies. From Walter Presents, in German with English subtitles.
Available: Friday, October 18, 2024

The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause
The first documentary film that addresses the marginalized or ignored health crisis faced by millions of women as they go through menopause.
Available: Thursday, October 17, 2024

Big Cats 24/7
In Botswana's wild Okavango Delta, the Big Cats 24/7 team of local and international filmmakers follows lions, leopards and cheetahs day and night. Using the latest filming technology they reveal the cats' lives like never before.
Available: Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Citizen Nation
This four-part documentary series is an inspiring coming-of-age story that follows teenagers from across America as they face off in the nation's premier civics competition. Culminating in a championship showdown in the nation's capital, high school students with diverse personal and political backgrounds grapple with critical questions about democracy.
Available: Wednesday, October 16, 2024

VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos
Join creator and host John Leguizamo on a quest to uncover Latino and Latina heroes and their contributions. Leguizamo takes viewers on a captivating journey, delving into both well-known and lesser-known stories of Latino history, spanning thousands of years, from the Ancient Empires to the present, and shining a light on the rich and often overlooked history of Latinos.
Available: Saturday, October 12, 2024

Paradise
Paradise is a profound drama portraying tightknit relationships between workers at a store amidst the societal expectations of the 1950s. From Walter Presents, in Italian with English subtitles.
Available: Friday, October 11, 2024

This American Land
Reporting from the front lines, This American Land brings you compelling stories on critical issues impacting America's natural landscapes, waters, wildlife and energy resources in a changing climate, informing and engaging television audiences nationwide. Hosted by wildlife conservationist Ed Arnett.
Available: Thursday, October 10, 2024

Jazz Music Awards 2023
The Jazz Music Awards 2023 celebrates the best in today's jazz. The inaugural broadcast is hosted by Dee Dee Bridgewater and Delroy Lindo, under the musical direction of Terri Lyne Carrington, with performances by Dianne Reeves, Kenny Garrett, Orrin Evans, Ledisi, Somi, Lizz Wright, Braxton Cook, Brandee Younger, Jazzmeia Horn, The Baylor Project, Lindsey Webster and Dee Dee Bridgewater.
Available: Wednesday, October 9, 2024

VOCES: Latino Vote 2024
Examine the priorities of a politically diverse Latino electorate in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election in some of the most hotly contested battleground states, including Arizona, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania as well as California and Florida.
Available: Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Forgotten Fame: The Marion Miley Story
Professional athletics were deemed improper for women in the 1930s, and trailblazing golfer Marion Miley's exceptional talent and winning personality captivated sports fans across the country. At age 27, Marion was tragically murdered in her home at the Lexington Country Club in Kentucky. This film tells the story of the headline-grabbing crime that cut short the life of this pioneering athlete.
Available: Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Southern Songwriters with Patrick Davis
Southern Songwriters with Patrick Davis is a four-part series where viewers are taken on a journey with singer songwriters to discover why and how they write their songs. Patrick invites his fellow songwriters to join him in various small southern towns as they entertain audiences with their stories behind their songs. The series also showcases the history and culture of the southeast.
Available: Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Beyond Debate: A Revolution in Education
In high schools across the country, there is a growing belief that debate-based pedagogies improve civility and academic success by encouraging students to think critically, engage in high-level academic discourse, and construct compelling arguments. We follow students in Boston and Chicago public schools to witness the methodology's impact.
Available: Monday, October 7, 2024

Velvet
In late 1950s Madrid, the golden age of haute couture, there is one place everyone would like to shop at least once in their lifetime: the Galerias Velvet. From Walter Presents, in Spanish with English subtitles.
Available: Friday, October 4, 2024

North Korea: A Filmmaker Walks the Tightrope
The parents of filmmaker Yang Yonghi, activists in a pro-North association of Japanese Korean residents, sent Yonghi's three brothers to live in North Korea when they were still in their teens. During the decades of separation that followed, Yonghi used her films to explore conflicted feelings about her family. Her search for identity continues and is captured through this documentary.
Available: Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Dreams of Glory: The World of Women's Sumo
Follow three female sumo wrestlers as they compete at the highest level at the Women's Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. The film tracks each athlete's individual journey, from strength and technique training to their final competitive fights. It also explores the untold stories behind women's growing prominence in the traditionally male-dominated world of sumo.
Available: Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Profe
In Minnesota, the Latine community burgeons amidst a vast opportunity gap. Two charter schools, rooted in decades of struggle, champion equity through decolonized, bilingual education. PROFE delves into this educational revolution, blending history and contemporary narratives to illuminate its profound impact.
Available: Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Amache: An American Injustice
The civil rights of 120,000 innocent Japanese Americans were violated during WW2 when they were incarcerated without charge or trial after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. 7500 were sent to Amache in SE Colorado. For years, archeologists and survivors have been digging into the past and discovering how the community built a life behind barbed wire and created beauty in the desolation of the desert.
Available: Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Women of the Watershed
A young woman journeys to the source of the Everglades headwaters to better understand the historic challenges of water management and pollution that now threaten this fragile ecosystem. Along the way she will meet a new generation of advocates who are redefining the balance of women in conservation.
Available: Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Hispanic Heritage Awards
Celebrate the new class of Hispanic Heritage Award honorees, including Grammy-nominee Omar Apollo; Chairman of NBCUniversal News Group Cesar Conde; Grammy and Latin Grammy winning musicians Café Tacvba; Co-Founders of Siete Family Foods Veronica, Miguel, and Aida Garza; and reggaeton and urbano pioneer Wisin.
Available: Saturday, September 28, 2024

Carmen Curlers
What began as two employees working out of a basement in 1963 grew into a worldwide phenomenon with a staff of thousands operating around the clock in a huge factory--complete with a helipad, a private kindergarten, and even its own fire station. From Walter Presents, in Danish with English subtitles.
Available: Friday, September 27, 2024

After October 7: A Personal Journey to Kfar
"After October 7: A Personal Journey to Kfar Aza" explores the aftermath of the Hamas terrorist attack at a single kibbutz in a region of Israel known as "the Gaza envelope." At the film's center are the experiences of ordinary individuals confronting desolation and seeking resilience in the wake of events that continue to transform them, their country and the Middle East.
Available: Friday, September 27, 2024

DEADLOCK
PREMIERED ON PBS SEPTEMBER 20, 2024. Join Aaron Tang of UC Davis School of Law as he guides a panel of thought leaders through complex, ethical dilemmas based on real-life scenarios. The special encourages civil dialogue and critical thinking in an era dominated by polarizing debates.
Available: Saturday, September 21, 2024

Lolita Lobosco
Based on the wildly popular novels by Gabriella Genisi, this vibrant crime series is steeped in the beauty, vitality, creativity, warmth and sensuality of Italy. From Walter Presents, in Italian with English subtitles.
Available: Friday, September 20, 2024

America's Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years
In "America's Test Kitchen Celebrates 25 Years," we're highlighting the food, science, kitchen ingenuity, and fun that have made the show a fan favorite for over 600 episodes and bringing you behind-the-scenes to see how it all gets made.
Available: Friday, September 20, 2024