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EXPLORE GBH
JULY 2021
13 short films
presented in
three episodes
Will Cassie and Sunny find themselves
on the wrong side of the law?
UNFORGOTTEN
SEASON FOUR
Premiering Sun, 7/11 at 9pm
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INSIDE
2
CONSIDER THIS
3
DON’T MISS
4
HIDDEN GEMS
6
DRAMA
7
JOURNALISM
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SCIENCE
Celebrating the ˇA little something Kicking off a new Professor T gets a One attorney fights to Discover the secret
sounds of summer for everyone across season of a popular British makeover restore citizenship for lives of cats in the
all platforms independent film Dominicans of Haitian wild
series descent
9
FOR KIDS
11
HISTORY
13
MEMBERS
14
COVER STORY
10
Molly Mabray & CULTURE MATTER Fifteen filmmakers highlight the diversity
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I t’s been a challenging year for all of us,
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Commonwealth opens, I’m looking for-
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Editor Christine Casatelli mentary on the unique people, wildlife
Contributors Ron Bachman, Sam Brewer, and environment of our coastal region.
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Photo Research Leah Weisse
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and Government Relations Jeanne Hopkins Jonathan C. Abbott
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DON’T MISS
cool
things
1 JULY FOURTH MUSIC ON CRB CLASSICAL 99.5
On Independence Day weekend, CRB Classical 99.5 will
light up the radio—or computer or phone—with musical fire-
works. Tune in for a fantastic mix of American favorites and
Pops classics, including “Stars and Stripes Forever” and
Tchaikovsky’s rousing “1812 Overture.” While
celebrating the nation’s birthday, grilling
outside or just sitting back and relaxing, the
staff at CRB will provide the perfect recordings
nonstop for the entire holiday weekend.
2 NOVA/SCIENCING OUT
In this three-part digital video series, NOVA features
women science communicators—pairing historical figures
with contemporary ones—and focuses on three communication
strategies: engaging the public, building trust and achieving
impact through data visualization. Hosted and illustrated by
Reyhaneh Maktoufi and co-produced by Ana Aceves, each video
explores the life of these remarkable women and their work to
inspire future generations.
3 FRONTLINE/PANDEMIC PERSPECTIVES
How have people across countries, cultures, faiths, eco-
nomic status and age groups responded to the coronavirus
pandemic? Hear from them, in their own words. Explore the
unique photos and stories drawn from the
two-part FRONTLINE documentary The Virus
That Shook the World, streaming now, and
Different Ships, Same Storm, an international
project spotlighting youth photography and
voices.
4 PRESENTING THE PAST PODCAST
GBH is proud to collaborate with the Library of Congress
on the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) to
preserve for posterity the most significant public television and
PODCAST
radio programs. The AAPB’s new Presenting the Past podcast,
in partnership with the Society for Cinema and Media Studies,
PASSPORT features a series of informed conversations with scholars, edu-
cators, researchers and others about significant
MUSIC
events and issues documented in the more
than 70 years of public media programming.
From the Eyes on the Prize Collection, hear
NEWSLETTER
interviews from Coretta Scott King, Sheyann
Webb, William O’Neal and more.
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HIDDEN GEMS
A Little (Day and)
Night Music
GBH Senior Director
of Programming
A holiday weekend music marathon
leads the list below, but we’re also
marking two other commemorations and
POV/The Neutral
Ground – Mon (7/5) at
9:30pm on GBH 2 – Public
Ron Bachman digs television’s venerable
kicking off a new season of an iconic
deep into our TV
independent film series. Fasten your showcase for independent
program offerings
seatbelts! film opens its 34th season
to highlight
with comedian and film-
noteworthy shows
maker C.J. Hunt’s timely
that you might
exploration of the dis-
otherwise overlook.
pute over the removal of
four Confederate monu-
ments in New Orleans. He
then journeys across the
country to find
out what it would
take to convince
America to end
its long romance
with the Confederacy.
Get Busy Living – Mon (7/26) at 8pm on
GBH WORLD – Thirty-one years ago today,
the Americans with Disabilities Act
Front Row Boston Marathon – Sat (7/3)
was signed into law. In commemoration,
from 12pm to 12am on GBH 44 – Since
GBH WORLD presents this new film
2014, GBH has been showcasing perfor-
about a thrill-seeking man who narrowly
mances by exceptional musicians, both
survives a devastating skydiving accident
established and up-and-coming, from
Boston’s best music venues. A holiday
weekend is the perfect time to bask in
the best of these, so kick back with a cold
drink and enjoy some hot tunes from the
likes of Conor Oberst, First Aid Kit,
Jason Isbell, The Lone Bellow, Punch
Brothers, Letters to Cleo and many
more.
Charles and Di: The Truth Behind Their
Wedding – Thu (7/1) at 9pm on GBH 2 –
If Diana, Princess of Wales, had not died
in a tragic car crash in August 1997, she
would have turned 60 on July 1 this
year. This documentary takes us back
40 years to July 29, 1981, when the
20-year-old Lady Diana Spencer
walked up the aisle of St Paul’s
Cathedral toward Prince Charles that results in permanent spinal cord
in the fairytale wedding of the damage, painful amputations and months
century. But all was not as it of physical therapy—none of which deter
seemed. This film tells the him from striving to resume his high-
revealing and often shocking flying passion. But this is more than just
inside story of the seven days the story of one man’s resilience. It’s
leading up to the wedding, also an unusual and inspiring love story,
contrasting the public percep- as his girlfriend joins him in the fight to
tion with the complicated achieve one nearly impossible goal after
reality. another.
EXPLORE GBH | JULY 2021 5
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
No Second Chance
When Alice Lambert (Alexandra Lamy) wakes up in a
hospital after eight days in a coma, she finds that her life has
taken a drastic turn. She has been shot, her husband is dead,
and her daughter Tara has been abducted. The kidnappers
are demanding 1 million Euros and absolutely no police
involvement. In French with English subtitles, this six-part
thriller is featured in Walter’s Choice, a curated collection
of award-winning international drama series.
Wednesdays at 10pm on GBH 44 and streaming on GBH Passport
Professor T
Jasper Tempest (Ben Miller),
The Indian Doctor, a genius Cambridge University
lecturer with obsessive-compul-
Season One sive disorder, advises the police
on the most difficult of crimes.
Unforgotten’s Sanjeev Bhaskar plays When former student and current
Dr. Prem Sharma in this new comedy- police detective Lisa Donckers
drama set in the 1960s. After moving to (Emma Naomi) turns to him for help,
South Wales with his wife, played by Professor T reluctantly agrees. This
drama
Ayesha Dharker, he becomes embroiled British version of the Belgian crime series with the same
in the lives of the villagers there. Will name also stars Frances de la Tour (Harry Potter and the
the couple survive the culture clash and Goblet of Fire) as Tempest’s overbearing mother.
make the coal mining town their perma- Sun (7/11, 7/18, 7/25) at 10pm on GBH 2
nent home? Also featuring Mark Williams Repeats:
from Father Brown. Tue (7/13, 7/20, 7/27) at 10pm on GBH 44
Wednesdays at 9pm on GBH 44 and Sat (7/17, 7/24, 7/31) at 10pm on GBH 2
streaming on GBH Passport
Silent Witness, more drama
Season 21 MASTERPIECE/Les Misérables
In an all-new season of this Thursdays at 9pm on GBH 44
gripping crime drama, Nikki
Seaside Hotel
Alexander (Emilia Fox)
Sundays at 11pm on GBH 2
struggles to come to terms
with life back home and seeks MASTERPIECE/Unforgotten, Season Four
out fellow pathologist Sally Sun (7/11, 7/18, 7/25) at 9pm on GBH 2
Vaughan for support. When she Repeats:
can’t reach her, she heads over to Tue (7/13, 7/20, 7/27) at 9pm on GBH 44
Sally’s house only to find that it has become a Sat (7/17, 7/24, 7/31) at 9pm on GBH 2
crime scene. Tune in for all 10 episodes of this Return to Cranford
perennial fan favorite. Thu (7/22, 7/29) at 8pm on GBH 44
Mondays at 9pm on GBH 44
6 EXPLORE GBH | JULY 2021
FOR THE RECORD
POV
Stateless
In 2013, a Dominican
Republic Supreme
Court ruling stripped
citizenship from
Dominicans of Haitian
descent, rendering
more than 200,000
people without
nationality, identity or a homeland. In this dangerous climate,
attorney Rosa Iris (left) mounted a grassroots campaign to
defend this group of citizens, challenging electoral corruption
journalism
and advocating for social justice. This documentary by Michèle
UnRepresented Stephenson follows her journey and the families of those
affected by the court’s decision.
This award-winning documentary Mon (7/19) at 10pm on GBH 2
uncovers the mechanisms that drive the
cycle of corruption in the U.S. Congress,
giving political insiders enormous, UNDER THE RADAR WITH
unchecked power. Featuring Harvard CALLIE CROSSLEY PODCAST
Law professor Lawrence Lessig and Looking for news that’s often over-
former U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, looked by big media outlets? Every
UnRepresented reveals the ways in week, the Under the Radar with Callie
which special interests relentlessly rig Crossley podcast checks in with alter-
the system in their favor and the power- native presses and community news
ful possibilities that exist to reform for the small stories with a big impact.
government to better serve the people. Host Callie Crossley features local
Fri (7/30) at 9pm on GBH WORLD voices for discussions on pressing
issues that hit close to home.
In Their
Own
Words: more journalism
Pope Greater Boston
Mon–Thu at 7pm on GBH 2
FRONTLINE
Fire in Paradise
Francis The Laura Flanders Show
Tue (7/6) at 10pm on GBH 2
Repeat:
Using a fresh and innovative combina- Saturdays at 11am on GBH 44
Fri (7/9) at 9:30pm on GBH 44
tion of interviews, archives and state- To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe
of-the-art graphics, In Their Own Words Sundays at 6:30am on GBH 44
The Power of the Fed
is a powerful and intimate journey into Tue (7/13) at 10pm on GBH 2
the lives and minds of some of the most Consuelo Mack WealthTrack Repeat:
compelling icons of our time. This Sundays at 7am on GBH 44 Fri (7/16) at 9:30pm on GBH 44
episode profiles Pope Francis, born Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Leaving Afghanistan
as Jorge Mario Bergoglio to Italian Fridays at 9pm on GBH 44 Tue (7/20) at 10pm on GBH 2
immigrant parents in Buenos Aires, who Sundays at 7:30am on GBH 44 Repeat:
would eventually become the first pope Fri (7/23) at 9:30pm on GBH 44
from the Americas.
Tue (7/20) at 8pm on GBH 2
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DISCOVERY ZONE
SECRETS OF THE DEAD
King Arthur’s
Out of Our Lost Kingdom
Elements Explore new archaeological
NOVA and PBS Digital discoveries that revisit our
Studios bring the magic of understanding of history,
molecules to life in this suggesting that fifth-century
exciting new nine-episode Britain may have been
digital series. Hosts divided by class and culture,
Arlo Pérez and Caitlin not war. Alice Roberts, an
Saks meet with a diverse archaeologist and professor
set of chemistry experts at the University of Birmingham in the UK, and a team of
to explore the surprising molecular con- researchers and experts unearth evidence to decode myths
nections of the everyday world we experi- and piece together a very different story of the Dark Ages that
ence. By investigating the sub-atomic might also explain the legend of King Arthur.
stories underpinning our natural world, Wed (7/28) at 10pm on GBH 2
they discover how chemistry shapes the Repeat:
society we live in. Sat (7/31) at 2pm on GBH 44
NATURE
Super
Cats:
Extreme
Lives
Uncover the secret lives
of the planet’s ultimate
cats, big and small, who
thrive in all four corners of the
globe. In Sri Lanka, a tiny spotted cat
science
explores his forest home. The Canada lynx lives farther north
than any other feline, relying on snowshoe hares to survive the
bitterly cold winter. See these enigmatic creatures like never
before, through the latest camera technology and science.
NOVA
Wed (7/28) at 8pm
Cuba’s Cancer Hope on GBH 2
Repeats:
In Cuba, lung cancer is a leading cause
of death. Yet, decades of economic and
Thu (7/29) at more science
12pm on GBH 44
political isolation have forced biomedical Sat (7/31) at
Windows to the Wild
researchers from this Caribbean island Saturdays at 4:30pm on GBH 44
12pm on GBH 44
to invent innovative therapies to combat NOVA/Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday?
the disease, including a vaccine that Wed (7/21) at 9pm on GBH 2
jumpstarts the body’s own immune Repeats:
response. For the first time ever, Cuban Thu (7/22) at 1pm on GBH 44
experts have joined America’s leading Sat (7/24) at 1pm on GBH 44
cancer research institute to develop an Sun (7/25) at 7pm on GBH 44
even more effective treatment by com-
Nature/The Whale Detective
bining the best of both countries’ medical
Thu (7/22) at 10pm on GBH 2
technologies.
Repeats:
Wed (7/7) at 9pm on GBH 2
Sat (7/24) at 7pm on GBH 44
Repeats:
Sun (7/25) at 9pm on GBH 44
Fri (7/9) at 1pm on GBH 44
Sat (7/10) at 1pm on GBH 44 NOVA/Creatures of Light
Sun (7/11) at 3pm on GBH 2 Wed (7/28) at 9pm on GBH 2
Sun (7/11) at 7pm on GBH 44 Repeats:
Thu (7/29) at 1pm on GBH 44
Sat (7/31) at 1pm on GBH 44
8 EXPLORE GBH | JULY 2021JUST KIDS
Hero Elementary
When you’re a kid superhero with questions
about the moon, you can fly there to find out why
half of it seems to be gone. But sometimes superpowers bring up
questions themselves! New episodes of Hero Elementary have
the crew embracing differences in abilities and working on
problems that need down-to-earth solutions.
WILD KRATTS Mon (7/12) to Wed (7/14) at 8am on GBH 2
Cats
and Dogs
While on an adventure
across the African savanna,
Chris and Martin Kratt dis-
cover cats and dogs living in the wild.
But when they find out about plans to sell them as “special”
pets to people around the world, they team up with Aviva, Koki Curious
and Jimmy to save the animals and protect their natural habi-
tat. Join the Kratt brothers as they travel the planet to educate George
people about the curious creatures that live among us. Everybody’s favorite
Mon (7/12) at 7am and 3:30pm on GBH 2 miniature monkey is back in
business with new episodes in
July! Whether he is planting flowers or
searching for space monkeys, George’s
curiosity leads to a new discovery and
plenty of adventures at every turn. Tune
in to see what silly situations he’ll find
himself in this time.
New episodes start Mon (7/5) at 9am
on GBH 2
more for kids
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
Mon–Fri at 9:30am on GBH 2
Donkey Hodie
MOLLY OF DENALI
Mon–Fri at 10am on GBH 2
Canoe Quest Nature Cat
Take off on a river adventure with Molly (left) and her friend Saturdays at 8am on GBH 44
Nina in this fun canoeing game available this month from Pinkalicious & Peterrific
GBH on the PBS Kids Games App. Navigate down an Alaskan Saturdays at 8:30am on GBH 2
river and observe the power of water. Then, go ashore to
SciGirls
search for rocks and fossils to help Nina with
Sundays at 9am on GBH 2
her scientific research. Learn from Molly
how canoeing connects her with her Alaska Arthur
Native community and her ancestors. Saturdays at 10am on GBH 44
Download the PBS Video App 9HOME AND AWAY
100 Days,
Drinks, Dishes &
Destinations
Pack your bags and join Emmy Award-
winning wine expert and host Leslie
Sbrocco for a marathon of culinary
adventures around the globe. Follow along
as she indulges in international delicacies,
uncovers local hangouts and meets talent-
ed artisans in the most unlikely places. Get
the lowdown about up-and-coming loca-
tions as well as acclaimed restaurants,
wineries and breweries in this
scrumptious travel series.
Sat (7/24) from 10am to 3pm
on GBH Create
Kevin Belton’s more living
on the weekend
Cookin’ Louisiana
Born in New Orleans, Kevin Belton
Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting
Saturdays at 7am on GBH Create The Legacy List
learned his way around the kitchen
helping his mother and grandmother P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home
Saturdays at 9am on GBH Create
with Matt Paxton
prepare Cajun and Creole dishes. Now Ready to downsize and organize? Learn
the self-taught celebrity chef shares his Food over 50 how to catalog a lifetime of belongings,
tips and techniques for authentic Saturdays at 11:30am on GBH 2 locate treasured heirlooms and find unex-
Louisiana home cooking in this new pected valuables with extreme-cleaning
Wyland’s Art Studio
lifestyle series. His guru Matt Paxton (far right) and experts
Sundays at 7:30am on GBH Create
simple recipes
living
(left to right) Avi Hopkins, Mike
make prepara- Weekends with Yankee Kelleher and Jaime Ebanks. The most
tion of these Sundays at 11am on GBH 2 important museum in the world is your
traditional family home. What will you discover there?
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love
meals non- Sat (7/10) from 10am to 3pm on GBH Create
Sundays at 12pm on GBH 2
intimidating for
novice cooks who
want to experiment
with new flavors to
Steven Raichlen’s Project
expand their culinary Fire, Season Three
repertoire. Unleash the power of the grill! From seafood to
Saturdays at 11am selected cuts of meat to fresh vegetables, every-
on GBH 2 thing tastes better when prepared over a fire.
Award-winning cookbook author Steven
Raichlen kicks off Season Three of this popular
cooking series with cherry-smoked strip steak
and bacon-wrapped albacore with peppercorn
cream sauce. Spice up your summer with some
new recipes that are sure to be palate pleasers.
Saturdays at 1pm on GBH 2
Sundays at 4pm on GBH 44
10 EXPLORE GBH | JULY 2021THEN AND NOW
Persia:
GREAT
A History PERFORMANCES
of Iran AT THE MET
The world’s first empire, Joyce
Persia is filled with
adventurous invaders, DiDonato
epic poets and excep-
tional artists. This series in Concert
reveals historical and cultural sites across Iran that few Experience a new performance by the
Westerners have ever seen. Learn about the Shahnameh, one American mezzo-soprano Joyce
of the nation’s most important books used by modern-day DiDonato from the art-nouveau
Iranians to connect with their Persian heritage. And visit the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum, Germany.
ancient Zoroastrian Temple, home to a fire said to have been This concert features Baroque works by
burning for more than 1,500 years. Handel as well as songs such as “La Vie
Thu (7/8) at 9pm, 10pm, 11pm on GBH 2 En Rose” and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
Repeats: “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” Accompani-
Sat (7/10) at 8pm, 9pm, 10pm on GBH 2 ment provided by Carrie-Ann Matheson
Sun (7/11) at 9pm, 10pm, 11pm on GBH 44 on piano and the chamber music ensemble
Il Pomo d’Oro.
Sun (7/25) at 1pm on GBH 2
AMERICAN MASTERS
Buddy Guy—
The Blues Chase
the Blues Away
When Buddy Guy was just
7 years old, he fashioned his first
makeshift “guitar”—a two-string
contraption attached to a piece
of wood and secured with his mother’s hairpins. Now at age 84,
the legendary blues guitarist is a seven-time Grammy Award
winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Get to
know the man who pioneered Chicago’s West Side sound and
influenced rock titans like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.
Tue (7/27) at 9pm on GBH 2
Repeat:
Wed (7/28) at 12pm on GBH 44
more history & culture
Icon: Music Through the Lens Open Studio with Jared Bowen
Fridays at 8:30pm on GBH 2
What makes an image iconic? This six-part series explores Sundays at 11:30am and 5:30pm on GBH 44
music photography as one of popular culture’s most visceral,
American Masters/Norman Lear
enduring and popular art forms. Icon: Music Through the Lens
Fri (7/2) at 9pm on GBH 2
connects rock ’n’ roll stories and striking photographs across
Repeats:
multiple musical genres and eras, with a rich and varied
Sun (7/4) at 9pm on GBH 44
soundtrack. Told through passionate and often irreverent Mon (7/5) at 12pm on GBH 44
interviews, this mercurial journey sheds a new light on the
impact of visual creativity. On Story
Fri (7/16, 7/23, 7/30) at 9pm on GBH 2 Sundays at 11am on GBH 44
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STORIES THA
The Latino Experience
Episode One
Tue (7/6) at 9pm on GBH 2
T he rich diversity of the Latino/a/x
community comes alive in The
Latino Experience, a compilation of 13
Featured in Episode One, the film stars
10-year-old Blanca Ordaz as Ceci, a young
Latina who is mystified by the unexpected
Repeats: short fiction and nonfiction films. The arrival of her first period. Thinking she is
Wed (7/7) at 1pm on GBH 44 three-episode series can be seen this about to die, she creates a bucket list,
Fri (7/9) at 10:30pm on GBH 44 month on GBH, PBS.org and the PBS which includes her first kiss.
Sat (7/10) at 3pm on GBH 44 Video App. Ponce said she was surprised when her
The anthology features original 9-year-old son Nicandro Cheung wanted
Episode Two
stories from 15 filmmakers that explore to try out for the role of Ceci’s crush Javi.
Tue (7/13) at 9pm on GBH 2
various perspectives and styles from “He was so nervous to audition for his
Repeats:
across the United States and Puerto mom,” she said. “But then the hard part
Wed (7/14) at 1pm on GBH 44
Rico. From dramas to documentaries, was that he was going to get his first kiss
Fri (7/16) at 10:30pm on GBH 44
comedies to magical realism, The Latino on screen and that I was going to have to
Sat (7/17) at 3pm on GBH 44
Experience showcases an exciting lineup direct that—I can’t tell you how many
of creative talent, both in front of and emotions were going through me!”
Episode Three
behind the camera. For children in particular, it’s critical to
Tue (7/20) at 9pm on GBH 2
Repeats:
Originally from Michoacán, Mexico, have films that show the lives and experi-
Wed (7/21) at 1pm on GBH 44
writer/director Maria Victoria Ponce ences of those in the Latino/a/x communi-
Fri (7/23) at 10:30pm on GBH 44 (below, left) got the inspiration for her ty. “We’re just like everyone else, and we
Sat (7/24) at 3pm on GBH 44 film Death and Deathability: A Period have important stories to tell.”
Piece from her sisters who thought they In Episode Two’s Pasos de Valor, a
were dying when they first got their pregnant MBA student is determined to
periods because talking about menstrua- create better opportunities for her
tion was taboo.
Films and EPISODE ONE Folk Frontera La Tienda EPISODE TWO
Death and Deathability: Alejandra Vasquez Karina Lomelin Ripper Un Pequeño Corte
filmmakers in A Period Piece and Sam Osborn
Dear Queer Dancer
Mariana Serrano
Maria Victoria Ponce
The Latino The Blue Cape Sarah Taborga Body and Spirit in
Alejandra López Times of Pandemic
Experience Andrés Caballero
14 EXPLORE GBH | JULY 2021COVER STORY
AT CONNECT US A Mix of Voices
W hat started out as a public media
experiment has blossomed into a
new approach for storytelling.
In August 2020, PBS announced a call
for short films, not longer than 15 minutes
each, to highlight the rich diversity of the
Mexican American family, but she finds American, aims his lens at Miami Latino/a/x community across the United
that her due date and her final exam are Cubans who came to America, worked States and Puerto Rico. More than 240
in conflict. The film reflects a situation hard and became prosperous. “Some- entries were reviewed by a panel of experi-
that writer/director Natalia C. Bell thing I’m very interested in is how immi- enced filmmakers. Of those submissions,
(bottom left) remembers from her own grants can so quickly forget about their 13 received funding support and became
mother, whose professor refused to grant immigrant experience or the one that part of the national series The Latino
her any special accommodations when their parents went through because they Experience.
she was a graduate student and pregnant have a comfortable life now,” he said. The response was
with Bell. In Episode Three, Rovira’s Noche overwhelming. “We
“I really wanted people to see a differ- Buena shares a familiar moment at a originally planned on
ent portrayal of a pregnant Latina,” Bell holiday dinner when young and old argue doing a two-hour
said. about their different political views. “I special, but we got so
“I hope in some way her struggle is saw a lot of that in my family, so I wanted many submissions we
honored and that we also acknowledge her to make a film about it, but I wanted to really liked that we
ambition for her career and her family,” make it fun,” he said. Rovira added a decided to expand it
she said. “As an artist, I’m drawn to stories touch of realism and humor by casting to three hours,” said Bill Gardner, vice
of women who rise up.” his own relatives and letting the ad libs president of programming and develop-
Bell said the breadth of topics in the fly. In the end, love and family win out ment at PBS.
series will likely show a level of diversity in this all-to-common scenario. The resulting mix shows each film-
and complexity rarely seen before. “It’s a “I hope that people watch the series maker’s unique interpretation of family,
tremendous opportunity that PBS has and realize that these aren’t just Latino tradition, love and perseverance.
given us,” she said. stories—they’re universal stories,” “These narrative
Filmmaker Andres Rovira (bottom he said. and scripted shorts
right), a second-generation Cuban reflect the joy, creativi-
ty, courage, humor,
pain and resilience in
our communities
with top-notch
authentic storytelling
that reflects the many lived experiences of
Latinos/as/x at this moment in history,”
Our Lady Lupe EPISODE THREE The Daily War Noche Buena
said Wendy Llinás, senior director of pro-
Dominique Nieves Mi Fango, Mi Cerro Karla Legaspy and Andres Rovira
gramming and development at PBS.
Julia Mendoza Adelina Anthony
Pasos de Valor “What we’re trying to do now is not
Friedman
Natalia C. Bell Cuban American Gothic just to put great content out there but also
María Teresa Rodríguez to support the makers and elevate their
voices,” Gardner said. “It’s not just about
entertainment—it’s about empowerment.”
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TAKE TWO ntelligent, precious, sacred, fascinating. “He knew my work, which helped,
These are not words often used to but I was amazed that he would trust the
A Pig describe pigs.
But for Bob Comis, a pig farmer in
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most intimate details with us.”
The connection was instant, said
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he asks in the film, why am I leading them heard.”
to slaughter? Over nine months, Argo and cinema-
Ethical Massachusetts native Allison Argo,
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tographer Joseph Brunette filmed at the
farm for a week each month. “We wanted
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Struggle
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betrayal. the pigs and identify with the farmer’s
The winner of dozens of awards around emotional journey,” said Argo.
the world, The Last Pig brings viewers She also opted to use more of Comis’
The Last Pig into the realities and drama of Comis’ last voice than showing his on-camera inter-
Thu (7/15) at 9pm on GBH 2 year on the pig farm. With her portfolio of views. “I wanted the farmer’s voice to
National Geographic and PBS Nature speak directly to the audience, as if his
films, Argo has dedicated her career to subconscious is a voice in your ear,”
capturing the lives of animals and the she said.
interconnections between all living things. Argo said she hopes the film moves
“If we look around us and ask which people to take stock of their lives and
animals suffer the most in our society, it values. “I hope it inspires people to dig
has to be the ones that are trapped and around and ask, ‘Am I living my life
used in farming—especially factory farm- aligned with my values?’ ‘Do I need to
ing,” said Argo. “For years I grappled with make some adjustments?’”
how I could bring this story to public She grew up in Orleans on Cape Cod,
attention without it being too graphic and where her parents ran a summer theater.
disturbing.” “I think that’s why I got into film. As a
When she discovered Comis’ writings child watching those plays, I was just
about his ethical crisis, she knew he absorbing what storytelling is, with heroes
would be the perfect narrator. “I was so and villains navigating life’s struggles,”
moved by his openness and willingness to Argo said.
put his deepest feelings out there for the “Bob is a very, very quiet man, a great
world to see,” she said. She visited him listener and a very deep thinker,” she said.
at his farm, and after a few hours of con- “He opens his mind and heart to us.”
versation, he agreed to be filmed.
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Tapping into Kids’ Natural
Curiosity for mixing outside time with hands-on
activities and screen time.
Here are just a few examples of
Executive Director
of Education
E ven when children are playing, they
are learning and developing. As we
ease into summer, GBH offers a variety
learning opportunities that kids can
easily enjoy around the home or in the
neighborhood:
of fun activities that tap into kids’ natu-
Seeta Pai spotlights
how GBH Education ral curiosity, making summer play not
• Engineering activities from our
Design Squad collection on PBS
is making an impact only enjoyable but also educational. LearningMedia are appropriate for
in classrooms and We are continually developing free upper elementary and middle school
communities locally learning materials that can easily fit into kids. With feature videos and activity
and nationally. daily routines and family life. I hope guides, they help kids use supplies
you’ll explore these resources, for all age that they can find at home or at the
groups, at our Family Fun at Home corner store to
website (see next page). You’ll find hun- explore engineering
dreds of educational games and activi- and physics concepts.
ties, in English and Spanish, and ideas Participants have
designed awesome
inventions like a
Educator Spotlight marshmallow blaster, balloon car and
a string puppet.
Name: Gail DeRiggi • Family games based on Molly of
Role: Associate Commissioner for Family and Denali, the Peabody Award-winning
Community Supports animated show for young children
Organization: Massachusetts Department of
that fosters literacy skills, offer indoor
Early Education and Care
and outdoor activities. Geared toward
families with pre-K to Grade 2 chil-
How educator works with GBH: Gail DeRiggi has dedicated her career
dren, resources include competitive
to the educational wellbeing of Massachusetts’ youngest learners and
and cooperative games, storytelling,
their families. Most recently, she collaborated with GBH to develop,
movement and card and board games.
disseminate and evaluate Family Fun at Home/Diversión en familia y en
casa for parents and children at home during the pandemic. This bilin- • Outdoor activities for families from
gual initiative reached across the Commonwealth to provide families, the Plum Landing collection on
especially those with limited broadband access, with activities that PBS LearningMedia are excellent
feature beloved PBS Kids characters. for families with kids in elementary
school. Kids can learn about pre-
Years teaching: 44
dator-prey relationships in cities
Favorite teaching tip: Create a strengths-based culture of engagement and towns or use a detective checklist
and partnership with families that supports the learning and develop- to predict whether wet weather is
ment of their children. Foster two-way communication in the preferred
coming.
mode and language of the families.
Enjoy your summer, and keep learning!
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RESPOND, INCLUDE, REPRESENT
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W ith summer schools,
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and learning opportunities—
intensifying “summer slide,”
the learning loss while school
is out of session. GBH’s free
Family Fun at Home/Diversión
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and online, filled the bill.
A 2020 survey of Massachu-
etts program coordinators
who conduct family outreach
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• 93% found the activities
appealing to families with
young children
• 87% agreed the activities
were age appropriate for
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• 98% said there was a good
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CRB Classical 99.5 A Celtic Sojourn
Tanglewood Broadcasts Return A Conversation
T
his summer, music
lovers can again revel
in Boston Symphony
with Donal Lunny
Orchestra performances
from Tanglewood. CRB
Classical 99.5 will be there
to produce broadcasts, as
GBH has since 1952.
For CRB’s Brian
McCreath, the return of
live orchestral music on
Saturday, July 10 after a
16-month hiatus is a
long-awaited moment.
“I’ve missed live orches-
I
tra music, but what I’ve n a special segment of A Celtic
really missed is the feeling of community that you have in a concert venue,” he said. Sojourn, host Brian O’Donovan talks
“I think it might be emotionally overwhelming for a lot of people.” with Donal Lunny (center), a consis-
Hosts McCreath and Ron Della Chiesa will bring CRB tent and hugely influential presence in
listeners 12 concerts over six weekends, with every Saturday the emergence of Irish traditional music
night concert aired live and Sunday afternoon performances over the past five decades. As a founding
broadcast that same night. member of both Planxty and The Bothy
“CRB will be the conduit for people who can’t Band, Lunny has altered the genre’s
get tickets or who don’t yet feel comfortable sound forever with his unique approach.
going into concert halls,” said McCreath. “These Hear about Lunny’s remarkable
might be some of the most important live broad- career in music and his partnership with
casts we’ve ever done.” Andy Irvine. Take a journey into rock
Check out the schedule here. and jazz with the groundbreaking band
Moving Hearts. The conversation also
touches on many of his other collabora-
GBH 89.7 | Eric in the Evening tions since the early ’70s.
In his latest project Atlantic Arc,
Gone Too Soon Lunny gathers some of the finest musi-
cians in Ireland and Scotland to create
A talented Blue Note prodigy in the
a fresh new sound while keeping the
mid-1950s, Lee Morgan lit up the jazz
continuum of the tradi-
scene with his Hard Bop trumpet play-
tion that is so crucial to
ing, appearing with Dizzy Gillespie, John
his own music.
Coltrane, Art Blakey and other notables. In a
special tribute, Eric Jackson remembers the Philadelphia-born Listen here.
artist and the impact he had on the jazz universe before his
untimely death at age 33.
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GBH News Wins DEI Award Frederick Douglass
Connection
T his spring, GBH News was recognized with six Regional Edward R. Murrow
M
Awards. Presented by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), any may not know it, but
the awards are among the most prestigious in the news industry. Nantucket is where Frederick
For the second year in a row, the GBH News team received the Award for Overall Douglass’ career as a famous abolitionist
Excellence and was doubly honored with the first-ever Excellence in Diversity, Equity and orator took off in August 1841. He
and Inclusion Award for bringing awareness to racial injustice with the investigative was only 23 and had escaped slavery in
series The Color of Public Money. Maryland just three years before.
Other GBH awards include: His speech, at an anti-slavery conven-
• Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen in the tion, elicited an electrifying response
Feature Reporting TV category with a segment from the audience,
from Open Studio with Jared Bowen that which included
covered issues of identity and erasure in an abolitionist William
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum exhibition Lloyd Garrison.
• Senior Investigative Reporter Jenifer CAI reporter
McKim in the Investigative Reporting category Luke Green recently
for her story about a loophole preventing wrote about the
certain paroled prisoners from leaving Massachusetts prisons Nantucket Histori-
• Reporter Craig LeMoult in the Excellence in Sound category
stories
cal Association’s
for his report about a respiratory therapist working on the front (NHA) acquisition
lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in a pediatric intensive care unit of a first-edition
• Reporter Adam Reilly in the Sports Reporting category for a autobiography by
story, told in part through his daughter’s experiences, about the Douglass—My Bondage, My Freedom—
return of indoor high school sports during a COVID-19 surge published in 1855.
“During a year when reporters have faced intense challenges, The NHA was able to purchase the
the exceptional work done across our newsroom, and recognized book through donor support, said Amelia
by the RTDNA, shines a light on the impact and importance of Holmes, director of collections and
trusted local journalism,” said Pam Johnston, general manager research services for the NHA.
of GBH News. Douglass made some strong local
connections on the island. After his
lecture, he visited a neighborhood
Meet Kavontae Smalls known then as New Guinea—known
today as Five Corners—where a majority
From finding new guests to overseeing the of the island’s Black and Indigenous
program’s digital efforts, Kavontae Smalls residents lived. After that first visit,
contributes in many ways as associate pro- Douglass visited Nantucket four more
ducer of Basic Black. His role also includes times to speak and see friends.
covering stories that often go unreported and The book is on exhibit at the Whaling
helps to highlight the experiences of communities of color. Smalls Museum on Nantucket
grew up in Pensacola, Florida, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree during the summer.
in journalism from the University of West Florida, where he
Listen to the full report
minored in political science. He is also the co-producer of the
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GBH contributor
Sue O’Connell (left) chats
with ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
The State of Race: The Road Ahead Executive Producer Marsha
Our virtual forum on race continues, in partnership Bemko and Arthur creator
with The Boston Globe, NAACP Boston and GBH Marc Brown to give a look at the
WORLD. A year after the murder of George Floyd and Celebrity Edition of the series.
commitments made by individuals and organizations
to advance racial equity and justice, our panel dis-
cusses where we are and where we might be headed
next. (Clockwise from top left) GBH host Dan
Lothian talks with Tanisha Sullivan, president of
NAACP Boston; Jamila Lyiscott, assistant professor
of social justice education at UMass Amherst; and
Shirley Leung, business columnist and associate
editor at The Boston Globe.
One Nation Under God? The Political Power
of Evangelicalism
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE presents a virtual conver-
sation on the influence of evangelicalism in American
politics. This Past Forward discussion is inspired by
the series’ documentary film Billy
Graham. Guests include: Anthea
Butler (top left), associate professor
of religious studies and Africana
Beyond the Page: The Stationery Shop
studies at University of Pennsylvania,
GBH Book Club host Tina Martin (left)
and Kevin Kruse,
talks with author Marjan Kamali about her
professor of history
new novel The Stationery
at Princeton University. Moderated
Shop, named one of NPR’s
by Michelle Boorstein, reporter at
Best Books of the Year.
The Washington Post.
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Violinist Stefan Jackiw and
Bringing
pianist Conrad Tao at a 2019
CRB anniversary concert in
GBH Fraser Performance Studio
the Gift of
Music to New
Audiences
F or Cindy Curme, radio—especially
classical radio—has always had a
touch of magic.
Whether it was hearing it on her
clock radio in her
Boston University
dorm room in the
1970s or in the
car decades
later as she
Most recently, Curme’s support Knights, was so well received that GBH
drove her kids
helped launch the innovative virtual guests donated $15,000 to support the
to soccer prac-
concert series, Performance Reimagined, continuation of the series this summer.
tice, it has always
created by Anthony Rudel, general “I am so pleased that my gift inspired
shaped her mindset.
manager of GBH music, in a partnership others to donate, and I hope it continues
“I would wake up to Morning Pro
with the classical music streaming to do so,” said Curme.
Musica on GBH in college, and it was
service IDAGIO. A devotee of BSO’s summer series at
just the perfect thing to put me in the
“When Tony approached me about Tanglewood—and GBH’s re-broadcasts
mood to go to school,” she said. “I got so
the idea to build this series, we didn’t of the performances—Curme depends on
much out of the station.” Curme went on
have vaccine information yet, and we GBH to nourish her love of classical
to become a classically trained pianist
didn’t know how long musicians would music.
who is on the board of the Boston
be unable to perform for a live audience,” While YouTube and curated playlists
Conservatory at Berklee and a lifetime
she said. “This program seemed like a have their value, she said, radio is where
trustee of the Boston Symphony
godsend for people to be able to perform it’s at for her. “I love the radio as educa-
Orchestra.
in GBH Fraser Performance Studio— tion,” Curme said. “It’s delightful to not
She has turned her music devotion
with all the sound, engineering and know what you’re going to hear next.”
into donations to ensure that Boston’s
excitement that it delivers.”
only classical radio station—GBH’s Contact Lynd Matt at lynd_matt@wgbh.org
The series, which debuted with a
own CRB Classical 99.5—will thrive and to learn more about supporting classical
performance by violinist Gil Shaham
continue to attract new audiences. music at GBH.
and the New York-based orchestra The
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