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PROGRAM GUIDE | MAY 2021 | VOL. 40 NO. 5
Season 10
Celebrating a decade of authentic
stories from the Pacific
STATEWIDE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair
Joanne Lo Grimes
Season 10
Vice Chair
Saturdays at 8:00 pm, May 1-June 5,
Jason Haruki
with encores
Secretary
Joy Miura Koerte
Thursdays at 10:00 pm, May 6-June 10
Treasurer
Kent Tsukamoto
Muriel Anderson
Susan Bendon
Jodi Endo Chai
James E. Duffy Jr.
Returning for its 10th season, the anthology series PACIFIC HEARTBEAT
Matthew Emerson
Jake Fergus brings the heart and soul of the authentic Pacific – people, cultures and
Jason Fujimoto contemporary issues – to your screen. This season presents four new
AJ Halagao documentary films recounting diverse aspects of Pacific lives, and two
Ian Kitajima encore presentations that delve into the spiritual and cultural world of
Noelani Kalipi hula, in Hawai‘i and beyond. The nationally distributed series is a
Kamani Kuala‘au
Theresia McMurdo production of Pacific Islanders in Communications in partnership with
Bettina Mehnert PBS Hawai‘i.
Ryan Kaipo Nobriga
Aaron Salā “After ten consecutive years and more than 40 original films from
Ka‘iulani Sodaro across the Pacific Islands region, Pacific Heartbeat is set to deliver its
L. Candy Suiso
Bruce Voss
new season to a growing global audience eager to celebrate the unique
Kūha‘o Zane culture and heritage of the Pacific Islands diaspora,” said Leanne Ferrer,
Executive Director of Pacific Islanders in Communications. “The Pacific
MANAGEMENT Heartbeat series opens people’s hearts and minds to the stories of
President and CEO
Pacific Islands – our history, culture and contemporary life…”
Ron Mizutani
Senior Vice President/CFO
Karen Yamamoto
Pacific Heartbeat Season 10 Line-Up
Vice President, Content
Chuck Parker The Australian Dream
Vice President, Learning Initiatives Saturday, May 1 at 8:00 pm
Robert Pennybacker
This film tells the story of sports
Vice President, Advancement legend Adam Goodes and the abrupt
Christina Kanemoto Sumida end to his career in the Australian
Vice President, Communications Football League (AFL). His love for the
Jody Shiroma sport is an homage to his indigenous
Chief Engineer
culture, which created the first
John Nakahira football game known as Marn Grook.
But when he objected to racial abuse
PROGR AM GUIDE from fans, Goodes became the target of a sustained booing campaign
that drove him from the game. His story raises critical issues of race,
Editor and Chief Programmer
John Kovacich identity and belonging in contemporary Australia.
2 On the cover: Kumu hula Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera teaches students in a scene from Tokyo Hula
For My Father’s Kingdom
Saturday, May 8 at 8:00 pm
Director Vea Mafile‘o’s Tongan father Saia drives this deeply personal film.
Pensioner Saia Mafile‘o’s dedication to raising large amounts of money for
Misinale (an annual church donation celebration) upset his children and
splintered his marriage. Vea raises thorny questions about the relationship
between money and the church in Tongan culture – questions that caused
her Kiwi/Tongan family pain. She returns to Tonga to attend the Misinale
and learn why the financial sacrifice matters to her father.
Stan
Saturday, May 15 at 8:00 pm
New Zealand singer and television personality Stan Walker was born with a
gene that gave him – and most of his whānau (family) – cancer. This moving
film documents his tumultuous journey to recovery. He leans on his mom,
his faith and his Māori culture to cope. But the fate of his family’s health and
the future of his singing voice weighs heavily on Stan’s mind. In an intimate
look at health and healing, the film invites the viewers to contemplate their
relationships with own their bodies.
Tokyo Hula
Saturday, May 22 at 8:00 pm
This documentary by Lisette Flanary explores the phenomenal popularity
of hula in Japan from both Native Hawaiian and Japanese perspectives.
An estimated two million people dance hula in Japan – a figure greater
than the entire population of Hawai‘i. The explosive growth has created
a multi-million dollar industry. Through interviews with Hawaiian master
hula teachers and Japanese students, the film poses important questions
about what happens to culture when it is exported.
American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai‘i
Saturday, May 29 at 8:00 pm
From 2003, this film features kumu hula of three different immigrant
Hawaiian communities in California who speak about the challenges
of community building, conflicted allegiances, the divide between
traditionalists and innovators, and the search for ways to preserve
identity and culture through the teaching of hula. Featured kumu hula
are Mark Keali‘i Ho‘omalu, Sissy Lilinoe Kaio and Patrick Makuakāne.
Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula
Saturday, June 5 at 8:00 pm
From 2006, this documentary follows legendary teacher, musician and
Hawaiian cultural figure Robert Cazimero and the only all-male hula halau
in Hawai‘i. Going beyond deep-rooted stereotypes, the film reveals a story
of Hawaiian pride through the examination of male roles in the hula
tradition – past and present.
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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY
Home is here.
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7:00 SECRETS OF THE SIX WIVES 7:30 NĀ MELE: TRADITIONS 7:30 LONG STORY SHORT WITH
Divorced IN HAWAIIAN SONG LESLIE WILCOX When Their Playing
8:00 ATLANTIC CROSSING ON Weldon Kekauoha Days Were Over
MASTERPIECE Empty Promises 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS
9:00 WORLD ON FIRE ON Celebrity Edition Hour 1 Laughing on the Inside
MASTERPIECE Part 5 of 7 9:00 AMERICAN MASTERS 9:00 PHILLY D.A. Part 4 of 8
PBS Hawai‘i is on the air 10:00 LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir 10:00 FRONTLINE Escaping Eritrea
24 hours a day, A Salute to First Responders 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY
seven days a week.
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7:00 SECRETS OF THE SIX WIVES 7:30 NĀ MELE: TRADITIONS 7:30 LONG STORY SHORT WITH
OVER-THE-AIR Beheaded, Died IN HAWAIIAN SONG LESLIE WILCOX Jim Leahey
Broadcast Channels 8:00 ATLANTIC CROSSING ON Natalie Ai Kamauu and Family 8:00 EXTRA LIFE: A SHORT HISTORY
MASTERPIECE The Giant Awakes 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW OF LIVING LONGER Vaccines
(KHET) Channel 11.1 - 11.2 - 11.3 9:00 WORLD ON FIRE ON Celebrity Edition Hour 2 9:00 PHILLY D.A. Part 5 of 8
(KMEB) Channel 10.1 - 10.2 - 10.3 MASTERPIECE Part 6 of 7 9:00 POV Through the Night 10:00 FRONTLINE Plastic Wars
10:00 HUMAN: THE WORLD WITHIN 10:30 POV SHORTS In the Absence 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY
Pulse 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY
SPECTRUM
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High-definition: Channel 1010
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7:00 SECRETS OF THE SIX WIVES 7:30 NĀ MELE: TRADITIONS 7:30 LONG STORY SHORT WITH
Divorced, Beheaded, Survived IN HAWAIIAN SONG LESLIE WILCOX Taimane Gardner
HAWAIIAN TELCOM 8:00 ATLANTIC CROSSING ON Pomaika’i Lyman 8:00 EXTRA LIFE: A SHORT HISTORY
Basic Cable: Channel 11 MASTERPIECE The Gift 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW OF LIVING LONGER Medical Drugs
High-definition: Channel 1011 9:00 WORLD ON FIRE ON
MASTERPIECE Part 7 of 7
Celebrity Edition Hour 3
9:00 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
9:00 PHILLY D.A. Part 6 of 8
10:00 FRONTLINE The Healthcare Divide
PBS KIDS 24/7: Channel 96 10:00 HUMAN: THE WORLD WITHIN Billy Graham 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY
Fuel 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY
DirecTV
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7:00 THE UNSEEN ALISTAIR COOKE ON 7:30 NĀ MELE: TRADITIONS IN HAWAIIAN
7:30 LONG STORY SHORT WITH
Dish Network 8:00
MASTERPIECE
ATLANTIC CROSSING ON MASTERPIECE 8:00
SONG Josh Tatofi
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Celebrity Edition Hour 4 LESLIE WILCOX Sheldon Simeon
PBS Hawai‘i: Channel 11 9:00
A Queen Returns
ASIAN AMERICANS Breaking Through
9:00
10:30
INDEPENDENT LENS The Donut King
STORIES IN THREAD 8:00 EXTRA LIFE: A SHORT HISTORY
OF LIVING LONGER Data
PBS Kids 24/7: Channel 10 10:00 HUMAN: THE WORLD WITHIN Defend 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY
9:00 PHILLY D.A. Part 7 of 8
30 31 10:00 RACE MATTERS: AMERICA AFTER
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CONCERT SONG Chad Takatsugi SPECIAL REPORT
All programs offer closed-captioning. 8:30 THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY
CONCERT (encore)
8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
Ca’ D’zan: Hour Two 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY
10:00 HUMAN: THE WORLD WITHIN Sense 9:00 TULSA: THE FIRE AND THE FORGOTTEN
11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY
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7:00 JOANNE WEIR’S PLATES AND PLACES
7:30 SAMANTHA BROWN’S PLACES
TO LOVE Making Travel Count
8:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT
The Australian Dream
9:00 FINDING THE VIRGO
10:00 AND THEN THEY CAME FOR US
11:00 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS John Prine
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7:30 LUCKY CHOW Generasians 7:30 HIKI NŌ 7:30 WASHINGTON WEEK 7:00 JOANNE WEIR’S PLATES AND PLACES
8:00 GRETA THUNBERG: A YEAR TO 8:00 INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI 8:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES 7:30 SAMANTHA BROWN’S PLACES
SAVE THE PLANET Part 2 of 3 9:00 PBS HAWAIʻI PRESENTS Uncle Vanya TO LOVE Budapest, Hungary
9:00 HUMAN: THE WORLD WITHIN Ka Hana Kapa 10:30 POV SHORTS Joe’s Violin 8:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT
Birth 10:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY For My Father’s Kingdom
10:00 HUMAN: THE WORLD WITHIN The Australian Dream 9:00 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Pulse 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY The Chinese Exclusion Act
11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY 11:00 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
Kacey Musgraves/Lukas Nelson
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7:30 LUCKY CHOW Healing 7:30 HIKI NŌ 7:30 WASHINGTON WEEK 7:00 JOANNE WEIR’S PLATES AND PLACES
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9:00 NOVA Fighting for Fertility Family Ingredients: The Original 9:00 WE ARE FAMILY: SONGS OF 8:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT Stan
10:00 HUMAN: THE WORLD WITHIN One-Hour Special HOPE AND UNITY 9:00 BLOODLINE
Fuel 10:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT 10:00 TOUCHING THE SOUND 9:30 MR. TANIMOTO’S JOURNEY
11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY For My Father’s Kingdom 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY 10:00 NORMAN MINETA AND HIS LEGACY:
11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY AN AMERICAN STORY
11:00 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
Sam Smith/Anderson East
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7:30 LUCKY CHOW Innovators 7:30 HIKI NŌ 7:30 WASHINGTON WEEK 7:00 JOANNE WEIR’S PLATES AND PLACES
8:00 LIFE AT THE WATERHOLE 8:00 INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI 8:00 INSIDE THE MET 7:30 SAMANTHA BROWN’S PLACES
Part 1 of 3 9:00 PBS HAWAIʻI PRESENTS The Birthday Surprise TO LOVE Top of the South Island,
9:00 NOVA Hindenburg: Kai Piha: Nā Loko Iʻa 9:00 ASIAN AMERICANS New Zealand
The New Evidence 10:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT Stan Breaking Ground 8:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT Tokyo Hula
10:00 HUMAN: THE WORLD WITHIN 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY 10:00 ASIAN AMERICANS 9:00 ASIAN AMERICANS Good Americans
Defend A Question of Loyalty 10:00 ASIAN AMERICANS Generation Rising
11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY 11:00 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Rosalía
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7:30 LUCKY CHOW Hybrids 7:30 HIKI NŌ 7:30 WASHINGTON WEEK 7:00 JOANNE WEIR’S PLATES AND PLACES
8:00 LIFE AT THE WATERHOLE Part 2 of 3 8:00 INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI 8:00 INSIDE THE MET 7:30 SAMANTHA BROWN’S PLACES
9:00 NOVA The Great Electric Airplane Race 9:00 PBS HAWAIʻI PRESENTS All Things to All People? TO LOVE Sonoma County, California
10:00 HUMAN: THE WORLD WITHIN Ma Ka Malu Aliʻi: The Legacy 9:00 INSIDE THE MET Love and Money 8:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT American Aloha:
Sense of Hawaii’s Aliʻi 10:00 ONE VOICE: THE SONGS WE Hula Beyond Hawaiʻi
11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY 10:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT Tokyo Hula SHARE Broadway 9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY 10:30 ONE VOICE: THE SONGS WE Lise Davidsen in Concert
SHARE The Sacred 10:00 JOHN LEGEND PLAYS BALOISE
11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY SESSION
11:00 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS En Español
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS MAY 2021
DONKEY HODIE
Weekdays at 6:30 am, premiering May 3
This imaginative new puppet series follows
the adventures of Donkey Hodie, the
granddaughter of the original Donkey Hodie
character from the beloved classic children’s
show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Set in the
whimsical land of Someplace Else, the social-
emotional series for keiki ages 3-5 centers on
the adventures of Donkey Hodie, her best
friend Purple Panda, and their pals. Donkey
Hodie furthers Fred Rogers’ mission of helping
young viewers navigate the challenges of
childhood and includes catchy songs that
reinforce the stories’ positive messages.
SHELDON SIMEON
Tuesday, May 25 at 7:30 pm
He’s an internationally recognized chef who won the hard work would earn him the opportunity to move
Fan Favorite Award twice on the cooking competition up to chef. According to Simeon, his homegrown
series Top Chef. But Sheldon Simeon is a local boy at roots helped him stand out. “I really use my local
heart, who started his culinary journey before he upbringing as an inspiration and tried to put
could see over the stove top. storytelling into every dish … things that inspired that
dish and really go into the history of the dishes. I was
Born and raised in Hilo on Hawai‘i Island, Simeon’s just very meticulous on everything.”
passion for cooking began at home. “I don’t think that we
ever looked at a recipe, or we never even knew recipes. It Not one, but two appearances on Top Chef helped
was like, ok, that’s how Dad did it, let’s do it,” he says. launch Simeon to celebrity chef status. But after his rise
to fame and a career that was on fire, he craved
Simeon attended culinary school and got his first job something different. Find out what that was, and who
in the restaurant business as a dishwasher. Years of his favorite chef is, on Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox.
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MAY 2021
Video Production Section, Hawaii Department of Education
KAI PIHA:
NĀ LOKO I‘A
Thursday, May 20 at 9:00 pm
Huilua fishpond at Kahana Valley, Windward O‘ahu
For centuries, loko i‘a, or fishponds, were a vital Kai Piha: Nā Loko I‘a looks at how four fishponds
part of the Native Hawaiian food system, with the on O‘ahu are being restored. Producer and director
first in the world constructed in Hāna, Maui. The Ann Marie Kirk says, “I hope viewers will learn
fishponds connect freshwater sources to the ocean, about the absolute brilliance of our Hawaiian
using rock-wall enclosures to raise and eventually ancestors to understand where, and how, to
harvest fish. construct these fishponds, these loko i‘a, in the
Islands to their maximum benefit for the raising
Prior to European contact in the 1700s, there were of ‘anae (mullet). These fish fed our ancestors for
hundreds of fishponds throughout the Islands hundreds of years.”
helping to feed communities. But as the landscape
of Hawai‘i changed, the majority of the ancient According to Kirk, “Kai Piha means a full sea, a high
ponds disappeared. tide. Nā Loko I‘a means fishponds.” She says she
chose Kai Piha “to honor and share the richness and
In recent decades, there has been a resurgence fullness of stories related to the ocean in Hawai‘i
of this indigenous way of aquafarming. The film and Hawaiian culture.”
AMERICAN MASTERS
Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir
Monday, May 3 at 9:00 pm
The life of the groundbreaking author of The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s
Daughter is explored in this intimate portrait. Archival imagery, home movies,
photographs, animation and original interviews with Tan’s colleagues and peers
create a vivid, colorful journey through her life and career.
GREAT PERFORMANCES
Uncle Vanya
Friday, May 7 at 8:00 pm
Experience Russian playwright Anton Chekov’s masterpiece
portraying life at the turn of the 20th century, filled with
tumultuous frustration, dark humor and hidden passions.
Toby Jones stars in the title role in this production adapted
by Conor McPherson from London’s Harold Pinter Theater.
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EXTRA LIFE: A SHORT HISTORY OF LIVING LONGER
Tuesdays at 8:00 pm, May 11-June 1
In this four-part series, discover the story of the innovations in science
and medicine that doubled the human lifespan in less than a century. Set
in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, the series reveals how scientists,
doctors, self-experimenters and activists launched a public health
revolution, saving millions of lives, fundamentally changing how we think
about illness and paving the way for modern medicine. Pictured from left:
hosts Steven Johnson and David Olusoga.
Bloodline
Saturday, May 15 at 9:00 pm
This film is an intimate profile of Vietnamese American chef Tu David Phu and
the evolution of his culinary aesthetic borne from a bloodline that connects
him to his family’s unspoken history of war. The film traces his journey as a
son of refugees growing up in Oakland, California to a professional chef
whose creations have been heralded as the next wave of Asian fusion.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Billy Graham
Monday, May 17 at 9:00 pm
Explore the life of one of the best-known and most influential religious leaders
of the 20th century. An international celebrity by age 30, he built a media
empire, preached to millions worldwide and had the ear of tycoons, presidents
and royalty. Pictured: Graham (left) with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957.
LIFE AT THE WATERHOLE
Wednesdays at 8:00 pm, May 19-June 2
Watch the daily drama as African wildlife flock to a manmade waterhole
rigged with cameras in this new three-part series. Dr. M. Sanjayan and his
team uncover the complex dynamic of this bustling oasis where elephants,
lions, leopards and more meet and compete for water. Pictured: an elephant
sprays mud over itself to keep cool and protect its skin under the intense sun.
NOVA
Hindenburg: The New Evidence
Wednesday, May 19 at 9:00 pm
The cause of the infamous Hindenburg crash has baffled experts for more than
80 years, with theories about the airship’s fire ranging from deliberate sabotage
to a spark generated by the stormy conditions in which it landed. NOVA leads a
fresh investigation using new amateur footage of the crash that has surfaced,
showing the airship’s final seconds from a fresh angle and in unrivaled clarity.
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INSIDE THE MET
Friday, May 21 at 8:00 pm
Friday, May 28 at 8:00 and 9:00 pm
In this three-part series, New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
prepares to celebrate its 150th birthday as the COVID-19 pandemic
forces it to close its doors for the first time in history. At the same time,
the Met must confront its historical record on inclusion, exclusion and
diversity as it faces a new financial reality after its fall 2020 reopening.
INDEPENDENT LENS
The Donut King
Monday, May 24 at 9:00 pm
In 1975, Ted Ngoy escaped the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, arrived in America and
parlayed diligence and luck into the purchase of his first donut shop, eventually
launching a multi-million dollar fried pastry empire. His Christy’s Doughnuts
consortium expanded, and Ngoy sponsored hundreds of visas for incoming
Cambodian refugees and offered them steady employment. Find out how, after
living his version of the American Dream, everything came crashing down for Ngoy.
The National Memorial Day Concert 2021
Sunday, May 30 at 7:00 pm; encore at 8:30 pm
For more than three decades, The National Memorial Day Concert
has paid tribute to the service and sacrifice of our men and women
in uniform, their families at home and all those who have given their
lives for our country. The 2021 broadcast will honor the more than
265,000 women who served during the Vietnam War era and the
heroism of our American nurses; pay tribute to the more than 1.7 million Americans sent to fight in the
Korean War, including the 2nd Ranger Company; and commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the
September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten
Monday, May 31 at 9:00 pm
One of the worst incidents of racial violence in American
history, known as the Tulsa Race Massacre, occurred in 1921
when a mob of white residents set fire to hundreds of
Black-owned businesses and homes in Tulsa, Oklahoma’s
Greenwood neighborhood. The violence and arson killed an
estimated 100-300 residents and left nearly 10,000
homeless. No one was punished for the crimes, and some
history textbooks make no reference to them. Washington
Post reporter DeNeen L. Brown interviews descendants of
Greenwood’s residents and today’s community activists, and
examines the city’s 2018 decision to search for mass graves and community demands for reparations. Pictured:
Brown confers with activists observing a mass grave excavation at Tulsa’s Oaklawn Cemetery in October 2020.
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