Caregiving

Tuesday, June 24

8:00 p.m.

From the filmmakers of "The Gene" and "Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies," and Executive Produced by Bradley Cooper, "Caregiving" is a groundbreaking new documentary from Well Beings that personalizes America’s caregiving crisis. Featuring intimate stories and expert voices, the film highlights the struggles and triumphs of caregivers nationwide.

Wine, Women, & Dementia

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Tuesday, June 24

10:00 p.m.

Seeking healing and comfort in community, a dementia family caregiver road trips the U.S. to swap caregiver stories of love, humor, and devotion with other family caregivers who share this hilariously heartbreaking end-of-life journey. And in a system that offers few resources or support, they find community, champion each other, and learn what it means to celebrate LIFE on the long road to death.

A Capitol Fourth (2024)

Friday, July 4

7:00 p.m. & 8:30 p.m.

America's favorite Independence Day celebration, A Capitol Fourth, features well-known musical artists and puts viewers front and center for the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the nation. A Capitol Fourth is broadcast to millions at home and to our troops watching around the world.

Independent Lens — "We Want the Funk"

WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul, and early jazz roots, to its rise into the public consciousness. Featuring James Brown's dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, the story also traces funk's influences on both new wave and hip-hop.

Johnny Cash: Man in Black — Live in Denmark 1971

Join the “Man in Black,” backed by the Tennessee Three, along with June Carter Cash, the First Family of Country Music’s matriarch Maybelle Carter, rockabilly eminence Carl Perkins and the Statler Brothers for an evening of country, rockabilly, American roots music and spirituals.

Willie Nelson's 90th Birthday Celebration

A star-studded music special celebrating the country legend’s milestone 90th birthday and his contributions to popular culture and music. Recorded live on Nelson’s 90th birthday at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, this historic concert features classics from the Nelson songbook with performances by Sheryl Crow, Snoop Dogg, Norah Jones, Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, and Nelson himself.

The Quilting Women of Gee's Bend

Learn about the celebrated quilts made by an isolated community of African American women in rural Alabama. Established during enslavement, the quilting practice was born out of necessity and passed down from mothers to daughters for generations. A legacy woven by hand, the quilts have been embraced by the modern art world and featured in museums across the country.

Nature — "Hummingbirds of Hollywood"

Amid the glamour of Hollywood, a woman finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds, unraveling a visually captivating tale of love, fragility, healing, and the delicate beauty in profound acts of kindness.

Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC

Recorded live at New York's Madison Square Garden in August 2008, NEIL DIAMOND: HOT AUGUST NIGHT/NYC features career-spanning hits from Neil's phenomenal four-night sold-out run at the fabled concert hall. Songs include "Beautiful Noise," "Cherry, Cherry," "Thank the Lord for the Night Time," "I Am...I Said," "Solitary Man," "Kentucky Woman," "Forever in Blue Jeans," "Cracklin' Rosie," "America," and, of course, "Sweet Caroline."

Roy Orbison & Friends — A Black and White Night

Celebrate the music legend in an iconic 1987 concert recorded live at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles. Featuring an all-star cast including Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, J. D. Souther, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits and Jennifer Warnes.

The Congress

For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. Using historical photographs and newsreels, evocative live footage and interviews, Ken Burns chronicles the events that have shaped the first 200 years of congress and, in turn, our country.

50 Years With Peter, Paul and Mary

Celebrate the impact of the folk music trio that provided America’s soundtrack for five decades, while combining artistry with activism. From their emergence in Greenwich Village in the 1960s to the present, their legacy has impacted generations. Featuring many of their best performances and most popular songs including “Puff The Magic Dragon,” “If I Had A Hammer” and “Five Hundred Miles.”

The Highwaymen

Join Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson — "the Mt. Rushmore of country music" — for this live concert recorded in 1990. The Highwaymen perform classics like "Big River," “Folsom Prison Blues,” "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Always On My Mind." Recorded at the famous arena in Hempstead, Long Island.

Great Scenic Railway Journeys

In this 30th anniversary special, viewers gain access to some of America's best railway adventures, from the Rocky Mountaineer to the Skyrail. More than just a tour, these stories offer a glimpse into our nation’s railroad history and explore how railroads defined the spirit of North America, creating a new industry and rewriting the history of transportation.

Horatio's Drive: America's First Roadtrip

In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car hoping to become the first person to cross the United States in the new-fangled "horseless carriage." Most people doubted that the automobile had much of a future. Jackson's trip would prove them wrong.

Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter

The inspirational story of a trailblazing woman -- journalist, White House official, author, humorist, political activist, and feminist leader -- Liz Carpenter was often front and center where history was unfolding, leaving her own indelible mark on events and movements, while pushing forward an agenda for women’s rights, the environment and political engagement that is highly relevant today.

Crossroads of a Nation

Detailing the history of Missouri as a crossroads of a nation, part one of this three-part documentary series traces the state’s role in US history as it expanded west across the continent. From the region’s indigenous cultures up to the brink of the Civil War, this film will trace Missouri’s indelible and undeniable mark on American history, which helped shape the nation into what it is today.