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>>INFO: black history month tv programming ========================================= This list is a little overwhelming all in one month, but this happens every year. Watch what you can and recommend those programs that are particularly good. NBC Feb. 20: "Little Richard." NBC original movie stars Leon, Garrett Morris and Carl Lumbly in a biographical account of the rock 'n' roll icon. Robert Townsend directs! PBS Feb. 16: "Great Performances" presents "Aida's Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera." Documentary salutes African American opera stars, including Sissieretta Jones, an ex-slave who performed for four U.S. Presidents. Feb. 16: "Nadro." Documentary about the African artist. Feb. 17: "Ellis Marsalis: Jazz is Spoken Here." This special profiles jazz great Wynton's father, who also happens to be a pianist, teacher and role model. Feb. 18: "I'll Make Me a World: A Century of African- American Arts." Parts 3 and 4 take a look at racial barriers being broken. Feb. 20: Independent Lens (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET) "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes" This film takes an in-depth look at machismo in rap music and hip-hop culture - where creative genius, poetic beauty and mad beats collide with misogyny, violence and homophobia. By Byron Hurt. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens Feb. 21: "A Walk through Harlem with David Hartman and Historian Barry Lewis." An exploration of New York's most famous neighborhood. Feb. 21: Ralph Ellison's "King of the Bingo Game." A dramatic adaptation of Ellison's short story. Feb. 23: "Black Women On: The Light, Dark Thang." This documentary explores racial prejudice in the Black community from the female perspective. Feb. 24: "Great Performances" presents "Dance in America: A Hymn for Alvin Ailey." Dancer/choreographer Judith Jamison and performance artist Anna Deavere Smith. Feb. 25: "I'll Make Me a World: A Century of African-American Arts." The last two parts profile African-American artists from the 1960s to the present. Feb. 27: "All God's Children." A documentary on the alienation of the gay community. Feb. 27: The Kennedy Center Presents: "A Tribute to Muddy Waters, King of the Blues." Billy Dee Williams hosts; Bo Diddley, Phoebe Snow, Peter Wolf and others. Feb. 28: "The America Experience" presents "John Brown's Holy War." Joe Morton narrates this documentary about Brown's crusade against slavery. OTHER PBS BHM PROGRAMS (check local listings on web site listed below for broadcast date & time) --The 9th Annual Sphinx Competition A classical music competition featuring finals performances from the 9th Annual Sphinx Competition Concert. The competitors, all Hispanic and African-American, are accompanied by an orchestra composed entirely of Hispanic and Black musicians. This program features performances from the three junior division finalists and the senior division laureate. --"Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change" This program is an unabashedly spiritual take on the Selma, Alabama, voting rights marches of 1965 from some of its unsung foot soldiers -- Catholic nuns. Following the violence of "Bloody Sunday," sisters from around the country answered Dr. Martin Luther King's call to join the protests in Selma. Never before in American history had avowed Catholic women made so public a political statement. Risking personal safety to bring change, the sisters found themselves being changed in turn -- and they tell viewers how. Selma Blacks testify about the importance of Catholic clergy in their lives, and explain why it took until the year 2000 for them to become fully enfranchised. Newfound dramatic archival footage carries much of the story. In 2003, director Jayasri Hart reunited the nuns to let them view themselves and the protests on tape for the first time. Their recorded reactions help narrate the film. Other Selmians, Catholic and Protestant, white and black, give their views on the nuns' contributions to history. --"The Story of Oscar Brown, Jr." This documentary focuses on Chicago native Oscar Brown, Jr.'s work as a writer and performer for over a half a century. Starting at the tender age of 15 he was a radio performer with the network series "Secret City." He also was a key player in Richard Durham's "Destination Free- dom: Black Radio Days" series from 1948-1950. Brown's musical explorations included sharing the bill with such greats as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderly. His one-man show, "Oscar Brown Jr. Entertains," led one critic to hail him as "a musical genius." In 1967, he produced the musical Opportunity Please Knock in conjunction with a huge youth gang known as the Blackstone Rangers and gained national recognition when gang members appeared on the Smothers Brothers CBS television show. He also hosted the popular PBS television show "From Jump Street -- The Story of Black Music." For additional onfo on Black History Month TV programs on PBS being broadcast in your area, visit: http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/stationfinder_relocalize.html BET The Black Entertainment Television Channel celebrates Black History Month with "A Century Rich in Color," a special collection of films, premieres and original documentaries. Coretta Scott King and her daughter, director Yolanda King, will serve as guest hosts. Check local listings for full schedule and times. E! ENTERTAINMENT Feb. 21: E! Offers profiles and biographies on some of the most talented faces in show business. "Uncut," a series of personal interviews, will feature the stories of personalities like Morgan Freeman, Wesley Snipes, Debbie Allen and Quincy Jones. "Celebrity Profile" will feature Della Reese, Danny Glover and others. "Mysteries & Scandals: Paul Robeson" reveals how the America! n government destroyed this actor's reputation after he began fighting for the rights of African American people. HGTV Feb. 20: "Return to Harlem." Ossie Davis narrates this special, which examines the new number of African Americans who are creating a Harlem Renaissance. HISTORY Channel Feb. 16: "The Black Cowboys." Danny Glover hosts this look at African American cowboys. Feb. 18: "The Underground Railroad -- Part II" Feb. 19: "The Talented Tenth." A look at five prominent African American families. Feb. 19: "Shaka Zulu." Acclaimed miniseries. Feb. 20: "The African Burial Ground: People and Politics." Part 3. Feb. 22: World premiere. "20th Century with Mike Wallace: South Africa: Free at Last." A look at the history of South Africa. Feb. 23: World premiere. "History's Mysteries: Discharged Without Honor -- Brownsville." A look at the 1906 discharge of an entire Black infantry unit after a midnight raid on Browns- ville, Texas. Feb. 26: "Black Georgetown Remembered," and the world premiere of "Murder in Memphis: Unanswered Questions," a look at the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. Feb. 27: "The African Burial Ground: An Open Window." Part 4. Feb. 29: "Frederick Douglass," and "Royal Federal Blues," the story of the US Colored Troops. SHOWTIME Throughout the month, Showtime presents a number of original films as well as four short films by up-and-coming African American film makers, plus a theatrical film by poet Maya Angelou. Feb. 20: "The Wishing Tree." Alfre Woodard stars as a lawyer who returns to her hometown and reconnects with her roots. Blair Underwood co-stars. Feb. 27 at 8 p.m.: "Down in the Delta." Maya Angelou directs Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Esther Rolle and Wesley Snipes. TBS Throughout the month, TBS offers a month full of movies and an awards show pegged to Black History Month. Highlights include: Feb. 22: "Ghosts of Mississippi." Alec Baldwin and Whoopi Goldberg star in the story of the trials dealing with the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. Feb. 23: "To Kill a Mockingbird." Gregory Peck and Robert Duvall star in this classic about racial prejudice in 1930s Alabama. Feb. 25: "In the Heat of the Night." Sidney Poitier stars as a Philadelphia homicide expert wrongly accused of murder in Mississippi. Feb. 26: "Glory." Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington star in this story of America's first unit of Black soldiers. Feb. 26: "The Trumpet Awards." Debbie Allen and Kweisi Mfume host this honors show, which salutes African American achievements in diverse fields. Bryant Gumbel and Smokey Robinson are among the honorees. TCM Turner Classic Movies celebrates Black History Month every Sunday and other times throughout the month. Some highlights: Feb. 20: "The Long Ships," starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier; and "The Defiant Ones," starring Tony Curtis and Poitier. Feb. 21: "King Solomon's Mines," starring Paul Robeson. Feb. 27: "Princess Tam Tam," starring Josephine Baker. Feb. 28: "The Jackie Robinson Story," starring Jackie Robinson and Ruby Dee. TNT Feb. 16: "Whatever Happened to Michael Ray?" The true account of the rise and fall of basketball great Michael Ray Richardson.
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