American ExperienceFranklin
FDR
Mon May 12 at 9 pm
"The Center of the World" explores Roosevelt's family background and education, looking for clues to the coddled rich child's ascent to political success. "Fear Itself," begins with Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 39 and follows his relentless struggle to rehabilitate his body and his seemingly moribund political career, and to teach himself to appear to walk.
NOVA:NOVA
Walk to Beautiful
Tue May 13 at 8 pm
Follow the stories of five Ethiopian women who have been devastated by obstetric fistula, a common aftermath of neglected childbirth. Affecting over two million women worldwide, this horrific injury leaves victims incontinent, often suffering nerve damage and in some cases unable to bear children again. Rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, these women are often left to spend the rest of their lives alone, isolated and ashamed -- unless they can get help. The film follows these women on their journey to the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, where they find health and solace for the first time in years.
FrontlineFrontline:
Storm Over Everest
Tue May 13 at 9 pm
As darkness fell on May 10, 1996, a fast moving storm of unimaginable ferocity trapped three climbing teams high on the slopes of Mount Everest. The climbers, exhausted from their summit climb, were soon lost in darkness, in a fierce blizzard, far from the safety of High Camp at 26,000 feet. World-renowned climber and filmmaker David Breashears returns to Everest to tell the story of the climbers who perished in that storm, marking the worst climbing tragedy in Mount Everest's history. But more remarkably, it is the story of 11 climbers caught in the storm and the eyewitness accounts of their astonishing survival in the world's most unforgiving environment.
SinkingSecrets of the Dead
Sinking Atlantis
Wed May 14 at 8 pm
Five thousand years ago the Minoans, Europe's first great civilization, flourished on the island of Crete. They were the first Europeans to use writing, and their technologically advanced and rich artistic culture became the setting for famous Greek myths about Theseus, Icarus and the Minotaur. Yet in their heyday, the Minoans were wiped from the pages of history. The cause of their downfall has remained one of the foremost mysteries of the ancient world, until now. The program explores, and discounts, all the usual theories about the disappearance of the Minoans.
AdirondacksAdirondacks
Wed May 14 at 9 pm
The Adirondack Park sprawls across six million acres in Upstate New York. Bigger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Glacier and Grand Canyon National Park combined, it is by far the largest park in the lower 48 states. Yet it is the only one on the continent in which large human populations live and whose land is divided almost evenly between protected wilderness and privately owned tracts. This patchwork pattern of land ownership has created an utterly unique place. The story of the Adirondacks is told through a series of passionate characters, each with a distinct perspective.
MartinaMountain Stage HD
Martina McBride
Tue May 20 at 10 pm
Martina McBride performs classic songs by Country Music Hall-of-Famers as well as her own hits. Singer/songwriter Diana Jones makes a cameo appearance.
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