September Program Highlights On WHUT
Pictured: Promo for The Porter. Credit: PBS
Thurs. 9/4
10pm - Real Jungle Book.
Present day India is still home to wolves hunting in the arid flatlands, tigers prowling the diminishing forests, elephants treading hereditary trails, pythons lying in wait, and black panthers stalking their prey.
Fri. 9/5
8pm - 7 Lives of Music.
Follow the Kanneh Masons as they weave together their everyday lives with music.
Pictured: Promo for That DC Sound. Credit: WHUT
Sat. 9/6
2pm – That DC Sound
Mon. 9/8
4pm – The Porter.
The Porter highlights when railway workers from both Canada and the United States joined together to form the world’s first Black union.
Tue. 9/9
8pm - Historic HBCU Photograph.
8:30pm - Opportunity, Access & Uplift: The Evolving Legacy of HBCUs.
Explore the changes and current state of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
10pm - Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect
Explore the life and legacy of the nation’s first African American Supreme Court justice. The film follows Justice Marshall, known as “Mr. Civil Rights,” from his legal career with the NAACP to his 1967 appointment to the nation’s highest court.
Wed. 9/10
8pm - Hampton University: One of the Wonders of the World
9pm – The Dream Whisperer.
In the midst of segregation, the all black Tennessee A&I Tigers are the first collegiate basketball team to win three consecutive national championships.
Thurs. 9/11
10pm - Roadtrip Nation: Thriving - Black Men in Higher Education
Pictured: basketball going into the basketball hoop. Credit: WHUT
Fri. 9/12
9pm – Inside the CIAA: The Baltimore Experience.
Exploring the history of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association's (CIAA) Tournament, the nation's oldest post season basketball tournament featuring historically Black colleges and universities.
Sun. 9/14
8pm - American Masters - "Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined”
Profiling one of America's most celebrated Latina writers.
Mon. 9/15
8pm – In The Moment with DC Library
Tue. 9/16
9:30pm – Dynamic Planet.
Embark on this epic three year journey spanning all seven continents and meet the extraordinary people and animals on the front line of climate change.
Wed. 9/17
8pm - Leguizamo Does America
Actor John Leguizamo takes a road trip across the country to bring viewers inside America’s thriving Latino communities – all with his characteristic edge, energy, and wit!
9pm – La Frontera with Pati Jinich
Savor the sights, sounds and flavors of the U.S.-Mexico border.
10pm – Voces
Meet Luis Cortes Romero, the first undocumented attorney to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. An immigration attorney as well as a DACA recipient, Luis risks his legal status to join a powerful and highly visible legal team, including unlikely conservative ally Ted Olson, to fight the rescinding of DACA.
Pictured: woman inside of a car. Credit: Unsplash
Thurs. 9/18
8pm – Women in the Front Seat.
Featuring women who prefer to drive their cycles – not ride on the back seat.
9pm – POV: Driver
Take a look at women who are long haul truckers.
Fri. 9/19
10pm – Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution is back.
Sat. 9/20
8pm – Velvet
In late 1950s Madrid, the golden age of haute couture, there is one place everyone would like to shop at least once in their lifetime: the Galerias Velvet.
Pictured: black scientist doing an experiment wearing a white coat, goggles and a mask. Credit: WHUT
Thurs. 9/25
8pm - Journeys Of Black Mathematicians
Tracing the cultural evolution of Black scholars, scientists and educators in the field of mathematics.
Sun. 9/28
11am – America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston
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