Highlights • May 11 – 17
Minnesota Experience The Wild West Bank Sound
The Brokenwood Mysteries Dead Men Don’t Shoot Ducks
Minneapolis’ West Bank was once an epicenter of the music world. From the early 1960s, this perennial immigrant landing strip proved an irresistible draw for artists from far and wide, an ever-evolving cauldron of creativity and cultures. This film is a funky flashback, bursting at the seams with stories of music and migration, all visualized with rare and rich archival photography and footage. Twin Cities PBS Productions. TPT 2 • Monday, May 11 • 8 pm
When an animal rights activist is killed while attempting to disrupt the first day of duck hunting season, Shepherd and the team interview members of the Brokenwood Duck Stalking Association. Was her death an accidental shooting, or something more sinister? (Part 3 of 4). TPT 2 • Thursday, May 14 • 8 pm Great Performances Top Hat Enjoy this acclaimed musical inspired by the 1935 movie starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers featuring a timeless score by Irving Berlin including classics like “Cheek to Cheek,” “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” TPT 2 • Friday, May 15 • 8 pm TPT LIFE • Saturday, May 16 • 7 pm
Finding Your Roots Larger Than Life
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Lea Salonga and Amanda Seyfried to ancestors who are every bit as dramatic as the characters they’ve played on stage and screen, telling stories of relatives who survived heart- wrenching ordeals.
TPT 2 • Tuesday, May 12 • 8 pm
Masterpiece The Great Escaper
The true story of Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine) who made global headlines in the summer of 2014. He had staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades at the D-Day Landings’ 70th anniversary.
TPT 2 • Sunday, May 17 • 7 pm
Nature Attenborough And The Sea Dragon
Join Sir David Attenborough as he pieces together the remarkable discovery of the Ichthyosaur, a fearsome fish lizard that lived during the age of dinosaurs.
TPT 2 • Wednesday, May 13 • 7 pm TPT LIFE • Sunday, May 17 • 7 pm
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