BEST BETS
Through The Banks of the Red Cedar Examine the 50-year legacy of filmmaker Maya Washington’s father, legendary Vikings wide-receiver Gene Washington, from the segregated South to MSU alongside highly decorated teammates, as they become members of the first fully integrated football team in America. TPT 2 Monday, February 14, 9 p.m. TPT LIFE Thursday, February 17, 7 p.m.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Riveted: The History of Jeans
Discover the fascinating story of this iconic American garment. From their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop, jeans are the fabric on which the history of American ideology and politics are writ large. TPT 2 Monday, February 7, 9 p.m.
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Fannie Lou Hamer's America: An America Reframed Special
MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE Film in the Cities: Radical Roots of Youth Media
Explore and celebrate the life of a fearless Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist and the injustices in America that made her work essential. TPT 2 Tuesday, February 22, 8 p.m.
In the early 1970s, a group of young, artist started a film program for teens in the Twin Cities. Film in the Cities would go on to become a groundbreaking media arts and education organization. This retrospective is told through and reflections from founders and former students and features rare super 8 student films from a half century ago. A Twin Cities PBS original production. TPT 2 Monday, February 21, 8 p.m. TPT LIFE Thursday, February 24, 9 p.m.
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FEBRUARY 2022
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