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Minnesota Experience Return to Skid Row
Minnesota Experience Armed with Language
Walk along the pavement of bygone downtown Minneapolis, preserved in rare footage. A unique 16mm film brings back to life Minneapolis’ seedy Gateway district in its twilight years. Guided by the first-person account from the ‘King of Skid Row,’ the film is an unnerving and illuminating gaze on midcentury poverty, people, place, and the past. A Twin
Minnesota was home to a little-known military intelligence school during WWII that trained Japanese Americans be to translators. Primarily recruited from concentration camps on the West Coast, these men and women, served while many of their families remained imprisoned. For their efforts it is said that they “shortened the Pacific War by two years and saved
Cities PBS original production. TPT 2 Monday, May 10, 8 p.m. TPT LIFE Thursday, May 13, 9 p.m.
possibly a million American lives.” TPT 2 Monday, May 17, 8 p.m. TPT LIFE Thursday, May 20, 9 p.m.
Photo Credit: Cy Dodson
Say His Name: Five Days for George Floyd The police killing of George Floyd sparked a global uprising. The epicenter was in director Cy Dodson’s Minneapolis neighborhood, where he captured an immersive observation of unrest, anger, and hope in the five days between the killing of Mr. Floyd and the announcement of charges filed against the police officers. A Twin Cities PBS original production. TPT 2 Tuesday, May 25, 9 p.m.
Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten Learn about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, on the 100th anniversary of the crime, and how the community of Tulsa is coming to terms with its past, present, and future. TPT 2 Monday, May 31, 8 p.m.
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