WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH March 2015 KQED Public Television Programming Highlights

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1 WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH March 2015 KQED Public Television Programming Highlights In February, KQED proudly celebrates the diversity of our community with a special programming lineup on KQED 9 and KQED Plus (+). KQED 9 is available over the air on DT9.1, 54.2 and 25.1 and via most cable systems on Channel 9. It is on XFINITY cable from Comcast (Channel 9, SD, and Channel 709, HD) and on DIRECTV and DISH satellite systems (Channel 9, SD and HD). KQED Plus is available over the air on Channel 54, DT54.1, 9.2 and 25.2 and via many cable and satellite systems on either channel 10 or 54. It is on XFINITY cable from Comcast (Channel 10, SD, and Channel 710, HD) and on DIRECTV (Channel 54, SD and HD) and DISH (Channel 54, SD only) satellite systems. This schedule also lists programs airing on KQED Life (Comcast 189, Channel 54.3) and KQED World (Comcast 190, Channel 9.3). Some programs repeat additional times on these two channels. Visit kqed.org/dtv for the complete digital program schedule. PROGRAMMING SYMBOLS R This program or episode will be repeated on the date/s noted. D Descriptive video information for the sight-impaired is available on televisions with stereo capability. Programs are subject to change after press deadlines Sunday 1 mid KQED + Celtic Woman Fan Favorites Thrill to some of your favorite Celtic Woman concert memories. R (+) 3/1 10:30am 10:30am KQED + Celtic Woman Fan Favorites 1:30pm KQED + Dr. Christiane Northrup Glorious Women Never Age Dr. Northrup turns her attention to the subject of women and aging. R (9) 3/2 9:30pm, 3/3 3:30am; (Life) 3/2 9:30pm; (+) 3/3 7pm, 3/4 1am, 3/7 8pm, 3/8 2am 7pm World Closing The Gap: 50 Years Seeking Equal Pay Half a century after President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, women still face a wage gap. R (World) 3/19 8am

2 9pm World POV The World Before Her is a tale of two Indias. In one, Ruhi Singh is a small-town girl competing in Bombay to win the Miss India pageant. In the other, Prachi Trivedi is the young, militant leader of a fundamentalist Hindu camp for girls, where she preaches violent resistance to Western culture, Christianity and Islam. R (World) 3/16 8am, 3/21 3pm 11pm World Get Real! Wise Women Speak showcases Jane Fonda, Nikki Giovanni and other women who use their wisdom to change the world. Monday 2 9:30pm KQED 9 Dr. Christiane Northrup Glorious Women Never Age R (9) 3/3 3:30am; (+) 3/3 7pm, 3/4 1am, 3/7 8pm, 3/8 2am 11pm KQED 9 Independent Lens You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here, and I Don't is a first-person, day-to-day account of Lee Gorewitz's life inside an Alzheimer's treatment facility. R (9) 3/3 5am Tuesday 3 3:30am KQED 9 Dr. Christiane Northrup Glorious Women Never Age R (+) 3/3 7pm, 3/4 1am, 3/7 8pm, 3/8 2am 5am KQED 9 Independent Lens You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here, and I Don't. 12:30pm World Lost Years of Zora Neale Hurston delves into the writer's life, work and philosophies, concentrating on her very productive, but often overlooked, final decade. 7pm KQED + Dr. Christiane Northrup Glorious Women Never Age R (+) 3/4 1am, 3/7 8pm, 3/8 2am Wednesday 4 1am KQED + Dr. Christiane Northrup Glorious Women Never Age R (+) 3/7 8pm, 3/8 2am 10am World To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe Thursday 5 7am World FRONTLINE Outlawed in Pakistan is a powerful profile of Pakistani teenager Kainat Soomro, who accused four men of gang rape in a society where rape victims and their families are often considered dishonorable and subjected to humiliation, poverty and mortal danger. R (World) 3/5 1pm

3 Saturday 7 10:30am World To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe R (World) 3/11 10am 4pm World Anne Braden: Southern Patriot chronicles the extraordinary life of civil rights leader and social activist Anne Braden. 5pm World Apache 8 tells the compelling story of an all-women wild land firefighter crew from the White Mountain Apache. D 8pm KQED + Dr. Christiane Northrup Glorious Women Never Age R (+) 3/8 2am Sunday 8 2am KQED + Dr. Christiane Northrup Glorious Women Never Age 4pm World We Served Too: The Story of the Women's Airforce Service looks at how the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) broke through barriers during World War II. 7pm World Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story profiles Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, a female radio operator and British spy during World War II. D 11pm World Service: When Women Come Marching Home Interviews reveal the raw truths of our women warriors fighting in the battlefield called "home." Tuesday 10 11am World Wings for Maggie Ray This documentary pays tribute to the remarkable life and legacy of Margaret "Maggie" Ringenberg ( ), a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) and renowned long-distance aviation racer. noon World No Job for a Woman: The Women Who Fought to Report When the United States entered World War II, American women reporters did not want to miss covering the biggest story of the century so they fought for and won access. Wednesday 11 7am World POV The Light in Her Eyes. Houda al-habash challenges the women of her Syrian community to live according to Islam. R (World) 3/11 1pm, 3/15 4pm 10am World To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe

4 Thursday 12 7am World FRONTLINE A Death in St. Augustine investigates the death of a young, single mother, and what can go wrong when the police are faced with domestic violence allegations within their own ranks. R (World) 3/12 1pm 8am World An Evening with Gwen Ifill is a one-on-one interview with Gwen Ifill, one of the most prolific journalists of our time. R (World) 3/15 11pm noon World Independent Lens Las Marthas. The annual debutante ball in Laredo, TX, is unlike any other in the country its 94 percent Latino debutantes and their attendants all dress as Martha Washington or other patriotic figures from America's colonial period. Saturday 14 10:30am World To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe R (World) 3/18 10am 2pm World Japanese American Lives Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful tells the inspiring story of 99-year-old Sensei Fukuda, a remarkable woman and judo master. 3pm World Independent Lens All of Me: A Story of Love, Loss, and Last Resorts Weight-loss surgery affects the health, friendship and happiness of morbidly obese female friends. D R (Life) 3/31 9pm 4pm World A Girl's Life explores what it means to be a girl in America today, based on Rachel Simmons' book Odd Girl Out. 5pm World Final Hours: Amelia Earhart's Last Flight recreates the final 1937 flight of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. 10pm World Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem The inspiring life story of the pioneering American mathematician is narrated by Danica McKellar. D Sunday 15 3pm World Women in Chemistry: Life Lessons from the Laboratory profiles remarkable women who have made important contributions to the field of chemistry. 7pm World Rebel: Voces Special Presentation Loreta Janeta Valazquez profiles Loreta Velazquez, a woman and a Cuban immigrant, who secretly served as a soldier during the American Civil War. R (World) 3/18 noon 10:30pm World Driven to Ride Since the 1870s, women have continued to shape and push the boundaries of two-wheeled freedom.

5 Monday 16 7am World Global Voices I Was Worth 50 Sheep. Following a long practiced tradition in Afghanistan, 10-year-old Sabere was sold to a man in his 50s. For the next six years she was both slave and wife, miscarrying four times. Now at 16, she is fighting for her freedom. R (World) 3/16 1pm, 3/17 8am, 3/18 7am, 1pm noon World Independent Lens Solar Mamas. India's Barefoot College provides rural women living in poverty with an education that empowers them. R (9) 3/16 11pm, 3/17 5am 8:30pm Life Invisible Women: Forgotten Artists of Florence explores the lives and works of trailblazing Renaissance-era female artists in Florence, Italy. R (World) 3/30 8:30am 9pm KQED 9 Young Victoria tells the story of how an unassuming little girl rose to be the most powerful woman in the world. R (9) 3/17 3am, 3/18 1:30pm Life Cherish the Ladies: An Irish Homecoming The acclaimed Irish American group performs "The Cat's Meow," "Trouble in the Fields" and more. 11pm KQED 9 Independent Lens Solar Mamas. D R (9) 3/17 5am Tuesday 17 3am KQED 9 Young Victoria R (9) 3/18 1:30pm 5am KQED 9 Independent Lens Solar Mamas. D 11am World American Masters Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning. Explore, through Lange's granddaughter's eyes, the life story of the influential "Migrant Mother" photographer. 7:30pm KQED 9 Spark Thiebaud, Teng, and Garrett. R (9) 3/18 1:30am 8pm KQED 9 Mystery of Mary Magdalene reveals the real story behind one of the Bible's most enigmatic and controversial figures. R (9) 3/18 2am Wednesday 18 1:30am KQED 9 Spark Thiebaud, Teng, and Garrett. 2am KQED 9 Mystery of Mary Magdalene 10am World To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe

6 1:30pm KQED 9 Young Victoria 9pm KQED 9 Genius of Marie Curie profiles Marie Curie, a great scientist and the first woman to be awarded a Nobel prize. R (9) 3/19 3am 11pm KQED 9 Independent Lens Strong. World champion 300-pound U.S. Olympic weightlifter Cheryl Hayworth prepares for Beijing in D R (9) 3/19 5am Thursday 19 3am KQED 9 Genius of Marie Curie 5am KQED 9 Independent Lens Strong. D Saturday 21 10:30am World To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe R (World) 3/25 10am 2pm World Quilted Conscience A group of Sudanese-American girls create a large quilt with local women in Grand Island, Nebraska. 4pm World No Going Back: Women and the War looks at how the lives of women and their roles in society changed during and after the Civil War. 4:30pm World In Her Power Empowerment expert Helene Lerner encourages women to believe in themselves and pursue their dreams. 5pm World Naked Option A group of Nigerian women use the threat of stripping naked in public to make their voices heard. 10pm World Breaking Through the Clouds: The First Women's National Air Derby tells the story of the women who took part in the first women's national air derby in 1929 is told. Sunday 22 2pm World Makers Women in Comedy. Ellen DeGeneres, Carol Burnett, Mo'Nique and others discuss the rise of women in the world of comedy 3pm World Makers Women in Hollywood. Jane Fonda, Zoe Saldana, Lena Dunham and Scandal screenwriter Linda Woolverton are showcased. 4pm World Makers Women in Space. Interviews with astronauts help trace the history of women pioneers in the U.S. space program.

7 8pm Life American Masters Judy Garland: By Myself. Vaulted screen tests, rehearsal footage and Judy's voice, telling her story in her own words. R (World) 3/24 11am 9pm World Makers: Women Who Make America Meryl Streep narrates the compelling story of women's advancement in America in the past 50 years. D 10pm Life Powder and the Glory Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein began what is now a $150 billion health and beauty industry. D R (World) 3/31 12:30pm Monday 23 11pm KQED 9 Extraordinary Women Dr. Ruth Westheimer. A look at the life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer reveals she was much more than a famous sex therapist. R (9) 3/24 5am, 3/28 6pm; (Life) 3/24 10pm Tuesday 24 5am KQED 9 Extraordinary Women Dr. Ruth Westheimer. R (9) 3/28 6pm; (Life) 3/24 10pm Wednesday 25 10am World To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 1:30pm KQED 9 Extraordinary Women Wallis Simpson. King Edward VIII gave up the British throne to marry the twice-divorced American socialite in R (9) 3/28 11pm, 3/29 5am Saturday 28 10:30am World To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 3:30pm World POV Girl Model. This look at the modeling industry focuses on an American model scout and a 13-year-old Siberian girl. 5pm Life Arc of Light: A Portrait of Anna Campbell Bliss explores the pioneering artist, architect and designer and the astonishing range of her work. World Swimming in Auschwitz Jewish women recall the spiritual resistance they maintained against the Nazis while imprisoned. 6pm KQED 9 Extraordinary Women Dr. Ruth Westheimer. 7:30pm KQED 9 ImageMakers Woman to Woman. The strong bond between blood relatives and strangers is explored in two short films. R (9) 3/29 1:30am

8 8pm KQED 9 Julie and Julia (2009) A woman (Amy Adams) in Queens, NY, sets a deadline of one year to prepare all 524 recipes in Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) famous cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. R (9) 3/29 2am 10pm KQED 9 Joan Crawford: Always the Star This glamorous and hugely popular actress raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award winning stardom through guts, determination and hard work. R (9) 3/29 4am; (Life) 3/29 10pm 11pm KQED 9 Extraordinary Women Wallis Simpson. R (9) 3/29 5am Sunday 29 1:30am KQED 9 ImageMakers Woman to Woman. 2am KQED 9 Julie and Julia (2009). 4am KQED 9 Joan Crawford: Always the Star R (Life) 3/29 10pm 5am KQED 9 Extraordinary Women Wallis Simpson. 2pm World Makers Women in Politics showcases women in public office including Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren and Olympia Snowe. 3pm World Makers Women in Business profiles Martha Stewart, Sheryl Sandberg and other exceptional female business leaders. 4pm World Makers Women in War looks at American women's increasing participation in war from Vietnam to the present as nurses, soldiers, journalists, diplomats and spies. 8pm Life Carol Burnett: The Mark Twain Prize Julie Andrews, Tony Bennett, Tim Conway, Tina Fey and others celebrate comedic icon Carol Burnett. R (Life) 3/31 7pm Monday 30 1pm World War Zone/Comfort Zone uncovers the plight of female veterans through the intense and personal stories of four women veterans coping with life after their military service. R: (World) 3/31 8am Tuesday 31 7:30pm KQED 9 Spark Kitka, May, Arts and the Economy. 11pm KQED 9 Sisters This film about faith and hope, love and death highlights the life stories of five American nuns.