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December 2003 Program Picks
P.O.V.: What I Want My Words to  Do to You   P.O.V.: What I Want
  My Words to Do to You
Filmed during a writing workshop led by playwright Eve Ensler, this program offers an unprecedented look into the minds and hearts of the women inmates of New York's Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.
Independent Lens: Get The Fire!   Independent Lens:
  Get The Fire! Young Mormon
  Missionaries Abroad
Follow three young Mormon missionaries from the time they receive their mission calls until they finish their 22-month missions in Germany.
November 2003 Program Picks
Coyote Waits   Coyote Waits:
  An American
  MYSTERY! Special
Navajo tribal policemen Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) and Jim Chee (Adam Beach) are back for a second thrilling American MYSTERY!, based on the best-selling novels by Tony Hillerman.
  American Experience
  The Kennedys
A saga of ambition, wealth, family loyalty and personal tragedy, the Kennedy story is unlike any other.
October 2003 Program Picks
Horatio's Drive   Horatio's Drive
This new film by Ken Burns follows Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson on his adventurous and often hilarious drive from San Francisco to New York City in 1903.
  Frontline: Truth, War and
  Consequences
In this documentary, Frontline traces the roots of the war in Iraq, and examines how administration infighting and faulty intelligence have led to continuing conflict.
September 2003 Program Picks
Flashpoints USA: The Media Today   Flashpoints USA:
  The Media Today
Can Americans believe what they see, read and hear in the media?
  Matters of Race
"Matters of Race" encourages a reconsideration of the architecture of race and its relationship to power in America.

The Blues The Blues
Delve into the essence and history of the blues under the guidance of executive producer Martin Scorsese.
August 2003 Program Picks
P.O.V.: West 47th Street   P.O.V. "West 47th Street"
Made with depth and compassion, "West 47th Street" is an intimate cinéma vérité portrait of four people struggling to recover from serious mental illness.
American Masters American Masters:
Hitchcock, Selznick and
the End of Hollywood
Get inside the relationship of two of Hollywood's epic personalities, Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick.
July 2003 Program Picks
National Geographic Special: The FBI   National Geographic Special: The FBI
Join National Geographic for an unprecedented look at the FBI's complicated history, special agents and efforts to stop terrorism.
  Watergate Plus 30
This compelling documentary explores what America learned from Watergate and the relevance of these lessons to the way American democracy operates.

Flashpoints USA with Bryant Gumbel and Gwen Ifill Flashpoints USA with Bryant Gumbel and Gwen Ifill
This innovative new public affairs series from PBS examines the national and local impact of some of our country's most critical issues.
June 2003 Program Picks
Bloodlines   Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home
"Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home" reveals how new technologies are raising ethical, legal and social dilemmas as cutting-edge science intersects with the law.
Maggie   Maggie
Some loved her; others hated her. Find out why in this revealing new documentary on former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
May 2003 Program Picks
Warrior Challenge   Warrior Challenge
They may be tough enough for some of today's most demanding jobs, but will a group of Marines, U.S. Air Force personnel, riot police and athletes survive a few days in the worlds of long-lost warriors?
Berga: Soldiers of Another War   Berga: Soldiers of Another War
This 90-minute documentary film, the final work of the late four-time Academy Award-winner filmmaker Charles Guggenheim, reveals Nazi Holocaust atrocities inflicted on 350 American POWs "classified" as Jewish.

Fred Rogers
Memorial Service Fred Rogers Memorial Service
Whether the feelings are happy or sad, Mister Rogers encouraged people to talk about them. In early May, we invited you to participate in the Fred Rogers Memorial Service by joining with your friends, family and neighbors at home to celebrate and honor his life and legacy.
April 2003 Program Picks
Avoiding Armageddon   Avoiding Armageddon
This inaugural production of Ted Turner Documentaries examines the threats posed by nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and brings viewers face-to-face with the people racing to use them.
Manor House   Manor House
This new PBS cultural-reality series takes a fascinating look at the grand and grueling British class system of the early 1900s by placing contemporary Britons in three distinct social classes.
March 2003 Program Picks
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience   Becoming American:
The Chinese Experience
Bill Moyers and a team of filmmakers collaborate to tell the dramatic story of the Chinese immigrant experience in America.
Journey to Planet Earth   Journey to Planet Earth
"On the Brink," the first episode in a three-part series, investigates how severe environmental problems can lead to political crises and increased hostilities around the world.
February 2003 Program Picks
NOVA: Dirty Bomb   NOVA: Dirty Bomb
In this important and timely film, NOVA goes beyond alarming headlines to answer crucial questions about a new terrorist weapon, dirty bombs.
American Experience: Partners of the Heart   American Experience:
  Partners of the Heart
Morgan Freeman narrates this compelling tale of two doctors whose work led to the pioneering of daring heart operations that saved thousands of children afflicted with "blue baby syndrome."

Frontline: Failure to Protect: The Caseworker Files FRONTLINE "Failure to Protect: The Caseworker Files"
FRONTLINE continues its examination of Maine's Department of Human Services (DHS) by following caseworkers as they interact with families and each other, dealing with the excruciating dilemmas and heartbreaking choices that confront them every day.
January 2003 Program Picks
American Experience: Chicago   American Experience:
  Chicago
Explore how innovation, ingenuity, determination and ruthlessness created empires in what was a marshy wasteland.
P.O.V.: Two Towns of Jasper   P.O.V.:
  Two Towns of Jasper
Uncover the aftermath of the murder of James Byrd Jr. from the perspectives of the black and white communities in Jasper, Texas.
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