Around the Nation

Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

The first-ever PBS Online Film Festival is underway: “From fact to fiction, the films in the first-ever PBS Online Film Festival feature surprising stories that only public media can tell. Each Monday for five weeks film festival hosts Patrick Epino and Stephen Dypiangco of the National Film Society will introduce a new category of films to explore. On April 16th we’ll announce the People’s Choice Winner, so be sure to vote for your favorite film.”

Watch National Film Society | Film Festival Introducton on PBS. See more from PBS Online Film Festival.

Last Tuesday, President Obama welcomed blues greats to Washington, D.C., for “In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues.” The program featured appearances by B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr., Shemekia Copeland, Buddy Guy, Warren Haynes, Mick Jagger, Keb’ Mo’, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. Watch it here:

Watch Red White and Blues on PBS. See more from In Performance at The White House.

American Masters explored the life of pioneering jazz legend Cab Calloway, who led one of the most popular and influential African-American big bands during the jazz and swing eras of the 1930s-40s:

Watch Cab Calloway: Sketches on PBS. See more from American Masters.

Coming soon to PBS: “The Story of the Costume Drama” — “A celebration of 50 years of small-screen historical drama, the genre that has brought bans in America and complaints from the Royal Family while creating massive stars in some of the most memorable and best-loved series ever broadcast on PBS, this special is wide-ranging, covering love and war, birth and death, the rich and the poor”:

Watch The Story of the Costume Drama | Preview on PBS. See more from pbs.