Paying tribute to
Standup comedians (including Bob Newhart, left), who landed sitcoms; TV doctors and nurses; standout comedy actors and the people who broke the color barrier on television are featured in the fourth season of the Pioneers of Television. The four-part series begins at 7 pm Tuesday, April 15, and reveals behind-the-scenes stories and facts about many of television’s best-known celebrities.
Photo: Courtesy of Pioneers of Television archives
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save the planet Fighting to
Photo: Courtesy of the Salazar family
Photo: Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
American Masters presents A Fierce Green Fire, the first big-picture exploration of the first 50 years of the environmental movement, from conservation to climate change. Inspired by the book of the same name by Philip Shabecoff, the film focuses on the people at the roots of the grassroots and global activism—and how they succeeded against all odds. It airs at 8 pm on Earth Day—Tuesday, April 22.
survivors into activists in Skokie Turning
The Emmy-nominated Skokie: Invaded But Not Conquered (9 pm Monday, April 28) examines the personalities and issues connected with the attempted 1979 neo-Nazi March in Skokie, Ill., a haven for Holocaust survivors since the end of World War II. Through archival footage, movie clips and interviews, the film explores the impact of the Skokie March, then and now.
death of a journalist Investigating the
Part political exposé, part narrative deconstruction, part poetic meditation, Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle is an investigation of the life and death of this prominent Civil Rightsera journalist at the hands of a law enforcement officer in 1970. The program airs at 8 pm Tuesday, April 29. PATTERNS • APRIL 2014 11