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Photo: Courtesy of Hugh Hartford Photo: Courtesy of Travis Shinn
Learn about an amazing discovery of a prehistoric human burial ground in the middle of one of the world’s most forbidding deserts. While en route to an expedition to Saharan Africa, Paul Sereno—an expert on dinosaur and crocodile fossils—finds the last remnants of a people who lived from 10,000 to 5,000 years ago when this now forbidding landscape was a thriving culture on the edge of a vast lake. Skeletons of the Sahara airs at 9 pm Wednesday, Sept. 25.
Photo: Courtesy of Mike Hettwer
Looking into a lost civilization
Battling mortality
Ping Pong tells the stories of eight players who compete in the Over 80 World Table Tennis Championships in China’s Inner Mongolia. British players Terry, 81, who has been given a week to live, and Les, 91, a weightlifter and poet, are going for the gold. Inge, 89, from Germany, has used table tennis to paddle her way out of dementia. And Lisa, 85, comes from Texas to play for the first time. New from POV, the film is at 9 pm Monday, Sept. 9. Video bonus: Preview the film.
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Fame, any way you want it
From a YouTube video, aspiring Filipino singer Arnel Pineda became the lead singer for the iconic rock band Journey. Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey, a new film from Independent Lens, tells his story of the grueling physical and emotional strains that come with fronting a rock band on a whirlwind world tour—and reveals how he copes with the demands of his newfound fame. The film airs at 9 pm Monday, Sept. 30.
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