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AUGUST 2016
OLYMPIC NIGHT TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 FROM 8PM TO 11PM ON WXXI-TV
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON’S VARSITY CREW TEAM AT THE POUGHKEEPSIE REGATTA RACES IN JUNE 1936. CREDIT: COURTESY OF © CORBIS
The 2016 Summer Olympics begins August 5th and in anticipation of the games, WXXI dedicates an evening of historical Olympic programming. The evening kicks off at 8pm with The Nazi Games – Berlin 1936, which looks at how the Nazis and the IOC turned, to their mutual advantage, a relatively small, elitist sports event into an epic global and mass media spectacle that, despite the IOC’s determined attempts to forget, continues to this day. The Boys of ’36 follows at 9pm. The film explores the thrilling story of the American rowing team that triumphed at the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany. The Gold Medal evening concludes with T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold at 10pm This Independent Lens program tells the story of Claressa “T-Rex” Shields, who rose from the streets of Flint, Michigan, and at 17 won the first Olympic gold medal for women’s boxing in 2012.
THE NAZI GAMES
BERLIN 1936 TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 AT 8PM ON WXXI-TV
THE BOYS OF ’36
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 AT 9PM ON WXXI-TV
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND:
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CENTER STAGE FROM WOLF TRAP SUNDAYS AT 2PM, BEGINNING AUGUST 28
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T-REX: HER FIGHT FOR GOLD
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 AT 10PM ON WXXI-TV