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This series tells the story of early settlement, conquest and immigration; of tradition and reinvention; of anguish and celebration;and of the gradual construction of a new American identity from diverse sources that connects and empowers millions of people today. The series covers the 1500s to the present day.

Witness the creation of the proud “Chicano” identity as labor leaders organize farm workers in California, and as activists push for better education opportunities for Latinos, the inclusion of Latino studies and empowerment in the political process.

Airs on WXXI-TV April 25, 2018 at 2:00 am (1 hour long)
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Chronicles the Chinese experience in America around the year 1885. That was the year the Chinese residents of Tacoma were forcefully expelled from the city against the backdrop of increasingly alarming and even violent tensions between American citizens caught in an economic downturn and Chinese immigrants seeking opportunity in “Gum San,” or the Land of the Golden Mountains they had heard about in America.

Of Race and Reconciliation producer Forrest Burger traveled through six states to take an unflinching look at this period in time, but also document how the tensions between American citizens and immigrant populations provide relevant lessons in today’s political climate, and in Tacoma’s case, how far efforts toward reconciliation have come.

Airs on WXXI-TV April 24, 2018 at 2:00 am (1 hour long)
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Travel back to ancient China with host, Leslie Mueller as she visits the “Terra Cotta Warriors” exhibition at the Field Museum in Chicago. Learn how the powerful First Emporer of China commissioned a 30 year project, creating more than 8,000 figures to be buried around him. These figures silently guared his tomb for 2,000 years before being discovered. Enjoy a “Behind the Scenes” look at the Field Musum Team Members working on this very special exhibition and see why it has been described as the 8th Wonder of the World!

Airs on WXXI-TV April 24, 2018 at 1:00 am (1/2 hour long)
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The Next Mission follows three recent veterans – Sam Shockley, Helen Chandler and Bernard Edwards – as they journey cross-country to seek out fellow service members who have successfully transitioned into the workforce, and to obtain the insights they need to thrive in the next chapter of their own lives.

Airs on WXXI-TV April 23, 2018 at 2:00 am (1 hour long)
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Filmed primarily in the summer of 2014, ON HOME GROUND: LIFE AFTER SERVICE gives an intimate look into the lives of three veterans who returned home to the Adirondacks in upstate New York after deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. The film poses the question: after all the sacrifice, when does home finally feel like home again? The documentary guides viewers on a journey of re-assimilation into civilian life with veterans living near the Adirondack Mountains.

Airs on WXXI-TV April 23, 2018 at 1:00 am (1 hour long)
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A documentary film about extreme drought, agriculture, & the water crisis in the Western United States and how these challenges impact farmers, cities, and local communities. We hear from world-renown water and climate experts, farmers, city and state leaders who tell us their stories about managing water resources in an already dry climate, now impacted by drought.

The film was shot during the spring, summer and fall of 2015, during the record-breaking drought in California. Managing water resources in the west is vital to the production of food for Americans and for people all over the world. California’s farmers provide approximately 50 percent of all fruits and vegetables for the United States, and 20%for the world. Without water, food production is not possible. City and state leaders all across the west are working together with farmers to ensure there’s enough water to go around for everyone.

Airs on WXXI-TV April 20, 2018 at 4:00 am (1 hour long)
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This series tells the story of early settlement, conquest and immigration; of tradition and reinvention; of anguish and celebration;and of the gradual construction of a new American identity from diverse sources that connects and empowers millions of people today. The series covers the 1500s to the present day.

Review the decades after World War II through the early 1960s, as swelling numbers of immigrants from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic seek economic opportunities.

Airs on WXXI-TV April 18, 2018 at 2:00 am (1 hour long)
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