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Explore the life and legacy of Kentucky-born author bell hooks, who wrote nearly 40 books and whose work at the intersection of race, class and gender serves as a lasting contribution to the feminist movement. Learn how bell’s childhood in Hopkinsville and her connection to Kentucky’s “hillbilly culture” informed her views and her belief that feminism is for everybody. Becoming bell hooks, a one-hour documentary, features selections read by Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer and interviews with feminist activist Gloria Steinem, Kentucky writers Crystal Wilkinson and Silas House, bell’s younger sister Gwenda Motley and many others.
The program is funded in part by the KET Endowment for Kentucky Productions.
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Becoming bell hooks
Premiered On: 02/27/2024
Explore the life and legacy of Kentucky-born author bell hooks, who wrote nearly 40 books and whose work at the intersection of race, class and gender serves as a lasting contribution to the feminist movement. The documentary features selections read by Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer and interviews with feminist activist Gloria Steinem, Kentucky writers Crystal Wilkinson and Silas House, bell's younger sister Gwenda Motley and many others.The program is funded in part by the KET Endowment for Kentucky Productions. A 2024 KET production.
- Saturday February 28, 2026 1:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Saturday February 28, 2026 12:00 pm CT on KETKY
- Monday March 2, 2026 10:00 pm ET on KET
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- Wednesday March 4, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KETKY
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- Wednesday March 11, 2026 12:00 am ET on KETKY
- Tuesday March 10, 2026 11:00 pm CT on KETKY
- Monday March 16, 2026 3:00 am ET on KET2
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Becoming bell hooks
- Friday February 27, 2026 12:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday February 27, 2026 11:00 am CT on KETKY
- Friday February 27, 2026 6:00 am ET on KETKY
- Friday February 27, 2026 5:00 am CT on KETKY
- Monday February 23, 2026 7:00 pm ET on KETKY
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- Thursday February 12, 2026 7:00 pm ET on KETKY
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- Thursday February 12, 2026 6:00 am CT on KETKY
- Monday February 9, 2026 6:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Monday February 9, 2026 5:00 pm CT on KETKY
- Monday February 9, 2026 12:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Monday February 9, 2026 11:00 am CT on KETKY
- Monday February 9, 2026 6:00 am ET on KETKY
- Monday February 9, 2026 5:00 am CT on KETKY
