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His Eye Is on the Sparrow/Girls' Hoops - S2 E4

Premiered On: 06/23/2003

"His Eye Is on the Sparrow" profiles Ethel Caffie-Austin, a daughter of the coalfields and West Virginia's "First Lady of Gospel Music." "Girls' Hoops" explores the history of girls' high school basketball in Kentucky, including its first heyday in the 1920s; the subsequent 42-year ban on statewide competition; its rebirth in the 1970s; and its development into the fiercely competitive, popular sport it has become today.

• Wednesday April 22, 2026 8:00 am ET on KETKY
• Wednesday April 22, 2026 7:00 am CT on KETKY
• Wednesday April 22, 2026 11:00 am ET on KETKY
• Wednesday April 22, 2026 10:00 am CT on KETKY
• Thursday April 23, 2026 1:00 pm ET on KETKY
• Thursday April 23, 2026 12:00 pm CT on KETKY
• Friday April 24, 2026 12:00 am ET on KETKY
• Thursday April 23, 2026 11:00 pm CT on KETKY

Rough Side of the Mountain - S2 E5

Premiered On: 06/30/2003

Two southwest Virginia towns, Trammel and Ivanhoe, attempt to recover from the closings of manufacturing plants and mining companies. But their grassroots community-organizing efforts are stymied by the "steel ceiling" often encountered by poor rural communities as they struggle to develop new economies in an increasingly global system. A 2003 Production.

• Tuesday April 28, 2026 3:00 am ET on KETKY
• Tuesday April 28, 2026 2:00 am CT on KETKY
• Wednesday April 29, 2026 8:00 am ET on KETKY
• Wednesday April 29, 2026 7:00 am CT on KETKY
• Wednesday April 29, 2026 11:00 am ET on KETKY
• Wednesday April 29, 2026 10:00 am CT on KETKY
• Thursday April 30, 2026 1:00 pm ET on KETKY
• Thursday April 30, 2026 12:00 pm CT on KETKY
• Friday May 1, 2026 12:00 am ET on KETKY
• Thursday April 30, 2026 11:00 pm CT on KETKY

To Save the Land and People - S2 E6

Premiered On: 07/07/2003

A history of early grassroots efforts to stop strip mining in Eastern Kentucky, where broad-form deeds signed at the beginning of the 20th century let coal operators destroy land to get at the minerals underneath without getting the permission of, or compensating, the surface owner. The Appalachian group To Save the Land and People used every means possible - from legal petitions and local ordinances to guns and dynamite - to fight the abuses. A 2003 Production.

• Tuesday May 5, 2026 3:00 am ET on KETKY
• Tuesday May 5, 2026 2:00 am CT on KETKY
• Wednesday May 6, 2026 8:00 am ET on KETKY
• Wednesday May 6, 2026 7:00 am CT on KETKY
• Wednesday May 6, 2026 11:00 am ET on KETKY
• Wednesday May 6, 2026 10:00 am CT on KETKY
• Thursday May 7, 2026 1:00 pm ET on KETKY
• Thursday May 7, 2026 12:00 pm CT on KETKY
• Friday May 8, 2026 12:00 am ET on KETKY
• Thursday May 7, 2026 11:00 pm CT on KETKY

Hazel Dickens: It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song - S2 E7

Premiered On: 07/14/2003

From the coalfields of West Virginia to the factories of Baltimore, Hazel Dickens has lived the songs she sings. A pioneering woman in bluegrass and country music, Hazel has influenced generations of songwriters and musicians. Her songs of hard work, hard times, and hardy souls also have bolstered working people at picket lines and union rallies throughout the land. Her powerful, piercing vocals power the soundtracks for "Harlan County USA" and "Matewan." A 2003 Production.

• Tuesday May 12, 2026 3:00 am ET on KETKY
• Tuesday May 12, 2026 2:00 am CT on KETKY
• Wednesday May 13, 2026 8:00 am ET on KETKY
• Wednesday May 13, 2026 7:00 am CT on KETKY
• Wednesday May 13, 2026 11:00 am ET on KETKY
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• Thursday May 14, 2026 1:00 pm ET on KETKY
• Thursday May 14, 2026 12:00 pm CT on KETKY
• Friday May 15, 2026 12:00 am ET on KETKY
• Thursday May 14, 2026 11:00 pm CT on KETKY

Coal Bucket Outlaw/Applewise - S2 E8

Premiered On: 07/21/2003

Built around a day in the life of a Kentucky coal truck driver, "Coal Bucket Outlaw" provides a direct look at where our energy comes from as well as the human and environmental price we pay for our heavy dependence on fossil fuels. "Applewise" profiles the Mullins family, third-generation apple growers, and their struggle to maintain and manage one of only two remaining family-run apple orchards in Wise County, VA.

• Tuesday May 19, 2026 3:00 am ET on KETKY
• Tuesday May 19, 2026 2:00 am CT on KETKY
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His Eye Is on the Sparrow/Girls' Hoops - S2 E4

• Tuesday April 21, 2026 3:00 am ET on KETKY
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Labor - S1 E8

• Friday April 17, 2026 12:00 am ET on KETKY
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Old-Time Country Music - S1 E7

• Friday April 10, 2026 12:00 am ET on KETKY
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Commitment - S1 E6

• Friday April 3, 2026 12:00 am ET on KETKY
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• Thursday April 2, 2026 12:00 pm CT on KETKY
• Tuesday March 31, 2026 3:00 am ET on KETKY
• Tuesday March 31, 2026 2:00 am CT on KETKY

Down-Home Artists - S1 E5

• Friday March 27, 2026 12:00 am ET on KETKY
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