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In over 65 cities nationwide, screenings are followed by lively panel discussions that bring together citizens, organizations and public television stations to encourage dialogue and action around important and timely social issues. Last season, over 40,000 people attended 650 events nationwide.

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Preview Season 12 Episode 1 Length 03:38 Premiere: 10/19/10

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My Omaha

S28 E2 Length 1:26:00 Premiere Date 10/05/26

Ghost in the Machine

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True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power

S27 E14 Length 1:26:04 Premiere Date 07/06/26

Assembly

S27 E13 Length 56:05 Premiere Date 06/22/26

Third Act

S27 E12 Length 1:25:34 Premiere Date 05/25/26

Light of the Setting Sun

S27 E11 Length 1:12:19 Premiere Date 05/18/26

Clips & Previews

Reel Injun: The Navajo Get Their Sweet Revenge

Clip Length 01:18 Premiere Date 11/02/10

Reel Injun: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Clip Length 01:53 Premiere Date 11/02/10

Reel Injun: "Little Big Man" and the Indiang Massacre

Clip Length 02:34 Premiere Date 11/02/10

Reel Injun - Trailer

Preview Length 02:14 Premiere Date 11/02/10

The Parking Lot Movie: The Plight of the Service Sector Work

Clip Length 02:34 Premiere Date 10/19/10

The Parking Lot Movie: "I Bought the Car"

Clip Length 01:55 Premiere Date 10/19/10

The Parking Lot Movie: Existential Implications

Clip Length 01:37 Premiere Date 10/19/10

Community Cinema - Promo

Preview Length 03:38 Premiere Date 10/19/10

The Parking Lot Movie: "The Evening Can Go Good or Bad"

Clip Length 02:22 Premiere Date 10/19/10

America Ferrera - Community Cinema

Preview Length 00:44 Premiere Date 10/19/10

2010/2011 Season Preview

Preview Length 03:18 Premiere Date 10/19/10

Paula Kerger - President & CEO of PBS

Preview Length 00:41 Premiere Date 10/19/10

The Parking Lot Movie - Trailer

Preview Length 01:43 Premiere Date 10/19/10

Specials

Fighting for Black Mothers in the Mississippi Delta | The Color Line Diaries

Length 07:32 Premiere Date 09/10/26

Spice Road | What Indians REALLY Eat for Breakfast | S2 E7

Length 04:37 Premiere Date 08/04/26

Spice Road | Can She Identify Indian Bread Blindfolded? | S2 E6

Length 04:56 Premiere Date 07/28/26

Spice Road | Which Butter Chicken Wins? | S2 E5

Length 04:19 Premiere Date 07/21/26

Spice Road | What Happens When Indian Spices Meet Mexican Classics? | S2 E4

Length 06:25 Premiere Date 07/14/26

Spice Road | This Bangladeshi Pizza Joint Was Ranked One of the Best in America | S2 E3

Length 15:12 Premiere Date 07/07/26

Spice Road | You’ve Never Had Indian Food Like This| S2 E2

Length 16:49 Premiere Date 06/30/26

Spice Road | Inside Chicago's First Michelin-Starred Indian Restaurant | S2 E1

Length 16:44 Premiere Date 06/23/26

The Opioid Trilogy, Episode 3: Coming Home

Length 15:13 Premiere Date 09/23/25

The Opioid Trilogy, Episode 2: Do No Harm

Length 15:10 Premiere Date 09/16/25

The Grocery List Show | Latino Grocery Store in Brooklyn | Ep 5

Length 12:21 Premiere Date 06/25/25

Camp Widow

Length 15:21 Premiere Date 06/23/25

The Grocery List Show | Family-Run Italian Market in New Jersey | Ep 4

Length 10:31 Premiere Date 06/18/25

The Grocery List Show | A Little Caribbean Market in Brooklyn | Ep 3

Length 10:31 Premiere Date 06/11/25

The Grocery List Show | Halal Grocery in Brooklyn | Ep 2

Length 12:07 Premiere Date 06/04/25

The Grocery List Show | Seafood City in Chicago | Ep 1

Length 12:39 Premiere Date 05/28/25

Who Can Become American? | The History of White People in America, Ep 6

Length 05:30 Premiere Date 12/18/24

Ready For Your Headliner? | United States of Comedy, Ep 5

Length 24:13 Premiere Date 12/10/24

The Art of Clown | United States of Comedy, Ep 4

Length 22:13 Premiere Date 12/03/24

America’s Gay Christian Sweetheart | United States of Comedy, Ep 3

Length 24:45 Premiere Date 11/26/24

Be Too Much | United States of Comedy, Ep 2

Length 23:40 Premiere Date 11/19/24

The Making of a Griot | United States of Comedy, Ep 1

Length 23:51 Premiere Date 11/12/24

All God's Children | The History of White People in America, Episode 5

Length 04:15 Premiere Date 10/14/24

The Diary of Afong Moy | The History of White People in America, Episode 4

Length 04:52 Premiere Date 10/07/24

Wild Hogs and Saffron

Length 18:29 Premiere Date 09/16/24

When I Close My Eyes

Length 24:02 Premiere Date 06/25/24

After Angola | holding bodies: a justice anthology

Length 18:05 Premiere Date 03/19/24

D.A. Time | holding bodies: a justice anthology

Length 12:44 Premiere Date 03/12/24

First Disappearances | holding bodies: a justice anthology

Length 12:36 Premiere Date 03/05/24

1 Hour Cozy Yule Log | Independent Lens

Length 1:00:03 Premiere Date 12/12/23

Breaking Silence

Length 17:59 Premiere Date 11/16/23

LA Street Food, South Asian Style | Spice Road, Episode 4

Length 16:31 Premiere Date 08/03/23

Back to the Motherland-ish | Spice Road, Episode 3

Length 20:51 Premiere Date 07/20/23

Southern Fried Tikka Masala | Spice Road, Episode 2

Length 16:31 Premiere Date 07/06/23

Tandoori Truck Stop | Spice Road, Episode 1

Length 16:08 Premiere Date 06/22/23

Everything Wrong and Nowhere to Go

Length 11:54 Premiere Date 04/20/23

Maletero

Length 15:32 Premiere Date 03/23/23

Underground

Length 09:46 Premiere Date 03/02/23

The Command Center to Bring Women Home

Length 20:58 Premiere Date 10/01/22

Brother

Length 14:21 Premiere Date 07/06/22

Our League

Length 36:38 Premiere Date 06/15/22

Folk Frontera

Length 14:08 Premiere Date 05/25/22

The Great World of Gregory Blackstock

Length 10:38 Premiere Date 04/30/21

Jose and Mr. Ramos: The Dreamer

Length 08:19 Premiere Date 09/07/17

Jose and Mr. Ramos

Length 09:57 Premiere Date 08/07/17

Sophie and Ben

Length 12:14 Premiere Date 07/31/17

Never Conquered

Length 10:07 Premiere Date 07/28/17

TOWER - Guns on Campus - Short Film

Length 05:24 Premiere Date 02/14/17

The Rise of SWAT

Length 02:01 Premiere Date 05/08/16

The Black Panthers: Ericka Huggins

Premiere Date 02/16/16

The Black Panthers: Jamal Joseph

Premiere Date 02/16/16

County Clerk Changes History

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 06/14/15

TV Schedules

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Life After - S27 E3

Reid Davenport investigates assisted dying and uncovers how ableism, policy and systemic failures can make death seem like the only option.

Thursday October 22, 2026 7:00 pm ET on KETWORLD
Thursday October 22, 2026 6:00 pm CT on KETWORLD

Seeds - S28 E3

A visual and cultural exploration of centennial farmers in the Southern U.S. The film examines the decline of generational Black farmers and the significance of owning land.

Monday October 26, 2026 10:00 pm ET on KET
Monday October 26, 2026 9:00 pm CT on KET
Wednesday October 28, 2026 3:00 am ET on KET
Wednesday October 28, 2026 2:00 am CT on KET

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My Omaha - S28 E2

Wednesday October 7, 2026 3:00 am ET on KET
Wednesday October 7, 2026 2:00 am CT on KET
Monday October 5, 2026 10:00 pm ET on KET
Monday October 5, 2026 9:00 pm CT on KET

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Community Cinema - Promo

Recent Episodes

My Omaha

Ghost in the Machine

True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power

Assembly

Third Act

Light of the Setting Sun

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Clips & Previews

Reel Injun: The Navajo Get Their Sweet Revenge

Reel Injun: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Reel Injun: "Little Big Man" and the Indiang Massacre

Reel Injun - Trailer

The Parking Lot Movie: The Plight of the Service Sector Work

The Parking Lot Movie: "I Bought the Car"

The Parking Lot Movie: Existential Implications

Community Cinema - Promo

The Parking Lot Movie: "The Evening Can Go Good or Bad"

America Ferrera - Community Cinema

2010/2011 Season Preview

Paula Kerger - President & CEO of PBS

The Parking Lot Movie - Trailer

Specials

Fighting for Black Mothers in the Mississippi Delta | The Color Line Diaries

Spice Road | What Indians REALLY Eat for Breakfast | S2 E7

Spice Road | Can She Identify Indian Bread Blindfolded? | S2 E6

Spice Road | Which Butter Chicken Wins? | S2 E5

Spice Road | What Happens When Indian Spices Meet Mexican Classics? | S2 E4

Spice Road | This Bangladeshi Pizza Joint Was Ranked One of the Best in America | S2 E3

Spice Road | You’ve Never Had Indian Food Like This| S2 E2

Spice Road | Inside Chicago's First Michelin-Starred Indian Restaurant | S2 E1

The Opioid Trilogy, Episode 3: Coming Home

The Opioid Trilogy, Episode 2: Do No Harm

The Grocery List Show | Latino Grocery Store in Brooklyn | Ep 5

Camp Widow

The Grocery List Show | Family-Run Italian Market in New Jersey | Ep 4

The Grocery List Show | A Little Caribbean Market in Brooklyn | Ep 3

The Grocery List Show | Halal Grocery in Brooklyn | Ep 2

The Grocery List Show | Seafood City in Chicago | Ep 1

Who Can Become American? | The History of White People in America, Ep 6

Ready For Your Headliner? | United States of Comedy, Ep 5

The Art of Clown | United States of Comedy, Ep 4

America’s Gay Christian Sweetheart | United States of Comedy, Ep 3

Be Too Much | United States of Comedy, Ep 2

The Making of a Griot | United States of Comedy, Ep 1

All God's Children | The History of White People in America, Episode 5

The Diary of Afong Moy | The History of White People in America, Episode 4

Wild Hogs and Saffron

When I Close My Eyes

After Angola | holding bodies: a justice anthology

D.A. Time | holding bodies: a justice anthology

First Disappearances | holding bodies: a justice anthology

1 Hour Cozy Yule Log | Independent Lens

Breaking Silence

LA Street Food, South Asian Style | Spice Road, Episode 4

Back to the Motherland-ish | Spice Road, Episode 3

Southern Fried Tikka Masala | Spice Road, Episode 2

Tandoori Truck Stop | Spice Road, Episode 1

Everything Wrong and Nowhere to Go

Maletero

Underground

The Command Center to Bring Women Home

Brother

Our League

Folk Frontera

The Great World of Gregory Blackstock

Jose and Mr. Ramos: The Dreamer

Jose and Mr. Ramos

Sophie and Ben

Never Conquered

TOWER - Guns on Campus - Short Film

The Rise of SWAT

The Black Panthers: Ericka Huggins

The Black Panthers: Jamal Joseph

County Clerk Changes History

TV Schedules

Upcoming

Life After - S27 E3

Seeds - S28 E3