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NOVA/National Geographic Special Presents "THE GREAT INCA REBELLION"

THE FIRST NOVA/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TV SPECIAL REVEALS STUNNING NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE LAST DAYS OF THE INCA EMPIRE
Tue, March 17th, 2009

Through a mix of crime-lab science, archeology and history, a new NOVA/National Geographic special, "The Great Inca Rebellion," presents stunning new evidence that is changing what we know about the final days of the once-mighty Inca Empire. Airing...

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Presents: "The Alaska Pipeline"

Mon, March 16th, 2009

When Atlantic Richfield prospectors struck oil at Prudhoe Bay early in 1968, they stumbled upon the largest oil field ever discovered in North America. Getting that oil out of Alaska would take nine years, employ some 78,000 people, cost more than $8...

KUED Encores Acclaimed Films "Inheritance, The Rape of Europa"

Sun, March 1st, 2009

KUED encores two acclaimed films that tell the riveting stories of Nazi horrors.  Imagine watching "Schindler's List" and knowing that the sadistic Nazi commandant played by Ralph Fiennes was your father.  In the bracing documentary, P.O.V....

KUED Encores "The Alta Experience"

Back By Popular Demand
Thu, February 26th, 2009

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of Alta Ski Area, KUED's acclaimed "The Alta Experience" returns by popular demand Thursday, February 26, at 7 p.m. This fast-paced glide down memory's slope features interviews of those who recall&nbs...

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Presents:"A CLASS APART"

 A Landmark Civil Rights Case Forever Changed the Lives and Legal Standing of Tens of Millions of Mexican Americans
Mon, February 23rd, 2009

In 1951 in the town of Edna, Texas, a field hand named Pedro Hernández murdered his employer after exchanging words at a gritty cantina. From this seemingly unremarkable small-town murder emerged a landmark civil rights case that would forever...

AMERICAN MASTERS PROFILES THE PREEMINENT CHOREOGRAPHER OF BROADWAY AND BALLET IN "JEROME ROBBINS: SOMETHING TO DANCE ABOUT"

Wed, February 18th, 2009

No other creative figure of the latter twentieth century was as contradictory as Jerome Robbins, and few were as controversial. He was a master of the Broadway musical, transforming its possibilities with such works as "West Side Story," "Gypsy," and...

KUED Film Tells of Slaves Freed to Fight for British

Simon Schama's "Rough Crossings" Dramatizes A Little-Known, Horrifying Chapter in the History of African American Slaves and Their Quest  for Freedom After the American Revolution
Mon, February 16th, 2009

At the end of the American Revolution, thousands of African-American slaves risked everything to fight for the British -- in exchange for a promise of freedom.  "There are some stories so big," says Simon Schama at the start of his latest docum...

The American Future:  A History by Simon Schama

A Country Remaking Itself
Wed, February 4th, 2009

Shot against the backdrop of the presidential election, British historian Simon Schama traveled through America to dig deep into the conflicts of its history to understand what is at stake right now.  A fascinating look at today's America throug...

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Presents: THE TRIALS OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER

Mon, January 26th, 2009

J. Robert Oppenheimer was brilliant, arrogant, proud, charismatic - and a national hero. Under his leadership during World War II, the United States succeeded in becoming the first nation to harness the power of nuclear energy to create the ultimate...

Rick Steves' Iran, Yesterday and Today

KUED to debut Steves' public television travelogue on the history, culture and people of Iran
Thu, January 29th, 2009

Rick Steves, recently back from Iran, calls it "the most poorly understood yet fascinating land" he's ever visited. In his upcoming travel special, premiering exclusively in Utah on KUED-Channel 7 Thursday, January 29, at 7 p.m., Steves takes viewers...

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