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WETA World is currently available over-the-air on channel 26.4, via cable networks Cox (802), Verizon FIOS (475) and RCN (37) and streaming on PBS.org and WETA.org. Devoted to telling stories that humanize complex issues, WETA World shares the best of public media in news, documentaries, and informational programming that helps us understand conflicts, movements and cultures.

Please note: livestream only available to viewers in the Washington, D.C., metro area.

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WETA World

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    Poetry in America

    Phillis Wheatley: To the University

    Saturday
    Apr 27

    30 Minutes

    Two poems by Phillis Wheatley.
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    Poetry in America

    Six Years Later, Epitaph for a Centaur

    Saturday
    Apr 27

    30 Minutes

    Two poems by exiled Russian poet Joseph Brodsky.
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    American Masters

    Ailey

    Saturday
    Apr 27

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    The life and career of choreographer Alvin Ailey, whose dances focus on the Black experience, interviews with those close to him and a glimpse into his dance studios.
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    PBS Arts Talk

    Misty Copeland With Twyla Tharp

    Saturday
    Apr 27

    30 Minutes

    Choreographer Twyla Tharp explores her career and creative process with fellow dancer Misty Copeland.
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    America ReFramed

    A Decent Home

    Saturday
    Apr 27

    1 Hour 30 Minutes

    Addressing urgent issues of class and economic mobility through the lives of mobile home park residents who can't afford housing anywhere else.
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    POV Shorts

    Boom and Bust

    Saturday
    Apr 27

    30 Minutes

    Tensions rise as news organizations and residents witness a volatile situation unfold on a busy California street; a filmmaker returns to her hometown to document the effects of the boom-and-bust nature of the oil industry in West Texas.