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8:00 PM

NOVA "Extreme Cave Diving"

NOVA

Extreme Cave Diving

This program follows the charismatic Dr. Kenny Broad as he dives into blue holes -- underwater caves that formed during the last ice age.

8:00 PM

Nature "Invasion of the Giant Pythons"

NATURE

Invasion of the Giant Pythons

Predatory pythons have thrived in the protected wilderness of Everglades National Park, making the refuge more a killing ground than a haven for the endangered mammals, trees, plants, birds, turtles and alligators there.

 

Independent Lens

Independent Lens

Lives Worth Living

Independent Lens "Lives Worth Living"
Airs Monday, October 29 at 9:00 PM

People with disabilities are one of the largest minorities in the United States. But for most of American history, they occupied a sub-class of millions without access to everyday things most citizens take for granted: schools, apartment buildings, public transportation, and more. Some were forcibly sterilized under state laws. Others were committed to horrifying institutions where they were left and forgotten.

After World War II, however, things began to change, thanks to a small group of determined people with an unwavering determination to live their lives like anyone else, and to liberate all disabled Americans of the limitations their government refused to accommodate.

Lives Worth Living traces the development of consciousness of these pioneers who realized that in order to change the world they needed to work together. Through demonstrations and inside legislative battles, the disability rights community secured equal civil rights for all people with disabilities. Thanks to their efforts, tens of millions of people's lives have been changed.

Watch Like an Emancipation Proclamation for the Disabled on PBS. See more from Independent Lens.


Visit the national Independent Lens website for more information on this and other related programs.