On-air Highlights for Feb. 8-12
Great Performances tells the story of a fascinating, yet often neglected, era in African-American cultural history in Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story. The program tells the story of a group of extraordinary jazz musicians who left America to create The Jazz Age in Paris between the First and Second World Wars.
After WWI, many black Americans remained in Europe rather than return to the brutal segregation and racism at home. Over the next two decades, they formed an expatriate community of musicians, entertainers and entrepreneurs, primarily in the hilly Montmartre section of Paris.
• Wednesday at 9/7 pm CT on KET2
See a complete listing of this week’s arts programs.
Tuesday: P-Star Rising, an episode of Independent Lens, tells the story of a successful 9-year-old rapper and her struggle to maintain the life of a little girl.
• 10/9 pm CT on KET2
Wednesday: The Ken Burns series The National Parks: America's Best Idea continues with The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919). • 9/8 pm CT on KET
Thursday: Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Seal, Smokey Robinson, and the Blind Boys of Alabama perform music of the Civil Rights era on In Performance at the White House.
• 10/9 pm CT on KET2
