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January
Tue, Jan 19, 11:00 pm · Moving To The Beat
Explore how youth in Africa and America use hip hop music as a language for social change. 56 minutes [ CC Stereo TVPG ]
Tue, Jan 26, 11:00 pm · The Fighting Spirit
Three boxers in a poor area of Ghana battle their way to the glittering rings of Europe and the US. 56 minutes [ CC Stereo TVPG ]
February
Tue, Feb 2, 11:00 pm · Desert Bayou
The story of African Americans airlifted to Utah by the US government during Hurricane Katrina. 57 minutes [ CC Stereo TVPG ]
Tue, Feb 9, 11:00 pm · Black To Our Roots
A 17-year-old girl travels to her ancestral home in Ghana to escape a cycle of poverty in Atlanta. 57 minutes [ CC Stereo TVG ]

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TONIGHT'S HIGHLIGHTS:

8:00pm Oregon Art Beat
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Portland indie band Horse Feathers performs in the OPB studio. Plus, meet William Park, a full time painter and teacher.

8:30pm Oregon Field Guide
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Find out about a mysterious dead zone that’s been turning up off the Oregon coast. Plus, see what it takes staff and volunteers at the Oregon Coast Aquarium to care for thousands of animals.

9:00pm On a Wind and a Prayer
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Bizarre attacks on America from balloon bombs launched from Japan during World War II are recalled.

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