Programs

  • Award-Winning Documentaries and Journalism

    SEE SCHEDULE OKANSAS CITY PBS IS HOME TO AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARIES AND JOURNALISM. IN 2021, KCPBS WAS NOMINATED FOR 10 MID-AMERICA REGIONAL EMMY'S FOR PRODUCTIONS FOCUSED ON THE ARTS, HISTORY, CULTURE AND CIVIC AFFAIRS. NOMINATIONS INCLUDED HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARIES SUCH AS BIRD: NOT OUT OF NOWHERE, A LOOK AT THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF JAZZ LEGEND CHARLIE "BIRD" PARKER AND A CENTURY OF CHANGE: THE NEGRO LEAGUES CENTENNIAL HONORING THE LEGACY OF WHAT WAS NOT ONLY AN ECONOMIC BOOST FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY BUT A POINT OF PRIDE. SIX STREETS A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED SIX BLACK LIVES MATTER MURALS ON PROMINENT STREETS IN KANSAS CITY. ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS FOCUSED ON THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND INCLUDED HURLY BURLY A SHORT FROM THE KC PERFORMS SERIES WHICH HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS AND A CHRISTMAS CAROL, TAKING A LONG-RUNNING LOCAL THEATRICAL PRODUCTION AND BRINGING IT TO TELEVISION, KEEPING A LOCAL TRADITION ALIVE DURING THE PANDEMIC. SHORT-FORM CONTENT INCLUDED BIRTHING BATTLE: HOW MIDWIFERY (RACIALLY) EVOLVED, 5 VEGETABLES TO START GROWING: BEGINNER'S GUIDE, A SERIES FOCUSED ON HOUSING & EVICTION, INTO THE ZONE HIGHLIGHTING THE PROMISES AND PROGRESS OF LOCAL OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND JUSTICE DEFERRED WHICH TRACKED THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACING OUR LOCAL COURT SYSTEMS AMIDST THE GROWING PANDEMIC.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
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