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The Color of Care
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL AND PARTNERS LAUNCH THE COLOR OF CARE CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE
New campaign follows the May 1st premiere of The Color of Care film, executive produced by Oprah Winfrey, that exposes deep-seated racial disparities in healthcare in the U.S. NEW YORK – April 14, 2022 – Smithsonian ChannelTM today has revealed the trailer for The Color of Care documentary and impact campaign, a multi-platform effort to catalyze a movement to eliminate racial disparities in the delivery of U.S. healthcare. The year-long campaign will reach current and future medical professionals as well as impacted communities and policymakers at all government levels to adva...
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The Color of Care
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL PARTNERS WITH OPRAH WINFREY’S HARPO PRODUCTIONS ON NEW DOCUMENTARY “THE COLOR OF CARE”
Powerful film exposes deep-seated racial disparities in healthcare in the U.S. that led to tragic consequences during COVID-19 pandemic; premieres May 1st at 8/7c NEW YORK – March 3, 2022 – Smithsonian ChannelTM and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions are partnering to release The Color of Care, an original documentary that chronicles how people of color suffer from systemically substandard healthcare in the United States and how COVID-19 exposed the tragic consequences of these inequities. In addition, The Color of Care will launch a robust impact campaign that activates medical and ...
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One Thousand Years of Slavery
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Smithsonian Channel™ to commemorate Black History Month with the premiere of One Thousand Years of Slavery – The Untold Story, a four-part docu-series narrated by two-time Emmy® Award-winning actor Courtney B. Vance
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COVID: OUR LOCKDOWN IN SHANGHAI
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ REVEALS INTIMATE STORIES OF LIFE NEAR EPICENTER OF CORONAVIRUS CRISIS WITH "COVID: OUR LOCKDOWN IN SHANGHAI"
DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL FOLLOWS RESIDENTS IN ONE BUILDING LIVING UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, PREMIERING MAY 25 NEW YORK – May 15, 2020 – In January 2020, a deadly new coronavirus was spreading quickly through central China. Soon British advertising creative and filmmaker, Yu Kung and his wife, Crystal Liu, found themselves losing their income and locked down in their apartment block in Shanghai. They decided to use their skills to capture the impact of the epidemic and sudden confinement on the lives of their neighbors. The powerful and moving one-hour documentary COVID: OUR LOCKDOWN...
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PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONARCHS
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL UNCOVERS THE ILLICIT AFFAIRS AND SECRET SCANDALS HIDDEN IN THE PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONARCHS
SEASON TWO PREMIERES SUNDAY, MAY 17 AT 8 PM ET/PT NEW YORK – April 13, 2020 – Historian Tracy Borman returns to host a second season of PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONARCHS, giving viewers an inside look into more discreet dealings and hidden love affairs of the most controversial figures of European royalty. From the glamorized and sometimes shocking life of Queen Elizabeth’s sister, Princess Margaret, to the enigmatic Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, the new season unveils some of the more sordid events in royal lives that didn’t make it into history books. PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONA...
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AN AMERICAN ARISTOCRAT'S GUIDE TO GREAT ESTATES
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EXPLORE THE ROYAL LIFESTYLES AND FASCINATING STORIES BEHIND BRITAIN’S STATELY HOMES IN THE SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL SERIES AN AMERICAN ARISTOCRAT’S GUIDE TO GREAT ESTATES
NEW SERIES HOSTED BY JULIE MONTAGU, VISCOUNTESS HINCHINGBROOKE, TO PREMIERE SUNDAY, MAY 17 AT 9PM ET/PT NEW YORK – April 7, 2020 – Julie Montagu, Viscountess Hinchingbrooke, gives an all-access pass into some of Great Britain’s most magnificent homes, revealing their incredible histories and the aristocratic families, both past and present, who have taken up residence in each estate. AN AMERICAN ARISTOCRAT’S GUIDE TO GREAT ESTATES is an intimate tour of estates with priceless treasures, exquisite gardens, aristocratic dramas and deep secrets. In the new eight-part series, Julie explores...
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LAST CALL FOR THE BAYOU
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL CELEBRATES THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY WITH NEW DIGITAL SHORT-FORM SERIES LAST CALL FOR THE BAYOU
FIVE STORIES FROM LOUISIANA’S DISAPPEARING DELTA TO DEBUT FRIDAY, APRIL 10 ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL DIGITAL PLATFORMS STREAMING FOR FREE NEW YORK – March 12, 2020 – Every hour, an area the size of a football field erodes from Louisiana’s wetlands – a delta filled with rich estuarine life that supports a robust commercial fishing industry, fertile oil fields and millions of migrating waterfowl. An infinitely complex ecosystem, the bayous of Louisiana are the cradle of the state’s economy. Located at the base of the Mississippi, this key navigation channel allows the passage of goods worldw...
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HUMBOLDT: EPIC EXPLORER
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL GOES ON AN EXPEDITION THROUGH LATIN AMERICA WITH HUMBOLDT: EPIC EXPLORER
DOCU-DRAMA DEPICTING THE EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERIES OF ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPLORERS AND SCIENTISTS PREMIERES MARCH 25 AT 8 PM ET/PT NEW YORK – February 19, 2020 – More than 200 years ago, a German scientist Alexander von Humboldt spent five years traveling across the South American continent, making revolutionary discoveries about the workings of the natural world. Now, in Smithsonian Channel’s HUMBOLDT: EPIC EXPLORER, historian and bestselling author, Andrea Wulf, follows in his footsteps, delving into Humboldt’s landmark insights into human-induced climate change, evolution and contin...
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SPY WARS WITH DAMIAN LEWIS
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL ENTERS THE WORLD OF GLOBAL ESPIONAGE TO RETRACE THE MOVEMENTS OF THE WORLD’S MOST NOTORIOUS SPIES IN SPY WARS WITH DAMIAN LEWIS
NEW SERIES HOSTED BY THE EMMY® AND GOLDEN GLOBE® WINNING ACTOR TO PREMIERE SUNDAY, MARCH 22 AT 8PM ET/PT NEW YORK – February 12, 2020 – Smithsonian Channel is set to investigate some of the most shocking and explosive cases of espionage over the last 50 years. SPY WARS WITH DAMIAN LEWIS features the incredible true stories of spy wars fought in the shadows, from the turbulent years of the Cold War to the Iran Hostage Crisis and the discovery of a complex web of sleeper agents living in the U.S. – a major inspiration for the plot of The Americans. Each episode of this new eight-part seri...