Dear CPB,
Would it be possible to add screen some of the following PBS shows or Welsh films on or around March 1st for St. David’s Day.
The Welsh are the 23rd largest ethnic group in the USA, but seemingly have very little representation. It would be great if PBS stations could have a ‘Wales night’ and dedicate a couple of hours to a travel documentary, a music special and maybe a movie.
Diolch yn fawr iawn/Thank you very much.
Dave Parry Chicago Tafia Welsh Society
PBS Shows
A Soundstage Special - Tom Jones
Live from the Artists Den - Marina And The Diamonds
Great Performances at the Met - Bryn Terfel & Friends in Concert
Visions of Wales
Wales - Great Britain’s Wild West
Curious Traveler - Curious Southern Wales
Rick Steves Europe - North Wales: Feisty and Poetic
Wales – The Land of Storybook Adventures
Movies
American Interior IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2778266/ In 1792, John Evans, a farmhand from Snowdonia travelled to America to discover whether there was a Welsh-speaking Native American tribe walking the Great Plains.
Pride IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/ U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
Patagonia IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020559/ A young Welsh couple travel to Argentina to work on their relationship in Argentina.
Very Annie Mary IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188128/ After her father suffers a stroke, his daughter is forced to take care of him.
Solomon & Gaenor IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181830/ A tragic love story between a Jewish young man and a Welsh woman in the beginning of the century. The movie is mostly in English with parts in Welsh and Yiddish.
Set Fire to the Stars IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3455740/ An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.
The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain. IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112966/ When an English cartographer must tell a Welsh village that their mountain is only a hill, the offended community sets out to change that.
August IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115591/ Chekov's Uncle Vanya, transposed to turn-of-the-century North Wales, where the peace and tranquility of a country house is disturbed by the arrival of the estate's tyrannical owner.
Tiger Bay IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053361/ A twelve-year-old tomboy witnesses the murder of a woman by her Polish merchant marine boyfriend, but bonds with him and thwarts the police in their investigation
The Proud Valley IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031828/ In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
Pink Suede Shoes IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12389254/ Jasun Watkins brings his pink, brash and very camp Elvis impersonation act to Porthcawl in the biggest Elvis tribute festival in Europe.
Dirt Ash Meat IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9074950/ In the aftermath of a foot and mouth outbreak on their farm, a family of Welsh hill farmers are consumed by bitterness and paranoia. Adapted from 'White Ravens' by Owen Sheers.
Beddgelert: Gelerts Grave IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6984528/ Based on the ancient Welsh legend, Beddgelert tells the story of prince Llewelyn. Grieving for his dead wife, he seeks solitude in a remote hunting lodge, taking with him his newborn son and his most trusted hound, Gelert. But despite Gelert’s companionship, Llewelyn is blinded by grief, and fails to see the new danger that threatens his family.