Reel South, First Lady of the Revolution

Thursday, March 11, at 5 PM
 

Henrietta Boggs, a reluctant Southern belle, finds her way to Central America in the 1940s, in search of freedom and adventure. Instead, she is swept up in political upheaval when her new husband is elected president of Costa Rica. 

This program portrays a courageous woman who escaped the confines of a sheltered existence to help nurture a young democracy. 

Charlotte Mansfield: A Woman Photographer Goes to War

Tuesday, March 9, at 4:40 AM

Airs on Fusion on Saturday, March 13, at 2:30 PM and Sunday, March 28, at 10:30 PM
 

Learn the remarkable story of the pioneering military career of Charlotte Dee Mansfield, a photographer and photo analyst in the Women’s Army Corps.

This film draws from her personal writings, archival film resources, historian interviews and a conversation with Mansfield’s lifelong companion, Chief Master Sgt. Lorraine Caddy. It not only provides a look at how women navigated new roles in the military, but also offers an opportunity to expand the popular conversation around women’s contributions during the war.

Portraits for the Home Front: The Story of Elizabeth Black

Airs on Fusion on Saturday, March 13, at 4 PM and Friday, March 26, at 10 PM
 

Leaving a promising art career behind, Pittsburgh native Elizabeth Black (1912-1983) joined the American Red Cross at the height of World War II. On special assignment, she sketched hundreds of soldiers, sailors and airmen throughout Europe and sent the treasured portraits to worried families back home. 

Seventy years later, Black’s son uncovered photographs of her sketches, scrapbooks, news clippings and other memorabilia from her forgotten footlocker. 

Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story

Thursday, March 25, at 5 PM

Trace Dorothy Day’s journey from a young communist journalist, to a Catholic convert, to the co-founder of The Catholic Worker newspaper and the first “houses of hospitality,” which sheltered New York City’s homeless during the Great Depression. 

The documentary uses extensive archival footage from Day’s own collection, and features interviews with actor Martin Sheen, public theologian Cornel West, Senator Tim Kaine, biographer Robert Ellsberg and Day’s granddaughters.