by Thinus Ferreira
Oprah Winfrey's TV special on race relations in the United States with lessons and insight for a global audience will broadcast as a simulcast showing this Sunday on Discovery Inc.'s Discovery Channel, TLC and Real Time TV channels in South Africa and across sub-Saharan Africa, while the ID: Investigation Discovery will show another TV panel discussion special just before this, The Murder of George Floyd: A Nation Responds, on Sunday night.
OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here? will be shown on Sunday 14 June at 20:55 simultaneously on the Discovery Channel (DStv 121), TLC (DStv 135) and Real Time (DStv 155 / StarSat 162), with Part 1 and Part 2 of the two-part special that was broadcast this past week in America that will be shown back-to-back for a duration of 1 hour and 50 minutes.
From her home in California, Oprah talks to a wide range of black thought leaders, including filmmakers, journalists, and historians about race and racism in America to try and answer the question of "what's next?"
OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here? will have individual repeats during next week but on the TLC and Real Time channels only.
Investigation Discovery TV special added
Discovery is also adding The Murder of George Floyd: A Nation Responds that will be shown on ID: Investigation Discovery (DStv 252) this Sunday at 20:10, leading into Oprah's OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?.
With ID's Tony Harris as the presenter, this panel discussion will look at America's police violence, law enforcement reform and activism across the United States, with prominent voices discussing the recent events and looking at how America and the world can take tangible actions to make long-lasting change.
The discussion will revolve around the topics of pervasive racism, police violence and what it will take to make this watershed moment expand to better equality everywhere.
Panellists in The Murder of George Floyd: A Nation Responds special include Yamiche Alcindor (PBS Newshour correspondent and NBC & MSNBC political contributor), Kevin Davis (former Baltimore police commissioner) and Lurie Favors (racial justice attorney, author and activist).
Also included are Redditt Hudson (co-founder of the National Coalition of Law Enforcement Officers for Justice, Reform and Accountability) and Deray, McKesson (civil rights activist and organizer of Campaign Zero).
The panellists have an open conversation about the murder of George Floyd, what societal failings led up to this moment, the heightened call to end police violence against citizens, and what change needs to look like.
"This conversation will not be comfortable, but it will be open, honest and informative. Black Americans have expressed this outrage before, and now is the time to listen and learn what actions must be taken to move our country forward," says Investigation Discovery.
"The arc of the moral universe is bending right before our eyes with this huge, global outcry for change. Now is the time to continue to push the discussion forward," says Tony Harris.
"This panel includes leaders who are entrenched in this movement, some with varying viewpoints, and I’m proud to share their thoughts with ID's viewers."
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