TV HIGHLIGHTS

We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest, 7 PM on HBO; 3:35 AM on HBO: Oscar winner Mahershala Ali (“Green Book”) is an executive producer on this touching documentary filmed during the Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Festival, an annual event at which hundreds of young people from across the United States perform a combination of published and original poetry and speeches. The film follows top-placing students from the Oakland Unified School District as they compete.

The Resident, 8 PM on Ch. 19 and Ch. 45:

Nic (Emily VanCamp) is forced to work with Cain (Morris Chestnut) again as Red Rock finally opens the doors to its new neurosurgery center, but she and the rest of the staff almost immediately discover that the center is a far cry from what had been promised in the new episode “Last Shot.” Mina and The Raptor (Shaunette Renée Wilson, MalcolmJamal Warner) get an unexpected result while working with a new surgeon on a heart transplant. Bruce Greenwood and Matt Czuchry also star; Alex Hernandez guest stars.

Frontline, 9 PM on Ch. 16 and Ch. 48; 1 AM on Ch. 16 and Ch. 48: The new “Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos” explores the business dynasty created by this New Mexico-born entrepreneur. Bezos has grown his “etail” venture into a corporation that is unprecedented in the history of capitalism, delivering a virtually endless line of products, entertainment and technology innovations to online customers. Amazon’s staggering expansion into all corners of American life has come at the cost of safety and quality of life for many of its employees, however, its critics say.