Documentary
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
PBS AMERICA, 9.00PM
Thomas Allen Harris’s superb documentary explores the role played by photography in shaping the perception of Africanamericans from slavery to the present day, with insights from photographers such as Carrie Mae Weems, Anthony Barboza and Coco Fusco. GO
Captain Jack and the Furious Few
BBC FOUR, 10.00PM
This is an inspiring story of the Great War’s Royal Navy test pilots, as told through the diaries of Capt Jack Mccleery, who joined the Air Service at the age of 18 in 1917, and went on to develop the technology required to build the world’s first aircraft carrier. GO