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Spotlighting Movies for Grownups Awards
First broadcast on PBS in 2018, Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine returns for a fifth year to celebrate and encourage filmmaking with unique appeal to movie-lovers with a grownup state of mind—and recognize the inspiring artists who make them.
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Discover Agustin Barrios’ rise from rural Paraguay to becoming a pioneering guitar composer.

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Discover Rachmaninoff's reinvention as an American artist after losing everything in Russia.

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Explore Boccherini’s love for Madrid through a musical night tour of the city with Scott Yoo.

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Experience Rudolf Nureyev’s legendary production of “Swan Lake” co-starring Margot Fonteyn.

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Explore Chopin’s musical evolution from Poland to Paris with Scott Yoo and pianist Jan Lisiecki.

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Experience the world-renowned Italian tenor’s 30th anniversary concert.

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AARP’s Movies for Grownups hosted by Alan Cumming.

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1:15:56
Celebrate the centennial birthday of composer Henry Mancini with Michael Bublé and more.

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Experience the music of Patsy Cline in a star-studded tribute concert featuring Wynonna and more.

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Explore Peter Sellars' San Francisco Opera production of John Adams' "Girls of the Golden West."

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Enjoy this semi-staged oratorio following the story of Jewish refugees in World War II Shanghai.

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Features an all-star cast at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
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