What's New Next Week? May 5, 2023

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The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, light up the winter skies in Northern Iceland. (Westfjords, Iceland)

Credit: Courtesy of Russell Barnett/BBC Studios

Next week, we'll explore the fjords of the Scandinavian wild, the islands of Polynesia and much more. Take a look at what’s coming up!

Reel South: Stay Prayed Up - Monday, May 8 at 10 PM

The only thing mightier than Lena Mae Perry's electrifying voice is her faith. She's spent the last 50 years sharing and honing both as the steadfast frontwoman of The Branchettes, a legendary North Carolina gospel group that has packed churches and lifted weary hearts throughout the South.

Independent Lens: Sam Now - Monday, April 24 at 11 PM

What happens when a boy and his brother go in search of his missing mother? Sam Now is a coming-of-age documentary that follows Sam Harkness from age 11 to 36 as his once-average, middle-class Seattle family is heartbroken and unsure of what to do after his mother suddenly leaves them.

FRONTLINE - Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court - Tuesday, May 9 at 9 PM

As controversy erupts around Clarence and Ginni Thomas, FRONTLINE shares the inside story of their path to power, examining how race, power and controversy collide in the rise of the Supreme Court Justice and his wife – a couple reshaping American law and politics.

Wild Scandinavia - Wednesday, May 10 at 8 PM

In the first of this three-part series, explore Scandinavia’s wild and unpredictable coast, a place of haunting beauty and dangerous extremes. The journey begins around the Swedish Baltic Sea, which includes iconic fjords; home to eagles, otters, base jumpers and orcas.

NOVA: Hidden Volcano Abyss - Wednesday, May 10 at 9 PM

In January 2022, one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history rocked the islands of Tonga. Join scientists as they investigate what caused the blast, how it spurred a devastating tsunami, and if another eruption could be imminent.