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(Ten Years of Freedom Film Festival)
Itamar Rabinovich, a former chief negotiator for Israel, leads us through the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict. An expanded edition of his classic book, Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs, 1948-2003, is being re-issued to include the effects of the 2003 war in Iraq. Then Sean Jacobs, director of the Ten Years of Freedom Film Festival, and Johannesburg filmmaker Norman Maake talk about art and politics in the new South Africa. Katie Cadigan and John Cadigan on their new documentary, "People Say I'm Crazy." It’s about John’s struggle with schizophrenia. And we kick off our modern day explorers series called "The Next Frontier" with astrophysicist Edward Turner, who’s been looking for extra-solar planets.
Itamar Rabinovich
Scholar/diplomat Itamar Rabinovich looks at the long history of conflict between Jews an Arabs in Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs, 1948-2003.
Music: Original soundtrack, "Meet Joe Black." Music by Thomas Newman. "Served its Purpose" "Frequent Thing"
Music: Original soundtrack, "Meet Joe Black." Music by Thomas Newman. "Served its Purpose" "Frequent Thing"
Sean Jacobs and Norman Maake
Sean Jacobs, a fellow at NYU’s International Center for Advanced Studies, is director of the Ten Years of Freedom Film Festival, commemorating a decade of democracy in South Africa. Norman Maake is a South African filmmaker whose films, the feature "Soldiers of the Rock" and the short "Home Sweet Home," ...
John Cadigan and Katie Cadigan
John Cadigan and his sister, Katie Cadigan, made a documentary film about John’s struggle with schizophrenia. He’s an artist who has been filming himself ever since his first psychotic episode ten years ago.
» Visit the Cadigan’s website
Music: "The Roof" and "Derek" ...
» Visit the Cadigan’s website
Music: "The Roof" and "Derek" ...
The Next Frontier: Dr. Edward Turner
And we start off our modern day explorers series called "The Next Frontier" with Dr. Edward Turner, an astrophysicist and Princeton professor who is searching for planets that exist beyond our solar system. » Visit ...
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