We continue our "Underreported" series with a look at the pitfalls of political asylum. Immaculee Harushimana was separated from her husband and two sons when war broke out in their native Burundi in 1993, and she spent the next ten years struggling to bring her family to the U.S. Then, we pay tribute to master chef Julia Child, who passed away last week. Writer Anna Cypra Oliver tries to reconstruct the life of her troubled father, who killed himself in 1974 and left behind a confusing legacy. And German director Margarethe von Trotta talks about her award-winning new movie, Rosenstrasse.
Immaculee Harushimana
Immaculee Harushimana will be joined by her two sons, Jobert and Gildas, as well as her advocate Abigail Price, to talk about the war in Burundi and her long and difficult separation from her family. Immaculee Harushimana is a former Fulbright scholar and is currently on the faculty of Lehman ...
Judith Jones
We listen to excerpts from an interview with Julia Child on Thanksgiving Day in 1999, and talk with Judith Jones, Child's former editor.
» Listen to the complete interview with Julia Child and Jacques Pépin from 1999.
Music:
Soundtrack to Le Divorce, music ...
» Listen to the complete interview with Julia Child and Jacques Pépin from 1999.
Music:
Soundtrack to Le Divorce, music ...
Anna Cypra Oliver
Anna Cypra Oliver has pored through documents and interviewed friends and family in an attempt to understand the life of her father, Lewis Weinberger. Her new book is Assembling My Father: A Daughter's Detective Story.
Anna Cypra Oliver will be giving a reading on 9/30 at the Book ...
Anna Cypra Oliver will be giving a reading on 9/30 at the Book ...
Margarethe von Trotta
Margarethe von Trotta is one of the most important directors and actresses in German cinema since the 1970s. She's here to talk about her latest film, Rosenstrasse.
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» More about von Trotta
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» Visit the film's website
» More about von Trotta
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