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Actors/producers Elizabeth Shue and Andrew Shue at the premiere of "Gracie" (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Elisabeth Shue and her brother Andrew Shue talk about their new film, "Gracie," based loosely on Elisabeth’s real-life experiences as the only girl on an all-boys high school soccer team in New Jersey in the 1970s. Later, Steve Geng tells us about his criminal past, and its affect on his relationship with his late sister, New Yorker contributor Veronica Geng. Plus, Bruce Dern looks back on his life in Hollywood. And we start the show with two Underreported features on the complexities of resettling refugees.
Underreported: Repatriation or Resettlement for Bhutanese Refugees?
106,000 Bhutanese refugees have been living in Nepal for 16 years. Now, the US has offered to resettle 60,000 of them, which has given hope to the refugees, but has also increased tensions in the camps. Refugees who insist on repatriation to Bhutan as the only acceptable solution have been ...
Underreported: Sudanese Refugees in Israel
Over the past couple of years, more than 200 Sudanese refugees have fled to Israel via Egypt to escape the ongoing violence in Sudan. Since Sudan is technically an enemy state to Israel, many of the refugees have been languishing in Israeli prisons while the government decides how to proceed. ...
Soccer Shues
Before Elisabeth Shue was an acclaimed actress, she was an aspiring high school soccer star. She joins her brother Andrew Shue to talk about "Gracie," their new film based loosely on Elisabeth’s experiences playing on an all-boys soccer team in New Jersey in the 1970s.
Thick as Thieves
In Thick as Thieves, Steve Geng explores his relationship with his sister, the New Yorker writer and editor Veronica Geng. The siblings were bound to each other by their childhood, even as her literary career took off and he became involved in crime, eventually going to jail and battling addiction. ...
Bruce Dern on Hollywood
In Things I’ve Said, But Probably Shouldn’t Have, actor Bruce Dern looks back over his career in Hollywood, working with the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Nicholson, Paul Newman, and Jane Fonda. And he explains why he turned down roles in "The Godfather" and "Gandhi."
Things I’ve Said, But Probably ...
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