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Crosses in Ciudad Juárez where the bodies of 8 women were found in 2001 (Washington Office of Latin America)Mysterious Murders
In this week’s Underreported feature, we’ll take a look at what may be behind a rash of unexplained murders in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua. Since 1993, nearly 400 women have been killed. Then, MaryJane Butters describes her modern-day farmgirl approach to life. Actor Eric Bogosian tells us about his new novel, Wasted Beauty. And Liev Schreiber discusses his role in the new Broadway production of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross.
Murder in Mexico
Almost 400 women have been killed in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua City since 1993. On today's Underreported feature, we’ll find out why it's likely that the killers remain free, while the killings continue and innocent people may be behind bars. We’ll hear from Laurie Freeman, Associate for Mexico and Security Policy at WOLA (Washington Office on Latin America), and Guadalupe Morfin, a federal commissioner appointed by Vicente Fox to investigate the killings. She has dismissed Chihuahua's previous investigation of the slayings as a facade and an apparent cover-up.
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Music:
“Tomorrow” by Amp
Edit of “Poor Leno” by Royksopp
Modern-day Farmgirl
MaryJane Butters, an organic farmer in Idaho, aims to bring out the farmgirl in all of us with MaryJane's Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook.
Music:
Soundtrack to Brother’s Keeper, music by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason: “I’m Just A-Fiddlin’”
Wasted Beauty
Actor Eric Bogosian describes his new novel, an unsettling tale of romantic intrigue: Wasted Beauty.
Events:
Eric Bogosian dialogue with Village Voice critic Michael Feingold
Thursday, June 2 at 8PM
Kaufman Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y
Music:
Soundtrack to The Ice Storm, music by Mychael Danna: “Shoplift”
Know What the Shot Is
Liev Schreiber stops by for an update on some of his current projects—from his role in the new Broadway production of Glengarry Glen Ross, to his film adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything Is Illuminated.
Music:
Soundtrack to Heat: “Always Forever Now” by Passengers / “Heat” by Kronos Quartet
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