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Women calling for peace between Eritrea and Ethiopia demonstrate in France, 24 October 2005. (AFP/Getty Images)Uncertain Boundaries
Last month, UN troops from Europe, the US, and Canada were pulled out of the disputed border zone between Eritrea and Ethiopia. On today’s Underreported feature, guest host Philip Gourevitch asks if a crisis is looming. Later in the show, a look at the life of photographer and model Lee Miller. Plus, a new documentary about the economic reasons behind war. And we’ll take your calls on the line between embellishment and fabrication in memoirs.
Border Dispute
The head of the UN peacekeeping department is warning of a possible crisis in the Horn of Africa. On today’s edition of Underreported, we’ll get an update on the escalating tensions along the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia. Michela Wrong, the author of I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation, joins us by phone from London.
Music:
“Tomorrow” by Amp
“Resolution” by Thievery Corporation
Lee Miller
Carolyn Burke shares her biography of photographer Lee Miller. Miller started out as a fashion model, and became a photojournalist in London during the blitz, after a formative relationship with the surrealist Man Ray. The biography is Lee Miller: A Life.
Music:
“Telephone and Rubber Band” by the Penguin Café Orchestra
Open Phones: Fact or Fiction?
We’ll take your calls on the recent revelation that James Frey made up some of the incidents he described in his best-selling memoir, A Million Little Pieces. Call 212-433-9692.
» Hear Leonard inteview James Frey about his memoir A Million Little Pieces
» Read an excerpt of A Million Little Pieces in the Reading Room
Music:
“Telephone and Rubber Band” by the Penguin Café Orchestra
Why We Fight
Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki investigates the reasons behind America’s decisions to go to war in his new documentary, “Why We Fight”.
Events:
"Why we Fight" opens Friday, Jan 20 at the Angelika and the Lincoln Plaza cinemas, and Andrew Jarecki will be appearing at:
Lincoln Plaza cinemas
for Q & A's following the 7:40 and 9:50 shows on Friday, Jan 20
Angelika
Saturday, Jan 21
for 3:10, 5:30, 8 pm, and 10:15 shows
Music:
Erin Brockovich soundtrack, Tracks 1, 3, and 2
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