Despite the cold weather, it’s time to hit the streets. Dean walks through a Bronx neighborhood with Sister Thomas, a woman with a mission (or two). Human rights observer John Sifton leads us through the noisy and oftentimes unnerving streets of Kabul and beyond. And New Orleans filmmaker/garbage collector C. L. Taylor tells tales from both his trades. Also, novelist Meg Wolitzer on Hollywood trailers, historian Edmund Morris on historical precedents to the current presidency, and cartoonish music from the Raymond Scott Orchestrette.
This Is Your Trailer
Next Big Thing contributor Meg Wolitzer is singularly unimpressed by Hollywood's latest offerings. So she's turned inward, concocting some films of her own - or at least imagining what the previews would sound like. Supporting cast: Mary Testa and Jonathan Freeman. Produced by Curtis Fox.
Spelling Mission
Sister Miriam Thomas runs the Simpson Street Development Association, an organization that provides counseling, substance abuse prevention, and mentoring, among other services, to a Bronx community called Hunt’s Point (which is spelled with an apostrophe, she wants you to know). Dean Olsher walks and talks with Sister Thomas, who makes ...
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