By contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Films thatpendent deal with complex Human Interaction can often get lost in the push for bigbudget movies around here, and one film that i hope does not get lost in the mix is from to time oscar nominated director, john sayles starring Edward James Olmos and Lisagay Hamilton about a mothers search for her son in tijuana. And we start with a clip from go for sisters. So . I want him back, and if there is anyway, i do not want him to go to jail. Juan. S you must still have friends on the local fours. No. That is a federal staying. The voice is on the tapes. Taking money. You have to be careful who you do favors for. Sergeant . I had to resign. I have money. I had such a wonderful conversation on my radio show, ay, and i said we have to talk about this, and i do not normally do that on both mediums, and it was such a powerful story that i thought i would do it. Since you are one of the producers as well as being one of
Believes in for whatever reason and produce it, in your case, even if one believes that it might not be broadly seen, what is the point of doing work if you do not believe it will be broadly seen . You must believe in it. Yes, i do. I believe passionately in what i do, or i cannot do it. We are going to die. Everybody is going to die. Nobody gets out of this alive, and 100 years ago, they will take a look and say, have you ever heard about this guy . These are some of the things that he did. They will be able to go into my body of work and see the passion that i had. There have been very few pieces that i have done passionately, and this is the one, i was surprised, i was shocked when i read it, because lisa and i will both tell you, and everybody, it was all on the page. And you start to realize, my god. Here is six feet, six inches, caucasian kid, writing for us, and writing for us like i have never been written for, and it is a very compelling story. You talk about how complex life
Region, more than 1 3 of the population belong to the ethnic group. The city is dotted with mosques. On fridays, people wearing traditional prayer caps gather to pray. Chinese leaders have been encouraging the muslim residents to strengthen their ties with arab states because they have so much in common. In ningxu hui, a special building for the trade goes up. They resemble buildings in arab countries, which are starting to spread in the region. So has an interest by young locals in the arab culture. Reporter six years ago, the Muslim International Language College opened in the suburb of the capital. 1,500 students attend classes there. They come from the autonomous region and all over china. Most study arabic. During the recent trade fair, 60 teachers and students served as volunteer interpreters. Most support promoting ties with arab countries. Translator for those of us studying arabic, the china arab states expo was a great opportunity. Translator arabic is required in trade. That
The Syrian Air Force of using incendiary weapons dozens of times. One alleged attack killed 37 people at a school in aleppo. A doctor who treated those who were attacked described the scene. As i was tending to one patient, it was difficult to work out what was cain and what was fabric, the way that it was hanging. August,aw in syria, in stands alone, in terms of the cruelty, the extent of the devastation, the severity of the injuries. Also, the tragedy of the lack of infrastructure to deal with these kinds of casualties. Another report today details the plight of Asylum Seekers who flee abuses in their home country to seek shelter in the United States. , theding to the report United States is the only country in the developed world that denies Work Authorization and government aid to Asylum Seekers. One rape survivor from wanda said she was unable to work for four years while her situation was pending. Reports street journal fewer than 50,000 people have successfully enrolled in priva
Jon austins border with mexico . No, no, no, austins border with everywhere else. The human influx into this city is out of control and the lowells are bleep pissed jon no, listen to me. There is a lot of growth, though, in this area, the people coming here highly skilled. Oh, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, knowing how to steam punk cartoon characters. Real skills. This morning i got stuck for 45 minutes in the northbound jogging lane. Glo al jon all right, letso to samantha bee. She is covering texas notorious river crossing. Shes at the rio grande. At the rio grande right now. Sam bee. Reporter actually im on austins colorado river. Well river is being generous its like austins brambled farm, where thousands of dreamers paddleboard their way to freedom. In the hope that one day, that i too, with earn the dream working on commission in a vintage taco shop. cheers and applause . Jon sam, if i may, why would you want to eat vintage tacos . Oh, my god, jon. You dont eat them. That ruins the va