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
Up to what he believed in. It is the same in most parts of america. You dont snitch on your friends. It is part of street life. His life would have been more difficult if he told the police who it was. Been muchould have more difficult, but he stood up for what he believed in and it made me realize that justice is possibly an item that can be bought and sold. Tavis you are on to the question i want to ask now. What did you learn about the notion of justice and how malleable it might be . Justice was a commodity and that poor people could not afford it and rich people can. It is the reason why many rich people dont go to jail for all crimes committed. Lawyersant afford good and to be able to burden the system, you are headed to jail. I always struggle to support the underdog. I have always been for the team that is two points behind. Let me jump forward and i will come right back. There is so much in this book that i cant do justice to. Experience inform your songwriting years down the
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