On a remote monastery in the 1940s, so the backdrop is the second world war. And the monastery is being presided over by a nun, who i play, whos officiating mass, the priest is dead. And one night, unceremoniously, a young indigenous boy is dumped on the doorstep of the monastery to be cared for as part of the reprehensible Government Policy of assimilation of indigenous children, in order to separate indigenous children from their culture. And this powerful spirituality of this young boy destabilises the surety of the catholic faith there, and these strange miracles start to happen. Which we see so vividly in the performance by this little boy, by aswan reid, just nine years old, and you cant take your eyes off him when hes on screen. Hes absolutely magnetic. Erm, i mean, we were so lucky to find him. I remember warwick. Warwick thornton and i started to have these conversations over the pandemic, as a lot of people did, you know, and he was talking about this story, and he said, but
Homocide in america from last weekends Los Angeles Times festival of books. We wrap up at 11 00 with a Panel Discussion on cspans latest book, first ladies. That happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. Pulitzer prizes were awarded this last weekend and other Elizabeth Kolbert won. Her book, the sixth extinction. The and this one will be the most devastating. Sheer he is here she is now on booktv. [applause] thank you very much. I, tomorrow, am very impressed that such a large number of people are here on a friday night, and i really appreciate it. So thanks very much for being here. I want to start by introducing you to this fellow on the screen who is a hawaiian crow, otherwise known as an alala. Know he looks loot like an ordinary crow but there are actually significant differences of his beak is thicker and his legs are thicker and the Hawaiian Islands used to have six species of crows and they probably diverge from the crows that we find on the mainland u. S. At least several hundred th
Council on global affairs. This is about one hour. [applause] thank you so much. It has been amazing. Mike and pat have been the most charming host. And i have a great friendship that has betrayed and turned been created. And so thank you so much. So its an honor to be a sellout. So i would like to share with you my story for the next 20 minutes and im hoping you will think him worthy of being a fellow. And so im just going to start. The story of this is not about an educated or social activists want change the world. Quite the contrary. Everything changed when i became a mother. And so let me introduce you to my son. Within a single stroke his cry was to write his essay and he went to school thinking i can grow up thinking i cant. So we like choices everyday. Choosing tea over coffee or putting a man onto the moon. Her choices define who we become and it is this where do word that we need to move from her childrens vocabulary and for 50 years we tell them they have no choice but to li
Hawaiian islands used to have several species of crows an they probably die diverge from those in the u. S. At least 700,000 years ago. So this is in a lot of ways a lot like the story of darwins finches where an animal arrived on, obviously, were not sure how exactly. But in very small numbers, and then species in different niches and able to survive in different habitat. But the difference is that in the case of the hawaiian crows most of the species died out after the first humans arrived, so whereas galapagos not inhabited till europeans arrived in hawaii, sea fairers arrived 1500 years ago. And already they brought with them a species like rats like the pacific rat that either outcompeted or potentially just ate up the young and the eggs of these crows so most of the species were already gone by the time europeans arrived. This is the last species that survived in to modern times. And it is native to the big island, island of hawaii and its been under terrible pressure both from h
And bank robbers, the law specifically defines this as those who have committed acts against the israeli presence. Youre watching booktv. I know that he looks a lot like an ordinary crow around here but there are significant differences his beak is thicker and his legs are thicker. The Hawaiian Islands used to have several species of crows at least six species that we know of they would diverge from the mainland to buy at least several hundred thousand years ago. So it is a lot like the story of star wade when the yen will rise of the archipelago in and were not sure how but in small numbers then spreads out to survive id different habitats. But in the hawaiian grow most species died out after the first humans arrived where after the galapagos are not inhabited until europeans arrived but in hawaii the first settlers were seafarers arrived 1500 years ago and organdy brought with them like the pacific rat that would each of the young and that aids of the crows so most species were gone