Episode #396 of “Media Edge” (initial airing on cable TV during week of December 8 - 14) includes:
"The Fragile Promise of Choice" (57.5 minutes)
Through vignettes from cities and rural areas around the country, this documentary examines how restrictive legislation, in an atmosphere of harassment and violence, affects the lives of abortion providers and the women who seek their services. The film features interviews with community doctors, women seeking services, clinic directors, clergy, and counselors. Their stories illustrate the increasing number of situations in which legal does not necessarily mean accessible.
"I Won't Drown on that Levee and You Ain't Gonna Break My Back" (31 minutes)
After Hurricane Katrina, there was a botched evacuation of the Orleans Parish Prison, and racial tension and brutality that divided the population into survivors and looters along lines of race and class.
"Sleepless in Gaza...and Jerusalem" (26 minutes)
Day 79: Visit the Al Khatib family in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem who carry West Bank IDs but Israel has refused to issue them permits, so they are not allowed to wonder inside of Jerusalem where they live. They own land and the house on it. Israel issued them a document that allows them to walk to the Hizma checkpoint to enter the West Bank, but they are not allowed to ride in a car.
In Gaza: Head with Eman to Pasha's Palace where Napoleon Bonaparte stayed in 1799. See artifacts dating back to the Roman and Byzantine eras at the Palace Museum. Why do the large clay jars have an odd shaped bottom? What is the rumor about Islamic Leader Al Zaher Beibars and this palace and is it true? After the British took over, the Palace was used by the British as a police station with a jail; all of its furniture and contents were taken. Enter the hall used by the British as the female and male criminal jails. See the window that allows the persons inside to see outside but not the other way around.
