This week, PBS Hawaii will bring together major players in the teacher-furloughs debate in the same room, at the same time, on unscripted live television. Usually these key figures respond to questions in separate interviews /different venues. Watch them interact and contribute your questions and comments on INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII on Thursday (Nov. 12, 2009).
At the table with moderator Dan Boylan: Governor Lingle's Senior Policy Advisor Linda Smith; State Board of Education Chair Garrett Toguchi; State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa; State Director of Human Resources Development Marie Laderta; and a representative of the parents' advocacy group Hawaii Education Matters.
Here's a quick look at other programs you might find especially interesting in the week ahead:
--AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (Mon., Nov. 9, 2009, 9 pm) is the tale of the towering Hoover Dam, a world-class engineering feat. The dangerous work done in a remote canyon during the Great Depression brought reliable electricity and water to the American Southwest.
--"How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin" (Mon., Nov. 9, 2009, 10 pm) is an extraordinary untold story of how the Fab Four changed the lives of teenagers in Russia, giving them hope and helping them undermine the foundations of the Soviet system.
--INDEPENDENT LENS (Tues., Nov. 10, 2009,) profiles an indie rock musician, Pat Spurgeon, whose dreams of indie stardom are challenged by a failing kidney. He searches desperately for a kidney while pursuing musical success. Can he balance his health and a rock 'n roll lifestyle?
--SECRETS OF THE DEAD (Wed., Nov. 11, 2009, 8 pm) relates the survival story of a crew of airmen shot down over the jungles of Japanese-occupied Borneo during World War II. The airmen were rescued by Dayak tribesman known as headhunters. Why did the Dayaks leave the airmen's heads intact and deliver them to safety? The sole surviving member of the crew is interviewed.
--This is a good Veterans Day commemoration--"The Way We Get By" on P.O.V. (Wed., Nov. 11, 2009, 9 pm) is the inspiring story of what a group of senior citizens has been doing for five years at a tiny airport in Bangor, Maine. The seniors greet arriving American troops, as a service to those who serve. It's no small hobby--the group is on call 24 hours a day and has welcomed nearly 800,000 troops.
--Some of our island students are national stand-outs in robotics competitions. "Gearing Up" (Sat., Nov. 14, 2009, 8 pm) shows the quick wits, strategic thinking and hard work required to win, as it follows a four-month-long national robotics competition.
--"Sound of the Soul" (Sat., Nov. 14,2009, 9 pm) is a chance to enjoy some rarely televised music. Musicians from Muslim, Christian and Jewish backgrounds perform, expressing love and longing. The show reverberates with unity, understanding and hope.
--Encore Pick of the Week: If you missed the documentary about Hawaiian Renaissance man Joseph Nawahi, whose story is largely untold in Hawaii history books, then I hope you'll catch it on Thursday, Nov. 12,2009, at 8:30 pm. PBS HAWAII PRESENTS will air the one-hour biography in the English-language, followed immediately by the Hawaiian-language version of the film.
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