Films will be shown Thursday (except 4/15) from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
March 26
GHOSTS OF RWANDA (2004). A decade after Hutu extremists killed 800,000 Rwandans, PBS Frontline takes a hard look at how such an atrocity could have occurred.
April 2
CORAL REEF ADVENTURE (2003). Jean-Michel Cousteau and other deep sea divers explore a reef in the South Pacific.
April 9
SECRETS OF THE DEAD: ESCAPE FROM AUSCHWITZ (2008). Two young Slovak Jews manage to escape and wake up the world to what went on in the death camps.
April 15 – Please note this is a Wednesday
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: ALEXANDER HAMILTON (2006). The young Hamilton was America’s first Treasury Secretary and, among other things, saved the new republic from bankruptcy.
April 23
SHACKLETON’S ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE (2001). The extraordinary story of the 1914-1916 polar expedition and how all 28 men survived.
April 30
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: EYE OF THE LEOPARD (2006). The fascinating life of a young leopard captured in childhood focuses on learned behaviors that prepare her for life on her own.
May 7
BLINDSIGHT (2006). Considered cursed in Tibet, blind children are often hidden away to live as pariahs. To challenge that perception, 6 blind teenagers attempt to climb the north side of Mt. Everest.
May 14
AFRICA: THE SERENGETI (1994). This stunning film shows the migration of 2 million wildebeests, zebras and antelopes that travel 500 miles from the southern plains to the Masai Mara.