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Noteworthy Television This Week: End of August


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Toby von Meistersinger

Published Aug 26, 2007

Modified Mar 7, 2008


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Published Aug 26, 2007

Modified Mar 7, 2008


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A look at some noteworthy television this week:
Color BarsAmerica at a Crossroads: Anti-Americans (A Hate/Love Relationship) (Monday, 10:00 P.M., WNET 13) A look at the Europeans love/hate relationship with the United States.

Live From New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (Tuesday, 8:00 P.M., WNBC 4) Two hours of classic SNL sketches and interviews with the performers who created them in this rebroadcast of this retrospective.

Wide Angle: The Dying Fields (Tuesday, 9:00 P.M., WNET 13) This could be considered a look at the flip side of techno-prosperous India with a look at the struggles of India's farmers against debt and crop failure.

P.O.V.: Libby Montana (Tuesday, 10:00 P.M., WNET 13) A look at a mining town in the Rockies that was poisoned by the asbestos mine that made it prosper.

Going Back to New Orleans (Wednesday, 8:00 P.M., WWOR 9) A look at post Katrina New Orleans from the vantage point of musician John Deacon Moore.

CNN: Special Investigations Unit - Children of the Storm (Wednesday, 8:00 P.M., CNN) Filmmaker Spike Lee and CNN's Soledad O'Brien gave some Louisiana kids video cameras and asked them to record their stories on thier post-Hurricane Katrina lives.

Great Performances - Nureyev: The Russian Years (Wednesday, 9:00 P.M., WNET 13) A performance documentary of ballet master Rudolf Nureyev before he defected from the Soviet Union in 1961.

Crazy Sexy Cancer (Wednesday, 9:00 P.M., TLC) Brooklyn actress and photographer Kris Carr was diagnosed with an incurable and rare cancer four years ago and decided to make a documentary on her life, love, and search for a treatment.

Reel New York Film Festival (Thursday, 10:00 p.m., WNET 13) This week six films wrap this years series
David Licata's Tango Octogenario is the story of an octogenarian couple who instead of arguing work out their problems on the dance floor.
Andrea Williams' A Spoonful of Sugar is the tale of a HIV positive teen and her desire to find love.
In the documentary Different Branches, Same Tree, Nadia Burgess takes a look at diversity, stereotypes, and ethnicity.
4 5 6 Downtown is a stylized ride on the Lexington Avenue subway set to a Miles Davis' "Le Petit Bal (take 1)"
Charlie Ahearn's Bongo Barbershop is a short hip-hop musical.
Diane Bonder's I remember now, we never danced, I miss you, goodbye is a study of dance, movement and remembrance.

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