DANGEROUS POLITICS

Program 04-02-01-A

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To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio

Ten years after the end of apartheid, what's left to document the struggle? For the filmmakers of the documentary "Amandla," there's music. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, the songs that faced down death, despair and terror on the road to equality in South Africa. Also, the struggle to stay alive - and report the news - in a war zone. We'll find out how one journalist risked his life as the lone western correspondent in Uganda. And, a poet takes in the beauty and the horror of Rwanda.

SEGMENT 1:

Sherry Simpson is the executive producer of the documentary film, "Amandla," which tells the story of the South African freedom struggle through its music. Simpson talks with Steve Paulson about the film and the music and we hear excerpts from both.

SEGMENT 2:

David Gewirtzman is a Holocaust survivor from Poland. Jacqueline Murekatete is a University student who lived through the tribal massacres in Rwanda. The two tour together speaking about the horrors of genocide. They tell Anne Strainchamps their stories and how they became friends in spite of their differences.

SEGMENT 3:

Mark Lee was a war correspondent for the London Telegraph in East Africa. He barely made it back alive and has now written a novel called "Canal House." Lee tells Steve Paulson about his time in Uganda as the sole Western journalist in the country, and recounts tricks of the trade for staying alive in dangerous places. Also, Victoria Bruce and Karin Hayes produced a documentary film called "The Kidnaping of Ingrid Betancourt." They tell Jim Fleming about Betancourt, a presidential candidate in Columbia who disappeared while campaigning two years ago. We also hear excerpts from the film and audio from Betancourt's speeches.

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Books:

• Mark Lee, The Canal House (Algonquin)

Music:

• From "Amandla: A Revolution in Four Part Harmony" Soundtrack/ ATO Records
  -Nkosi Sikeli Afrika/ Soweto Community Hall
  -Meadowlands/ Nancy Jacobs and Sisters
  -Kuzobenjani Na/ Vusi Mahlesela
  -Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)/ Hugh Masekela
  -Folk Vibe #1/ Tananas
• -Pineapple Heart/ Bela Fleck & the Flecktones/ Little Worlds/Columbia Records
  
• -Passage at Dusk/ Geoffrey Oryema/ Night to Night/ Real World Records
  
• -Recuredos De Medellin/ Claudia Gomez/ Tierandentro/ Xenophile

Distribution dates:

week of 02/01/2004 - hour 1

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