U.S Economic Update; Earth: The Sequel; Black Magic; FilmWeek Reviews
U.S Economic Update
Guest host, Ted Chen, talks with experts Neil Irwin, National Economy and Federal Reserve Reporter for The Washington Post, and Rex Nutting, Washington D.C. bureau chief for MarketWatch.com, about the state of the U.S. economy: the Bear Sterns bailout, President Bush's speech to the Economic Club of NY this morning, and policymakers' plans to restore faith in the economy.
Earth: The Sequel
In his new book, "Earth: The Sequel," Fred Krupp insists we can solve global warming. The president of the Environmental Defense Fund says that in doing so we will build the new industries, jobs, and fortunes of the twenty-first century. Ted talks with Krupp about his new book and his thoughts on harnessing the great forces of capitalism to save the world from catastrophe.
Black Magic
"Black Magic" is the story of the era of the Civil Rights Movement told through the lives of basketball players and coaches who attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities. From more than 200 hours of interviews and footage, director and producer, Dan Klores, tells the story of separate leagues and facilities, championship games and titles that never qualified for the history books, and secret games played between blacks and whites in defiance of the law. Ted talks with the Klores, about the story he describes as one of "injustice, refuge, and joy."
FilmWeek Reviews
Ted Chen and critics Jean Oppenheimer of Village Voice Media, and Wade Major, of boxoffice.com and CityBeat review some of the last week's new feature films including "Paranoid Park," "Horton Hears A Who," "Funny Games," "Sleepwalking" as well as the documentaries "The Unforeseen" and "All in this Tea."