As Lebanon Goes to the Polls, WIDE ANGLE Goes behind the Scenes in Future for Lebanon, Premiering Tuesday, July 19 at 9 P.M. on PBS.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- The assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri Rafik Bahaeddine Al-Hariri — (November 1 1944 – February 14 2005), (Arabic: رفيق بهاءالدين الحريري on Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. 2005 prompted hundreds of thousands of Lebanese to take to the streets in a powerful show of national unity. Their 'Cedar Revolution' drove out Syrian troops after 29 years of occupation, just ahead of the parliamentary elections in May and June. Can Lebanon, a country of 18 different ethnic groups that fought a 15-year civil war, now achieve true independence and overcome renewed divisions within? WIDE ANGLE witnesses the clash between the new, idealistic politics of those too young to remember the civil war, and the tough retail politics of religious and clan factions in Future for Lebanon, premiering Tuesday, July 19 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, (check local listings). Future for Lebanon takes viewers to the oldest democracy in the Middle East Proposed reasons for the relative absence of liberal democracy in the Middle East are diverse, from the long history of imperial rule by the Ottoman Empire, Britain and France and the contemporary political and military intervention by the United States, all of which have been blamed for as voters go to the polls in a new era. This film features a democracy advocate who organized the sit-in in Martyr's Square, a Hezbollah candidate running on anti-Israeli and anti-American sentiment, and a youth organizer for the Future Movement inherited by Rafik Hariri's son Sa'ad. In Future for Lebanon, the new politics of Lebanon Lebanon has a Republic government parliamentary democracy within the overall framework of confessionalism, in which the highest offices are proportionately reserved for representatives from certain religious communities. grapples with old sectarian loyalties as this election plays out over four weeks and four rounds of voting. From the beaches of Beirut to the radical rallies of Hezbollah, WIDE ANGLE explores political change in one of the pivotal nations of the Arab region - critical for Lebanon's future and for its neighbors. WIDE ANGLE anchor Bill Moyers will conduct a post-film interview with Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the congresswoman for Florida's 18th District (Miami-Dade County) and the Chair of the House Subcommittee on the Middle East. Future for Lebanon producer/director Paul Mitchell, co-founder of Wilton Films, who has won multiple prestigious awards including several Emmys, duPont Journalism Awards, and a Peabody, is available for interviews. For additional information and photography, visit www.thirteen/pressroom/wideangle or www.pbs.org/pressroom WIDE ANGLE is a production of Thirteen/WNET New York for PBS. Stephen Segaller is executive producer. Pamela Hogan is series producer. Andy Halper is senior producer. |
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