DescriptionAssaulted by the bitter cold of a Montreal winter, the American-born Dr. Temperance Breman, Forensic Anthropologist for the Province of Quebec, digs for a corpse where Sister Elisabeth Nicolet, dead over a century and now a candidate for sainthood, should…
DescriptionBureau of Land Management Agent Jamaica Wild has witnessed the death of a Tanoah Pueblo man trampled to death by stampeding buffalo. The tribe has declared the incident a suicide, the FBI concurs, and the body is hurried to ceremony before the sun can go…
DescriptionThis is a story of war and sanctuary, of beasts and obsession. It is the story of one Vietnam veteran, writer James P. McMullen, whose own salvation came through his struggle to save something else. McMullen lives in the Everglades, and devotes his time to tracking and protecting the endangered Florida Panther. He uses this mission as a way to make peace with his memories of the war. Excerpts from Cry of the Panther read by Cotter Smith. Music by Stacey Bowers, Gary Kvistad, and Stu Quimby. Jungles of Memory was originally created for American Landscapes which was distributed by American Public Radio as part of the weekly documentary series Soundprint . Funds were provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Jay Allison is the Peabody Award-winning producer of The Kitchen Sisters .
DescriptionA tragic accident in the Carolina mountains leaves a young man paralyzed and in a coma. Soon a fierce legal battle erupts between the man's wife, who wants to terminate life support, and the young man's father, who wants to keep his son alive at all costs. Caught up in the turmoil is a young female attorney who takes the case and finds out that her client's husband isn't the only person in need of life saving measures.
DescriptionIn the space of 400 years, Western man methodically set out to explore and map the entire earth. During some of the most dangerous expeditions ever mounted, an extraordinary group of determined men forced passages through vast oceans, dark jungles, and wi…
